Crime Rates at Alfred Street, Wells, BA5 1TX

Alfred Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wells , and the 333rd highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Alfred Street (BA5 1TX) in the last 12 months was 130.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% higher than the Wells average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alfred Street (BA5 1TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southover (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.