Crime Rates at Pine Close, Taunton, TA1 2SD

Pine Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 252nd 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 Pine Close (TA1 2SD) in the last 12 months was 157.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pine Close (TA1 2SD), the main crime hotspot is near Hornbeam Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.