Total Crime Rate

531.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

343.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 531.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 343.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 232.1 10/10
  • Public order 111.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.9 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fore Street area has the highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 34th highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Fore Street (TA21 8AA) in the last 12 months was 531.3 per 1,000 residents and was 551.2% higher than the Blackdown & Neroche average (81.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 343.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 279.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fore Street (TA21 8AA), the main crime hotspot is near Cornhill. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fore Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Fields Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fore Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fore Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Hart Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fore Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Cornhill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Cornhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cornhill Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Red Lion Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulford Lane —
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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