Total Crime Rate

221.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

128.2 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 221.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 128.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.4 8/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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.
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Crime overview

Byron Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 166th 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 Byron Road (TA1 2JD) in the last 12 months was 221.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 128.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Byron Road (TA1 2JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keats Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Drive (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Byron Road area

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

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