Total Crime Rate

35.6 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 35.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.9 2/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Lower 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Montrose Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holyrood Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springmead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Springmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowshute Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Duck Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mintons Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brutton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wambrook Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holyrood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Holyrood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holyrood Street
Sep 2025Public order Brian Mooney Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Brutton Way Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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