Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 54.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Holyoake Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 590th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holyoake Street (TA21 8LD) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holyoake Street (TA21 8LD), the main crime hotspot is near Wardleworth Way. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holyoake Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holyoake Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seymour Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holyoake Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holyoake Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holyoake Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wardleworth Way

Data Sources

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