Total Crime Rate
489.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laburnum Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Street (TA1 1LA) in the last 12 months was 489.5 per 1,000 residents and was 135.3% higher than the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West average (208.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 195.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Street (TA1 1LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory Park, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Billet Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Taunton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wintersfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wintersfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wintersfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wintersfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theaks Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tancred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tancred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Silver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hugo Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdalene Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Priory Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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