Total Crime Rate

344.5 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 344.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 163.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Public order 54.6 10/10
  • Drugs 25.2 10/10
  • Other theft 16.8 9/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bove Town area has the 4th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Glastonbury , and the 68th 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 Bove Town (BA6 8JB) in the last 12 months was 344.5 per 1,000 residents and was 126.9% higher than the Glastonbury average (151.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 218.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bove Town (BA6 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lambrook Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bove Town area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamlyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamlyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chilkwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Windmill Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Buildings Under investigation

Data Sources

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