Total Crime Rate

62.7 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 62.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

West Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Lydeard , and the 727th 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 West Street (TA4 3AU) in the last 12 months was 62.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% higher than the Lydeard average (56.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (TA4 3AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pound Lane, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Delta Rise (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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