Total Crime Rate
61.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farrant Road area has the 57th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 805th 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 Farrant Road (BA11 3EP) in the last 12 months was 61.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farrant Road (BA11 3EP), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Ground. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Houston Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vallis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Ground | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hill Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whatcombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naish'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Robins Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naish'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hill Ground | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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