Total Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garsdale area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 666th lowest 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 Garsdale (BA11 1RZ) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garsdale (BA11 1RZ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Brook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rivers Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivers Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knoll Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Brook | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3090 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Justice Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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