Crime Statistics for Alcombe, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Alcombe in October 2024. There were a total of 102 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Alcombe, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	37
Shoplifting	18
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Public Order	9
Other Theft	9
Burglary	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	102

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Alcombe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Alcombe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Alcombe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Alcombe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Alcombe	102
Minehead (0.88 miles)	80
Higher Town (0.88 miles)	69
Marsh Street (1.39 miles)	16
Blue Anchor (3.34 miles)	10
Chapel Cleeve (4.16 miles)	10
Dunster (1.76 miles)	6
Timberscombe (2.24 miles)	3
Carhampton (2.63 miles)	2
Holnicote (3.77 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Alcombe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Alcombe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Alcombe	37
Higher Town	35
Minehead	33
Marsh Street	12
Blue Anchor	8
Chapel Cleeve	7
Dunster	5
Timberscombe	1
Carhampton	1
Holnicote	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Alcombe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Alcombe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Alcombe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Alcombe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.

#	Ward	Score
1	Watchet & Williton	38
2	Porlock & District	36
3	Minehead Central	34
4	Minehead North	34
5	Exmoor	31
6	Old Cleeve & District	26
7	Periton & Woodcombe	23
8	Dulverton & District	21
9	Quantock Vale	12
10	Clare and Shuttern	3

Which road in Alcombe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Alcombe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Bircham Road.