Total Crime Rate
253.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Robert Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Dulverton & Exmoor , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 1,847 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 Robert Street (TA4 4PG) in the last 12 months was 253.2 per 1,000 residents and was 396.2% higher than the Dulverton & Exmoor average (51.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 142.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robert Street (TA4 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fore Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peters Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmith Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacksmith Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Peters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Peters Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Croft Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Acre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
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