Total Crime Rate

130.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 73.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.5 9/10
  • Other theft 34.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woolston Cottages area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Dulverton & Exmoor , and the 330th 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 Woolston Cottages (TA5 1TR) in the last 12 months was 130.2 per 1,000 residents and was 155.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

Crime Over Time in Woolston Cottages area

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Data Sources

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