Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pear Tree Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 337th 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 Pear Tree Way (TA21 9AB) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% higher than the Blackdown & Neroche average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 81.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pear Tree Way (TA21 9AB), the main crime hotspot is near Meyer Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pear Tree Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Nash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Popham Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Nash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Damson Row —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Torres Vedras Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Torres Vedras Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meyer Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cades Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russet Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lillebonne Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russet Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russet Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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