Total Crime Rate

447.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 447.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.6 9/10
  • Public order 79.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.4 10/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church Steps area has the highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 44th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Steps (BA11 1PL) in the last 12 months was 447.8 per 1,000 residents and was 459.0% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 209.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Steps (BA11 1PL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Steps area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/71)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cork Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Catherine Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cork Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cork Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cork Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cork Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slipps Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Randolph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Slipps Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keyford Cottages Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyford Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmer Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knoll Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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