Total Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Orchardleigh View 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 Orchardleigh View (BA11 3SB) 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 Orchardleigh View (BA11 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorset Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trinity Row (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orchardleigh View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrant Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Farrant Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Linden Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Landsdown Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaze Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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