Total Crime Rate

210.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 210.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Public order 45.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 18.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Chamberlain Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wells , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chamberlain Street (BA5 2PE) in the last 12 months was 210.1 per 1,000 residents and was 141.4% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -78.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chamberlain Street (BA5 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chamberlain Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Montery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sadler Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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