Crime Rates at Dover Road, Taunton, TA2 7JT

Dover Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 369th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dover Road (TA2 7JT) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dover Road (TA2 7JT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.