Total Crime Rate

443.1 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 443.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 158.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Public order 40.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.2 10/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Priest Row area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Wells , and the 46th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priest Row (BA5 2PY) in the last 12 months was 443.1 per 1,000 residents and was 409.1% higher than the Wells average (87.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 875.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 134.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priest Row (BA5 2PY), the main crime hotspot is near Southover. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Priest Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webb'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southover —
Sep 2025Public order Southover Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Southover Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southover Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webb'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sadler Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Tucker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tucker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Webb'S Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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