Total Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Farrant Road area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 890th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Farrant Road (BA11 3EP) in the last 12 months was 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farrant Road (BA11 3EP), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Ground. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 32 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farrant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linden Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Landsdown Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaze Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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