Total Crime Rate

511.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

287.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 511.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 287.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 224.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.3 10/10
  • Public order 54.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 51.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.4 10/10
  • Other theft 31.6 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Priory Way area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 38th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Way (TA1 2BB) in the last 12 months was 511.5 per 1,000 residents and was 187.9% higher than the Taunton East average (177.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -8.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 287.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Way (TA1 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Leycroft Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snedden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snedden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snedden Grove Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A358 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A358 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting A358 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lambrook Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snedden Grove Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Monks Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting A358 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary St Margarets Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chritchard Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charter Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charter Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Monmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft A358 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycroft Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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