Crime Statistics for Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Sedgemoor, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bridgwater and Taunton Canal in September 2024. There were a total of 534 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 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime209
Shoplifting80
Anti Social Behaviour78
Public Order54
Criminal Damage Arson36
Other Theft20
Burglary14
Vehicle Crime10
Drugs10
Robbery8
Other Crime7
Bicycle Theft5
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime534

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bridgwater and Taunton Canal. 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 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hamp (0.44 miles)1034
Bridgwater (0.2 miles)545
Sydenham (0.59 miles)540
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal534
Horsey (1.85 miles)75
Dunwear (1.19 miles)75
Chilton Trinity (1.58 miles)60
Knowle (2.3 miles)19
Durleigh (1.97 miles)11
Fowler’s Plot (1.85 miles)7

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Where are the most violent places near Bridgwater and Taunton Canal?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hamp409
Sydenham236
Bridgwater221
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal209
Dunwear39
Horsey35
Chilton Trinity35
Knowle8
Durleigh8
Fowler’s Plot1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bridgwater and Taunton Canal?

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 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal 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 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bridgwater Westover80
2Bridgwater Eastover72
3Bridgwater Hamp70
4Bridgwater Dunwear63
5Bridgwater Wyndham56
6Bridgwater Victoria50
7Bridgwater Fairfax49
8Huntspill and Pawlett39
9Puriton and Woolavington36
10King's Isle33
11Cannington and Wembdon29

Which road in Bridgwater and Taunton Canal has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bridgwater and Taunton Canal with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: September 2024
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