Total Crime Rate

123.6 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 123.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Public order 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Church Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Blackmoor Vale , and the 347th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Church Street (BA7 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 123.6 per 1,000 residents and was 127.8% higher than the Blackmoor Vale average (54.3 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 78.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 161.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (BA7 7EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fore Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Remalard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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