Cotham vs Shepton Mallet Town

Cotham has a safety score of 4/100 (High Crime) and recorded 3,475 crimes in the last 12 months. Shepton Mallet Town has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 988 crimes. Shepton Mallet Town scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Cotham shows a year-on-year crime trend of +311.2% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Shepton Mallet Town shows -9.1% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Cotham, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,048 incidents). In Shepton Mallet Town, it is Violent Crime (462 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Cotham recorded 585 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Shepton Mallet Town recorded 110. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Cotham totalled 1,048 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 462 in Shepton Mallet Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Cotham recorded 845 crimes (now 3,475, a change of +311.2%). Shepton Mallet Town recorded 1,087 crimes previously (now 988, -9.1%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Cotham has a resolution rate of 36.3% and Shepton Mallet Town has 0%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Cotham falls within the Avon and Somerset Constabulary boundary. Shepton Mallet Town is covered by Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Cotham and Shepton Mallet Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.