Total Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Grove area has the 47th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Frome East , and the 650th 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 The Grove (BA11 4BP) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -68.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Grove (BA11 4BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wessex Fields, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Georgian Court (8 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cabell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Critchill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinmore | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pinmore | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wessex Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wessex Fields | Under investigation |
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