Total Crime Rate

32.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Mead area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Ilminster , and the 603rd lowest crime rate of 1,848 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 The Mead (TA19 0HE) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower than the Ilminster average (43.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 7 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 32.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mead (TA19 0HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walrond Court, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Vale (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walrond Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mead Under investigation
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Data Sources

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