Total Crime Rate

156.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 104.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.0 9/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Firwood Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Firwood Road (BA11 4BA) in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 104.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Firwood Road (BA11 4BA), the main crime hotspot is near Somerset Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Firwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Weavers Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ecos Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ecos Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weymouth Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitewell Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dommett'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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