Crime Statistics for Bodden, Mendip, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bodden in October 2024. There were a total of 56 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bodden, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	22
Shoplifting	7
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Other Crime	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Theft	3
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	56

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bodden. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bodden

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bodden and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bodden has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Shepton Mallet (1.39 miles)	132
Bowlish (1.39 miles)	106
Downside (0.62 miles)	74
Bodden	56
Doulting (0.88 miles)	19
Field (1.76 miles)	17
Chelynch (1.39 miles)	1
Cranmore (1.96 miles)	1
Waterlip (1.86 miles)	1
Oakhill (1.86 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Bodden?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bodden and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Shepton Mallet	120
Bowlish	55
Downside	32
Bodden	22
Doulting	8
Field	5
Chelynch	1
Cranmore	1
Waterlip	1
Oakhill	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bodden?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bodden to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bodden compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bodden and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Bodden have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#	Ward	Score
1	Shepton East	59
2	Wells Central	57
3	Wells St Cuthbert's	56
4	Shepton West	38
5	Croscombe and Pilton	33
6	Coleford and Holcombe	32
7	St Cuthbert Out North	19
8	Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton	19
9	Wells St Thomas'	19
10	Creech	13

Which road in Bodden has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bodden with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Great Ostry.