Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.9 7/10
  • Drugs 24.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rectory Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Shepton Mallet , and the 397th 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 Rectory Road (BA4 5DB) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Shepton Mallet average (81.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (BA4 5DB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillmead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Maples Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Longbridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Hillmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hillmead Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Great Ostry Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silk Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Great Ostry Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Great Ostry Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meadow Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raddon Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Ostry Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillmead Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pike Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowl Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kings Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Board Cross Under investigation
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Data Sources

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