Total Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.5 7/10
  • Other theft 32.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hitchen area has the 25th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Brympton , and the 478th 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 Hitchen (TA16 5QZ) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.8% higher than the Brympton average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitchen (TA16 5QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hitchen area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evergreen Path Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hitchen Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evergreen Path Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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