Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 109th 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 Priory Gardens (TA21 9HB) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 194.6% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 192.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Gardens (TA21 9HB), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lillebonne Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker'S Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Priory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckwell | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gay Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Red Lion Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Red Lion Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| 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 |
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