Total Crime Rate

85.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 47.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

York Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 567th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 York Road (TA1 2BE) in the last 12 months was 85.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (TA1 2BE), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Taunton East

Crime Over Time in York Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lambrook Way —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crossway Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Monmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crossway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Admiralty Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charter Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Lambrook Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomfield Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charter Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Six Acres Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Court —
Apr 2026Burglary Hamilton Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Close Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 31

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑