Total Crime Rate

103.7 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 103.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hillview Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Dulverton & Exmoor , and the 435th 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 Hillview Road (TA24 8EG) in the last 12 months was 103.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% higher than the Dulverton & Exmoor average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillview Road (TA24 8EG), the main crime hotspot is near Hawthorn Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillview Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Periton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Falklands Rise Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Periton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hawthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hawthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hawthorn Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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