Total Crime Rate
191.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunnybank Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bridgwater South , and the 197th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sunnybank Road (TA6 6JH) in the last 12 months was 191.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 141.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunnybank Road (TA6 6JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beechwood, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Court (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhode Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Penlea Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penlea Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penlea Avenue | 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 | Burglary | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrows Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beechwood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davies Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Daws Close | Under investigation |
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