Crime Rates at Howard Road, Wellington, TA21 8RT

Howard Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 573rd 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 Howard Road (TA21 8RT) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Blackdown & Neroche average (81.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howard Road (TA21 8RT), the main crime hotspot is near Cornhill. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.