Total Crime Rate

86.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Townsend Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dunster , and the 524th highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Townsend Road (TA24 5RJ) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Dunster average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 219.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townsend Road (TA24 5RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitegate Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marley Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Townsend Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Marley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitegate Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitegate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Whitegate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitegate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whitegate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vennland Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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