Total Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blake Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Crewkerne , and the 361st 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 Blake Road (TA18 8EE) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blake Road (TA18 8EE), 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 | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Furland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowditch Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severalls Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Severalls Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foundry Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bowhayes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langmead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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