Total Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Montrose Terrace area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chard North , and the 669th 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 Lower Montrose Terrace (TA20 1QW) in the last 12 months was 35.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Chard North average (81.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Montrose Terrace (TA20 1QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chard North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Springmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holyrood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Springmead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Springmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowshute | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Duck Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mintons Orchard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Springmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brutton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wambrook Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyrood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holyrood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holyrood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brian Mooney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brutton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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