Total Crime Rate

160.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 160.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Butts Hill area has the 15th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 240th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Butts Hill (BA11 1HU) in the last 12 months was 160.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.6% higher than the Frome East average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butts Hill (BA11 1HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerset Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Slipps Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Butts Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gopehedge —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gopehedge —
Sep 2025Public order Crown Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyford Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keyford Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keyford Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crown Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyford Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Somerset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Newington Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Whitewell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slipps Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slipps Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slipps Close —
Sep 2025Public order Whitewell Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitewell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Whitewell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crown Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Christchurch Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crown Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossiter'S Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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