Total Crime Rate

434.8 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 434.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 229.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.4 10/10
  • Public order 23.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Rope Walk area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dunster , and the 48th 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 Rope Walk (TA24 6GA) in the last 12 months was 434.8 per 1,000 residents and was 427.8% higher than the Dunster average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 127.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rope Walk (TA24 6GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowsprit Close, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warren Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rope Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mariners Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Trinity Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowsprit Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mariners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warren Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warren Road —
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Data Sources

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