Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Furnham Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chard North , and the 317th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Furnham Road (TA20 1AE) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% higher than the Chard North average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Furnham Road (TA20 1AE), the main crime hotspot is near Silver Street. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Furnham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Gildas Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furzehill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A30 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A30 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Silver Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silver Street —
Sep 2025Drugs St Gildas Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Gildas Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Gildas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Gildas Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Gildas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarke'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dellshore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Gildas —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furzehill —
Sep 2025Drugs Furzehill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Ashman Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furzehill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furzehill —
Sep 2025Other theft Furzehill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furzehill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Furzehill —
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Data Sources

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