Crime Rates at Blackdown Road, Taunton, TA2 8EY

Blackdown Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 511th lowest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackdown Road (TA2 8EY) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackdown Road (TA2 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pickeridge Close (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.