Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broadway area has the 12th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broadway (BA11 3HB) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 149.7% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 154.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (BA11 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Frome East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Badcox | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Badcox | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunney Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Farrant Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunney Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunney Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linden Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Landsdown Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaze Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nunney Barton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Aldhelm'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Badcox | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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