Total Crime Rate

40.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.2 4/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Helliers Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chard North , and the 768th 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 Helliers Road (TA20 1LL) in the last 12 months was 40.1 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helliers Road (TA20 1LL), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Street. Police recorded 28 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 Helliers Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brian Mooney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dyehouse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wambrook Place —
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Data Sources

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