Total Crime Rate

246.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

194.4 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 246.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 194.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 177.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
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Crime overview

Coleridge Crescent area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coleridge Crescent (TA1 2HS) in the last 12 months was 246.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 194.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coleridge Crescent (TA1 2HS), the main crime hotspot is near Trinity Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 79 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Coleridge Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Trinity Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blake Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Holway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parmin Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Burns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Burns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Princes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blake Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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