Total Crime Rate

84.0 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 84.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 7/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Balsam Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Blackmoor Vale , and the 541st 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 Balsam Lane (BA9 9HZ) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balsam Lane (BA9 9HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Morpork Street. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Balsam Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hen And Chickens Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moon Pond Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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