Total Crime Rate
238.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rhode Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 143rd 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 Rhode Lane (TA6 6JA) in the last 12 months was 238.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Bridgwater South average (285.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rhode Lane (TA6 6JA), the main crime hotspot is near Blackhorse Close. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhorse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackhorse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhorse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhorse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhorse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Close | — |
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