Crime Rates at Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EQ

Lyngford Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 84th 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 Lyngford Road (TA2 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 309.6 per 1,000 residents and was 350.3% higher than the Rowbarton & Staplegrove average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 188.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyngford Road (TA2 7EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lyngford Square (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.