Total Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Bethell Mead area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Lydeard , and the 710th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bethell Mead (TA4 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% higher than the Lydeard average (56.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethell Mead (TA4 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bethell Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bethell Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingales —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rogers Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rogers Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenville View —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Lukes Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burge Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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