Total Crime Rate

280.4 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 280.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Other theft 20.2 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Other crime 17.3 10/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lower Meadow Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dunster , and the 92nd 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 Lower Meadow Road (TA24 6AW) in the last 12 months was 280.4 per 1,000 residents and was 240.4% higher than the Dunster average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Meadow Road (TA24 6AW), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Meadow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silvermead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Marshfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alcombe Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alcombe Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alcombe Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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