Total Crime Rate

66.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 66.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Slades Hill area has the 26th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Blackmoor Vale , and the 680th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Slades Hill (BA8 0HF) in the last 12 months was 66.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Slades Hill (BA8 0HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackmore Vale Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Slades Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yarnbarton —
Sep 2025Other theft Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackmore Vale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yarnbarton Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yarnbarton —
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Data Sources

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