Wells and Mendip Hills

England · E14001572

5,821 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, rising versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
5,821
Most common
Violence & sexual offences rising
2,563 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

569/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesrising2,56344.0%
Anti-social behaviourrising72212.4%
Public orderrising5259.0%
Other theftfalling4527.8%
Criminal damage & arsonrising4167.1%
Shopliftingrising3335.7%
Burglaryfalling2494.3%
Vehicle crimefalling2023.5%
Other crimefalling1202.1%
Drugsrising1162.0%
Robberyrising591.0%
Possession of weaponsrising380.7%
Bicycle theftfalling140.2%
Theft from the personfalling120.2%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.