Total Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southmead Terrace area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Crewkerne , and the 641st highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Southmead Terrace (TA18 8DN) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southmead Terrace (TA18 8DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhydderch Way, where police recorded 14 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 | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhydderch Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowditch Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langmead Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bowhayes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rhydderch Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severalls Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Severalls Park Avenue | Under investigation |
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