Total Crime Rate

217.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

126.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 217.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 126.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.3 10/10
  • Other theft 24.6 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Grays Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 168th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Grays Road (TA1 3BA) in the last 12 months was 217.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West average (208.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 126.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grays Road (TA1 3BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Reach, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trinity Road (79 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grays Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Wilfred Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leycroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trinity Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lambrook Road
Apr 2026Public order Victoria Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blake Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blake Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Somerset Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Wilfred Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Monks Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Princes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Victoria Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order East Reach Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Trinity Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting East Reach Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Leycroft Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Reach Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Reach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft East Reach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson East Reach Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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