Crime Rates at Cromwell Road, Taunton, TA1 2BA

Cromwell Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 175th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cromwell Road (TA1 2BA) in the last 12 months was 192.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% higher than the Taunton East average (183.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 132.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromwell Road (TA1 2BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A358, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.