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Crime in TA2 8
The TA2 8 postcode sector, in the TA (Taunton) postcode area, with most records published by Avon and Somerset Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 942 street-crime records for TA2 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 26.8% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 81.2 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 113.1 for Avon and Somerset Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
942
Share of TA2
33.9%
Year-on-year
+26.8%
TA2 8 holds 33.9% of the 2,776 records assigned to TA2 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
62
October 2025
82
November 2025
72
December 2025
97
January 2026
74
February 2026
76
March 2026
98
April 2026
84
May 2026
80
June 2026
76
July 2026
77
August 2026
64
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
TA2 8
81.2
Avon and Somerset Police
113.1
942 records and 11,597 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Avon and Somerset Police.
Category
TA2 8
TA2
Force
Violence and sexual offences
42.5%
43.5%
38.3%
Shoplifting
14.9%
15.7%
9.8%
Anti-social behaviour
11.8%
11.3%
13.9%
Criminal damage and arson
6.8%
6.0%
7.1%
Public order
6.1%
7.2%
8.5%
Other theft
5.0%
4.5%
6.8%
Burglary
4.2%
3.1%
3.9%
Vehicle crime
3.8%
3.0%
4.6%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for TA2 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
575
2022
658
2023
625
2024
704
2025
830
2026 (part year)
629
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 11,597 Census 2021 residents of TA2 8.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 0.6% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 16.2% in the least deprived 20%.
0%1
1%2
10%3
0%4
17%5
2%6
18%7
37%8
16%9
0%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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