Crime Rates at Fairwater Close, Taunton, TA2 6AT

Fairwater Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Monkton & North Curry , and the 402nd highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Fairwater Close (TA2 6AT) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Monkton & North Curry average (75.8 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairwater Close (TA2 6AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Higher Palmerston Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dowell Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.