Total Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Avenue area has the 55th lowest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 900th lowest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Avenue (TA1 1XX) in the last 12 months was 51.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Avenue (TA1 1XX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory Park, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wintersfield (31 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Priory Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Priory Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Priory Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdalene Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Priory Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tancred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tancred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatehouse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Priory Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Priory Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coal Orchard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coal Orchard | Under investigation |
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