Total Crime Rate
639.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
298.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Quay area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Quay (TA6 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 639.6 per 1,000 residents and was 176.8% 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 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 298.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Quay (TA6 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fore Street, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornhill (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Court Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dampiet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Buildings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slocombes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slocombes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Binford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastover | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chidgey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dampiet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dampiet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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