Total Crime Rate
216.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Catherine Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 171st highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Catherine Street (BA11 1DB) in the last 12 months was 216.4 per 1,000 residents and was 152.4% higher than the Frome East average (85.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 99.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Catherine Street (BA11 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Ground. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naish'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slipps Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slipps Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppard'S Barton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sun Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hoopers Barton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naish'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morgan'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Badcox | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Badcox | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Badcox | Under investigation |
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