Crime Statistics for Handy Cross, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Handy Cross in August 2024. There was only 2 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Handy Cross, 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	2
All Crime	2

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Handy Cross. 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 Handy Cross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Combe Florey (1.86 miles)	2
Handy Cross	2
Shopnoller (2.56 miles)	2
Ash Priors (2.24 miles)	2
Northway (1.39 miles)	1
Nethercott (1.39 miles)	1
Fitzhead (1.96 miles)	0
Chapel Leigh (1.24 miles)	0
Pond Close (1.86 miles)	0
Hoccombe (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Handy Cross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Handy Cross	2
Combe Florey	1
Shopnoller	1
Ash Priors	1
Nethercott	1
Northway	0
Fitzhead	0
Chapel Leigh	0
Pond Close	0
Hoccombe	0

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

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 Handy Cross 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 Handy Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handy Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Handy Cross is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Wellsprings & Rowbarton	55
2	Wellington East	53
3	Wellington North	47
4	Watchet & Williton	38
5	Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove	32
6	Rockwell Green	28
7	Wellington South	27
8	Cotford St Luke & Oake	24
9	South Quantock	22
10	Milverton & District	18
11	Quantock Vale	12

Which road in Handy Cross has the highest level of crime?

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