Total Crime Rate
1891.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
744.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magdalene Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 4th 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 Magdalene Street (TA1 1SB) in the last 12 months was 1891.5 per 1,000 residents and was 809.3% 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 Shoplifting with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 744.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdalene Street (TA1 1SB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 317 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishop's Hull & Taunton West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tancred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdalene Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Billet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Billet Street | Local resolution |
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