Total Crime Rate

50.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Public order 1.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dragon Rise area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 127 local areas in Bishop's Hull & Taunton West , and the 893rd highest 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 Dragon Rise (TA2 6FB) in the last 12 months was 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower than the Bishop's Hull & Taunton West average (207.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dragon Rise (TA2 6FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Collett Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dragon Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dragon Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Port Stanley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Port Stanley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collett Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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