Taunton violent crime statistics

As of October 2026, the annual crime rate in Taunton postcode area stands at 47.6 crimes per 1000 people. Taunton's current crime levels are at 133% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 43.2% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Violent crime totalled 14.9k representing an increase 3.0% year-over-year.

Taunton violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Taunton postcode areacrime statisticEngland & Wales
47.6annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.7
133%percentage of national crime rate100%
43.2% share of all crimes35.4%
14.9kcrimes reported2.0M
3.0%annual change0.4%

Taunton violent crime rate comparison map

Taunton violent crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
TA1 1173%62608
TA1 2174%62808
TA1 3144%51562
TA1 461%22199
TA1 5105%38351
TA10 068%2480
TA10 9101%36179
TA11 696%34177
TA11 770%2564
TA12 6100%36173
TA13 5123%44148
TA14 6118%4295
TA15 6101%3628
TA16 565%2330
TA17 874%2613
TA18 780%29133
TA18 890%32172
TA19 069%25126
TA19 976%27147
TA2 6101%36309
TA2 7182%65491
TA2 8141%50415
TA20 1146%52456
TA20 2151%54336
TA20 325%921
TA20 448%1738
TA21 093%33118
TA21 8154%55425
TA21 9152%54342
TA22 971%2668
TA23 0138%49212
TA24 5126%45322
TA24 6109%39228
TA24 756%2035
TA24 887%31123
TA3 5111%40178
TA3 641%1558
TA3 792%33110
TA4 175%27119
TA4 269%2595
TA4 375%27112
TA4 4171%61265
TA5 168%24132
TA5 2111%39165
TA6 3324%1161210
TA6 4240%851140
TA6 5215%77471
TA6 6227%81794
TA6 7110%39205
TA7 078%28132
TA7 8122%43236
TA7 983%3099
TA8 1158%56373
TA8 2105%37286
TA9 3205%73555
TA9 474%27141

Taunton violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Taunton postcode area has the 7. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Taunton violent crime rate rank

Taunton violent crime rate compared to other areas

Violent crime totalled 14.9k representing an increase 3.0% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between September 2025 - August 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

+3.0% annual change, crime is increasing

14.9k crimes reported

Taunton violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Taunton violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to August 2026.

Taunton violent crime volume

Taunton violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Taunton violent crime rate

Taunton violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Taunton violent crime seasonality

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Crime Statistics Detail for Taunton postcode area
Antisocial behaviour crime →
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Drugs crime →
Other crime →
Other theft crime →
Possession of weapons crime →
Public order crime →
Robbery crime →
Shoplifting crime →
Theft from the person crime →
Vehicle crime →
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