Total Crime Rate

103.9 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 103.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Public order 25.1 10/10
  • Other crime 14.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Back Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Blackdown & Neroche , and the 434th 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 Back Lane (TA4 1HH) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 345.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Lane (TA4 1HH), the main crime hotspot is near Gardeners Close. Police recorded 22 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 Back Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gardeners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Lane —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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