Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bonds Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Chard North , and the 601st highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bonds Close (TA20 1ED) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% lower than the Chard North average (98.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bonds Close (TA20 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Furzehill. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chard North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Phelps Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dolling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dolling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Helmstedt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furzehill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Furzehill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonds Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Langdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | John Gunn Close | — |
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