Total Crime Rate

144.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 144.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Halswell Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 284th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Halswell Close (TA6 7HE) in the last 12 months was 144.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% lower than the Bridgwater South average (266.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halswell Close (TA6 7HE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Halswell Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westover Green
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Friarn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penel Orlieu
Sep 2025Drugs Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penel Orlieu Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friarn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Halswell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street

Data Sources

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