Total Crime Rate
244.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
196.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheddon Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Monkton & North Curry , and the 136th 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 Cheddon Road (TA2 7BA) in the last 12 months was 244.9 per 1,000 residents and was 175.1% higher than the Monkton & North Curry average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -59.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 196.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheddon Road (TA2 7BA), the main crime hotspot is near Rydon Lane. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Taunton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pyrland Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colin Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ladymead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ladymead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ladymead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladymead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladymead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladymead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladymead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Glenwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pyrland Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cats Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St David'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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