Total Crime Rate

105.0 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 105.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

This area has the 20th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chard North , and the 426th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (TA20 2LU) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 833.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 900.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 151.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode TA20 2LU, the main crime hotspot is near Old Orchard. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in TA20 2LU area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuffs Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Orchard —
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Data Sources

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