Total Crime Rate

514.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 514.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 304.9 10/10
  • Public order 78.7 10/10
  • Other theft 39.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.7 7/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mills Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 30th 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 Mills Drive (TA21 9ED) in the last 12 months was 514.8 per 1,000 residents and was 506.7% 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 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 383.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 163.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mills Drive (TA21 9ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aspin Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bramley Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mills Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mills Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Nash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Popham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mills Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nash Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Damson Row —
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Data Sources

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