Crime in TA16 5
How much crime is recorded in TA16 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 2,548 (2024)
TA16 5Postcode sector · Merriott
How safe is TA16 5
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in TA16 5, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 50% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- TA16 5AA
- TA16 5AB
- TA16 5AD
- TA16 5AF
- TA16 5AG
- TA16 5NF
- TA16 5NG
- TA16 5NH
- TA16 5NJ
- TA16 5NL
- TA16 5NN
- TA16 5NP
- TA16 5NQ
- TA16 5NR
- TA16 5NS
- TA16 5NT
- TA16 5NU
- TA16 5NW
- TA16 5PA
- TA16 5PB
- TA16 5PD
- TA16 5PE
- TA16 5PF
- TA16 5PH
- TA16 5PJ
- TA16 5PN
- TA16 5PP
- TA16 5PQ
- TA16 5PR
- TA16 5PS
- TA16 5PT
- TA16 5PU
- TA16 5PW
- TA16 5PX
- TA16 5QA
- TA16 5QG
- TA16 5QH
- TA16 5QJ
- TA16 5QL
- TA16 5QN
- TA16 5QP
- TA16 5QQ
- TA16 5QR
- TA16 5QS
- TA16 5QT
- TA16 5QU
- TA16 5QW
- TA16 5QX