Total Crime Rate
76.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 640th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Street (TA21 8HR) in the last 12 months was 76.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Street (TA21 8HR), 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.
View Crime In Wellington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cornhill | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cornhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cornhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quantock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penny Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penny Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penny Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parklands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parklands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
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