Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Public order 14.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Catcott Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wells , and the 572nd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Catcott Road (BA5 1FL) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% lower than the Wells average (87.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Catcott Road (BA5 1FL), the main crime hotspot is near Clares Road. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Catcott Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Somerset Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clares Road Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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