Total Crime Rate
152.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Margarets Court area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Taunton East , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Court (TA1 2UD) in the last 12 months was 152.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Court (TA1 2UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A358, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alfred Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Taunton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Margarets Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chritchard Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Viney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Viney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chritchard Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chritchard Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grays Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margarets Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baldwin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A358 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Monmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brooke Road | Under investigation |
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