Crime Statistics for Watergore, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Watergore in October 2024. There were a total of 16 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Watergore, 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	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Theft	1
All Crime	16

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 Watergore. 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 Watergore

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Petherton (0.62 miles)	23
Moor (0.88 miles)	16
Watergore	11
Norton Sub Hamdon (2.48 miles)	7
Little Norton (2.48 miles)	7
Lower Stratton (0.62 miles)	4
Bower Hinton (2.24 miles)	2
Shepton Beauchamp (2.24 miles)	2
Chiselborough (1.96 miles)	2
Compton Durville (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Watergore?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Petherton	11
Moor	8
Watergore	6
Norton Sub Hamdon	4
Little Norton	4
Chiselborough	3
Lower Stratton	2
Shepton Beauchamp	2
Bower Hinton	1
Compton Durville	1

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

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 Watergore 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 Watergore compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Watergore and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Watergore is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Coker	53
2	Hamdon	35
3	Crewkerne	35
4	Ilminster	32
5	Martock	32
6	South Petherton	26
7	Eggwood	23
8	Neroche	22
9	Burrow Hill	20
10	Windwhistle	18
11	Parrett	16

Which road in Watergore has the highest level of crime?

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