Total Crime Rate

127.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Milton Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 337th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Milton Road (TA1 2JF) in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (TA1 2JF), 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 Milton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Holway Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parmin Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Burns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Burns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broughton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Dunkleys Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Close Under investigation
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Dunkleys Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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