Crime Rates at East Street, Taunton, TA1 3LS

East Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 263rd 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 East Street (TA1 3LS) in the last 12 months was 154.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 103.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (TA1 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paul Street, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.