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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Langaller in August 2024. There were a total of 327 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Langaller, 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	91
Anti Social Behaviour	72
Shoplifting	52
Public Order	28
Burglary	24
Vehicle Crime	16
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	12
Robbery	12
Bicycle Theft	4
All Crime	327

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 Langaller. 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 Langaller

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Halcon (1.39 miles)	1117
Goosenford (1.39 miles)	315
Cheddon Fitzpaine (1.39 miles)	272
Bathpool (0.62 miles)	244
Langaller	164
Monkton Heathfield (0.62 miles)	157
Sidbrook (0.88 miles)	55
Creech Heathfield (0.62 miles)	48
Ruishton (1.24 miles)	31
Creech St Michael (0.88 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Langaller?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Halcon	348
Cheddon Fitzpaine	244
Goosenford	135
Bathpool	123
Langaller	91
Creech Heathfield	60
Monkton Heathfield	54
Sidbrook	35
Ruishton	7
Creech St Michael	6

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

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 Langaller 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 Langaller compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Victoria	81
2	Priorswood	74
3	Halcon & Lane	73
4	North Town	66
5	West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine	56
6	Blackbrook & Holway	55
7	Vivary	51
8	North Petherton	46
9	Creech St Michael	35
10	North Curry & Ruishton	28
11	Manor & Tangier	26

Which road in Langaller has the highest level of crime?

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