Crime Rates at Friarn Street, Bridgwater, TA6 3LJ

Friarn Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friarn Street (TA6 3LJ) in the last 12 months was 827.9 per 1,000 residents and was 258.3% higher than the Bridgwater North & Central average (231.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 121 (≈ 562.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friarn Street (TA6 3LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 139 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.