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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Nynehead in September 2024. There were a total of 63 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 Nynehead, 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	34
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Public Order	9
Other Crime	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Shoplifting	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	63

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Poole (0.88 miles)	107
Nynehead	63
Chelston (1.39 miles)	62
Tone (0.88 miles)	48
Tonedale (0.88 miles)	48
Chelston Heathfield (1.96 miles)	33
Hockholler (1.96 miles)	33
Payton (1.75 miles)	28
Runnington (1.39 miles)	9
Weekmoor (1.86 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Nynehead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chelston	67
Poole	60
Nynehead	34
Tone	31
Tonedale	31
Chelston Heathfield	19
Hockholler	19
Payton	16
Runnington	3
Weekmoor	1

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

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 Nynehead 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 Nynehead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Nynehead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Nynehead is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Wellington East	53
2	Wellington North	47
3	Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove	32
4	Rockwell Green	28
5	Wellington South	27
6	Cotford St Luke & Oake	24
7	South Quantock	22
8	Monument	20
9	Milverton & District	18
10	Wiveliscombe & District	17
11	Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull	15

Which road in Nynehead has the highest level of crime?

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