Shoplifting continues to be a concern in the city centre.
To address this, the Police Neighbourhood Team and Special Constables have been carrying out high-visibility patrols.
Recently, local business owners met with police representatives to discuss how they can work together to tackle the issue more effectively.
As part of the Neighbourhood Guarantee, additional officers are being deployed to areas most in need across Avon and Somerset — and Wells High Street has been identified as one of those priority areas.

Other initiatives are also being looked into to try and tackle the thefts taking place, and as soon as there is more information about this, it will be added to this post.

If you are a business owner in the city please continue to report any incidents either online or via 101.

Reports of vehicles parking on pavements in Wells and surrounding villages is being made to the Wells neighbourhood Police team on a regular basis.  Parking on pavements causes a number of problems to the local community;

It is a danger to pedestrians who may have to walk out onto the road to get by, especially if they have wheelchairs or pushchairs.

It damages the infrastructure by the weight of the vehicles on the paving slabs and also creating trip hazards.

It causes traffic flow issues by narrowing an already tight road which leads to traffic chaos.

The neighbourhood team are asking motorists to be mindful when parking,