Total Crime Rate
342.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 74th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Street (TA6 3RN) in the last 12 months was 342.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% higher than the Bridgwater South average (285.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 151.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Street (TA6 3RN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penel Orlieu | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friarn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friarn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friarn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Friarn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friarn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friarn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lyndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Milton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Milton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Milton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penel Orlieu | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penel Orlieu | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penel Orlieu | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halswell Close | Under investigation |
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