Total Crime Rate

81.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 81.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Somerton Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Street , and the 559th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerton Road (BA16 0DW) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher than the Street average (63.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerton Road (BA16 0DW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bove Moor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bove Moor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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