Total Crime Rate
53.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Christchurch Street East area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 920th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Christchurch Street East (BA11 1QA) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Christchurch Street East (BA11 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cork Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slipps Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slipps Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eagle Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eagle Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eagle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eagle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eagle Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catherine Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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