Total Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vivary Road area has the 59th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 643rd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vivary Road (TA1 3JN) in the last 12 months was 69.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.3% lower than the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West average (207.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vivary Road (TA1 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishop's Hull & Taunton West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shuttern | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fons George Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fons George Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kinglake Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shuttern | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fons George Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fons George Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Osborne Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Lane | Under investigation |
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