Total Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goswell Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Street , and the 698th lowest crime rate of 1,847 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 Goswell Road (BA16 0JG) in the last 12 months was 39.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% lower than the Street average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goswell Road (BA16 0JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rambler Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | California Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bullmead Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bullmead Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullmead Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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