Total Crime Rate
42.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bere Lane area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Glastonbury , and the 767th lowest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bere Lane (BA6 8BD) in the last 12 months was 42.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% lower than the Glastonbury average (159.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bere Lane (BA6 8BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magdalene Close, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Glastonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butleigh Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalene Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalene Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalene Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalene Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Actis | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Magdalene Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fisher'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
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