Total Crime Rate
447.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vicarage Street 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 Vicarage Street (BA11 1PU) 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 Vicarage Street (BA11 1PU), 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 | Burglary | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eagle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Randolph Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stony Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Knoll Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knoll Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garsdale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cork Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cork Street | Under investigation |
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