Total Crime Rate

100.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heron Drive area has the 44th highest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 439th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Heron Drive (TA1 5HA) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 11.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -73.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heron Drive (TA1 5HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smithy (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heron Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Mountway Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chaffinch Close —
Sep 2025Public order Chaffinch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mountway Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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