Total Crime Rate

130.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Burglary 16.6 10/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roman Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 322nd 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 Roman Road (TA1 2BH) in the last 12 months was 130.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 74.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roman Road (TA1 2BH), the main crime hotspot is near Outer Circle. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Roman Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Outer Circle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Outer Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crossway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crossway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Outer Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beadon Road —
Sep 2025Public order Inner Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Inner Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Inner Circle Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inner Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inner Circle Under investigation
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Data Sources

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