Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Priorswood Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 476th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Priorswood Road (TA2 8DN) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priorswood Road (TA2 8DN), the main crime hotspot is near Barlinch Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Priorswood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barlinch Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Massingham Park —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barlinch Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barlinch Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barlinch Close —
Apr 2026Public order Barlinch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barlinch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barlinch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Barlinch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grebe Road —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Massingham Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Barlinch Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Massingham Park —
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Data Sources

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