Total Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Georges Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 565th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Georges Avenue (TA2 7BB) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% higher than the Rowbarton & Staplegrove average (65.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Georges Avenue (TA2 7BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rydon Lane (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Taunton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St David'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyngford Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colin Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lyngford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyngford Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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