Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.8 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 86.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 57.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Normandy Drive area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 564th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Normandy Drive (TA1 2JP) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Normandy Drive (TA1 2JP), the main crime hotspot is near Keats Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Normandy Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Harnell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lisieux Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broughton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Severn Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parmin Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Robbery Lisieux Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lisieux Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normandy Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lisieux Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lisieux Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Warwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harnell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harnell Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Juniper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Juniper Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harnell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lisieux Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Warwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Holway Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lower Holway Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Holway Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Warwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lisieux Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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