Total Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waterloo Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 309th 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 Waterloo Road (TA21 8HX) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% higher than the Blackdown & Neroche average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterloo Road (TA21 8HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quantock Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackdown & Neroche| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Olands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quantock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quantock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grooms Orchard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grooms Orchard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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