Total Crime Rate

108.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Somerset Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 418th 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 Somerset Road (BA11 1HE) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerset Road (BA11 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerset Road, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Close (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Somerset Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nunney Barton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ecos Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ecos Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Weavers Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft The Acorns Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dommett'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weymouth Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Nunney Barton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Aldhelm'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Road
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitewell Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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