Total Crime Rate
336.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cranleigh Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Bridgwater North & Central , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranleigh Gardens (TA6 5JR) in the last 12 months was 336.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% higher than the Bridgwater North & Central average (229.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 198.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranleigh Gardens (TA6 5JR), the main crime hotspot is near Manley Gardens. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bridgwater North & Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Saviour'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slocombes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastover | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastover | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Binford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Binford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Binford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Slocombes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Capes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prices Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Liberty Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liberty Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liberty Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Liberty Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Liberty Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Liberty Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St John Street | Under investigation |
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