Total Crime Rate
217.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grays 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.
View Crime In Taunton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilfred Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somerset Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Monks Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Reach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trinity Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Reach | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leycroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Reach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Reach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Reach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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