Crime Rate in Taunton East, ward

Taunton East has the 5th highest crime rate of 55 wards in Somerset district and the 371st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 28th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Taunton East in the last 12 months was 183.6 per 1,000 residents and was 110.7% higher than the Somerset district average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Taunton East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 983 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 42.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -54.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,294 (≈ 100.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Taunton East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 282 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.