Total Crime Rate
185.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calvados Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 203rd 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 Calvados Road (TA1 2LA) in the last 12 months was 185.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calvados Road (TA1 2LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lisieux Way, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broughton Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Taunton South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broughton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverney Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harnell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harnell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normandy Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normandy Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harnell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parmin Way | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lisieux Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lisieux Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lisieux Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lisieux Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lisieux Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harnell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lisieux Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisieux Way | Under investigation |
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