Crime Rates at Sheldon Court, Taunton, TA1 1JZ

Sheldon Court area has the 47th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 484th 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 Sheldon Court (TA1 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 92.2 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower than the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West average (207.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheldon Court (TA1 1JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 261 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Street (86 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.