Total Crime Rate
161.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tower Hill Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Crewkerne , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Hill Road (TA18 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 112.6% higher than the Crewkerne average (75.9 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 77.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Hill Road (TA18 8BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ivelway (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crewkerne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foundry Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pople'S Well | — |
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