Crime Rates at Bubwith Road, Chard, TA20 2BW

Bubwith Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Chard North , and the 201st highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Bubwith Road (TA20 2BW) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 91.4% higher than the Chard North average (98.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 94.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bubwith Road (TA20 2BW), the main crime hotspot is near Tapstone Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.