Total Crime Rate
11.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Selworthy Road area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Rowbarton & Staplegrove , and the 126th 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 Selworthy Road (TA2 8HA) in the last 12 months was 11.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% lower than the Rowbarton & Staplegrove average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
In the area around Selworthy Road (TA2 8HA), 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.
View Crime In Rowbarton & Staplegrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackdown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslade Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winslade Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickeridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickeridge Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pickeridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Treborough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Treborough Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Treborough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southampton Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cory Road | Under investigation |
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