Total Crime Rate
69.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brooke Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 645th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brooke Road (TA1 2HP) in the last 12 months was 69.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooke Road (TA1 2HP), the main crime hotspot is near Alfred Street. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Taunton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambrook Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lambrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brooke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shelley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Viney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Viney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Court | Under investigation |
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