Total Crime Rate

160.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 160.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 36.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Other theft 16.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lisieux Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Lisieux Way (TA1 2JZ) in the last 12 months was 160.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lisieux Way (TA1 2JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lisieux Way, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Severn Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lisieux Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Harnell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Calvados Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lisieux Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lisieux Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normandy Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broughton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Broughton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Semington Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lisieux Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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