Total Crime Rate

891.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 891.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 229.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 200.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 186.9 10/10
  • Public order 91.8 10/10
  • Other theft 59.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.9 10/10
  • Robbery 23.0 10/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

King Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 11th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 King Street (TA6 3NP) in the last 12 months was 891.8 per 1,000 residents and was 288.9% higher than the Bridgwater North & Central average (229.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 304.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Street (TA6 3NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Buildings (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in King Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friarn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Quay
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Quay Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Quay Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Binford Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Binford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Binford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Binford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Binford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rope Walk
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Robbery Court Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rope Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fore Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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