Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Somerset local authority area · mapped crimes
Wells · England
Crime and safety
Somerset council area. Every figure carries its own date.
Somerset
Police-recorded locations for Somerset local authority area. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
45,686 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 43,020 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
| Month | Mapped crime | Anti-social behaviour |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 3,698 | 605 |
| October 2024 | 3,783 | 571 |
| November 2024 | 3,593 | 546 |
| December 2024 | 3,428 | 456 |
| January 2025 | 3,405 | 429 |
| February 2025 | 3,129 | 440 |
| March 2025 | 3,678 | 548 |
| April 2025 | 3,634 | 678 |
| May 2025 | 3,767 | 708 |
| June 2025 | 3,672 | 692 |
| July 2025 | 3,556 | 764 |
| August 2025 | 3,677 | 710 |
| September 2025 | 3,753 | 653 |
| October 2025 | 3,977 | 592 |
| November 2025 | 3,928 | 582 |
| December 2025 | 3,784 | 487 |
| January 2026 | 3,711 | 498 |
| February 2026 | 3,712 | 581 |
| March 2026 | 4,070 | 658 |
| April 2026 | 3,763 | 709 |
| May 2026 | 3,688 | 823 |
| June 2026 | 3,604 | 718 |
| July 2026 | 4,070 | 720 |
| August 2026 | 3,626 | 716 |
Crime categories in the latest complete year
| Category | Mapped crimes |
|---|---|
| violent crime | 22,426 |
| shoplifting | 5,587 |
| public order | 4,404 |
| criminal damage arson | 3,782 |
| other theft | 3,127 |
| burglary | 1,771 |
| vehicle crime | 1,442 |
| other crime | 1,103 |
| robbery | 670 |
| drugs | 641 |
| possession of weapons | 342 |
| bicycle theft | 309 |
| theft from the person | 82 |
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Due to a change in IT systems there are known issues with crime and outcome data since October 2015 as latitude and longitude information is missing from approximately 2000 crimes each month. The force will be working to rectify this and provide the missing data over the coming months.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
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