Total Crime Rate
95.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hurds Buildings area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 469th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hurds Buildings (BA11 1LR) in the last 12 months was 95.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurds Buildings (BA11 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Market Place. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Frome East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knoll Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garsdale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lock'S Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Buildings Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crown Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crown Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopehedge | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eagle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyford | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stony Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King Street | Under investigation |
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