Total Crime Rate

248.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 248.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 50.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.6 9/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Blacknell Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Crewkerne , and the 110th 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 Blacknell Lane (TA18 7HE) in the last 12 months was 248.2 per 1,000 residents and was 237.7% higher than the Crewkerne average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blacknell Lane (TA18 7HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shute Lake Lane, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blacknell Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blacknell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Blacknell Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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