Total Crime Rate

114.3 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 114.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Other theft 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Popes Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 380th 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 Popes Lane (TA21 9NE) in the last 12 months was 114.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 78.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 146.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Popes Lane area

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Data Sources

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