Total Crime Rate
42.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackdown Business Park area has the 49th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 819th lowest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackdown Business Park (TA21 8ST) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% lower than the Blackdown & Neroche average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 287.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackdown Business Park (TA21 8ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Red Lion Court, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Gardens (24 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 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Priory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckwell | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Lion Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker'S Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
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