Yes, and not by a small margin. Recorded crime here runs at about half the county rate. Barely anyone lives per square kilometre. Almost nobody is out of work. This is a place where the most frequent night-time disturbance is a barn owl with an agenda.
The published figure is around 46 recorded crimes per thousand residents across the Wedmore area, covering 504 offences in the twelve months to May 2026. That is roughly 50% below the Somerset average. The county rate over the same period sits at about 93 per thousand, so the gap is not a rounding artefact or a quiet quarter. It is the difference between a rural parish and the towns that carry the county's volume.
The texture behind those numbers is exactly what you would guess. Population density averages around 498 people per square kilometre across the area, which in practice means houses with fields between them and lanes where meeting another car is an event. Unemployment runs at about 1%, and overcrowded households at about 1%. None of that causes the low crime rate on its own, and the honest position is that low-density rural areas simply generate fewer opportunities for most kinds of offence. Fewer people passing your front door is fewer people passing your front door.
The mix is worth reading properly, because the headline category alarms people who do not know what it contains. Violence and sexual offences account for about 42% of recorded crime here against roughly 35% nationally. That is a broad statutory grouping covering everything from serious assault down to common assault without injury, and it is the largest category in most places in England and Wales. Anti-social behaviour runs at about 16% locally against 16% nationally, which is as close to identical as these things get. Criminal damage and arson sits at about 8% against 7%. The two that stand out are other theft, about 11% locally against 7% nationally, and burglary, about 6% against 4%. Rural burglary is a real and long-standing feature of places like this, where outbuildings, machinery and quiet approach roads make an attractive combination. Public order is a touch lower than the national picture, at about 6% against 7%.
What happens after you report something is a different question entirely, and the answer is not especially encouraging anywhere. Avon and Somerset Constabulary charges a suspect in about 11% of cases, against about 12% nationally, which places the force 24th out of the 42 forces in England and Wales over the twelve months to May 2026. Around 30% of cases are closed with no suspect identified. Those are force-wide figures covering Bristol and Bath as much as the Somerset Levels, and they carry no signal about your particular lane. They also answer a different question from the crime rate: how likely you are to be a victim, and how likely anyone is to be charged if you are, are two separate things and should not be blended into one impression.
Safety is the single strongest thing Wedmore has going for it. If the question is whether you can walk the lanes after dark without thinking about it, the numbers say yes, and the only sensible caution is to lock the shed.