Crime Statistics for Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bridgwater in September 2024. There were a total of 545 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, 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	221
Shoplifting	80
Anti Social Behaviour	78
Public Order	54
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Other Theft	18
Burglary	15
Drugs	11
Vehicle Crime	10
Robbery	8
Other Crime	7
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	545

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. 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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bridgwater	545
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal (0.2 miles)	534
Sydenham (0.62 miles)	436
Hamp (0.62 miles)	421
Horsey (1.76 miles)	90
Dunwear (1.39 miles)	75
Chilton Trinity (1.39 miles)	60
Knowle (2.24 miles)	12
Durleigh (1.96 miles)	11
Fowler’s Plot (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Bridgwater?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bridgwater	221
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal	209
Hamp	167
Sydenham	151
Horsey	52
Dunwear	39
Chilton Trinity	35
Durleigh	8
Knowle	6
Fowler’s Plot	1

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

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 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 compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bridgwater Westover	80
2	Bridgwater Eastover	72
3	Bridgwater Hamp	70
4	Bridgwater Dunwear	63
5	Bridgwater Wyndham	56
6	Bridgwater Victoria	50
7	Bridgwater Fairfax	49
8	Huntspill and Pawlett	39
9	Puriton and Woolavington	36
10	King's Isle	33
11	Cannington and Wembdon	29

Which road in Bridgwater has the highest level of crime?

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