Crime Rates at Market Street, Yeovil, BA20 1HR

Market Street area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Street (BA20 1HR) in the last 12 months was 1907.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1686.8% higher than the Yeovil Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 294 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 473 (≈ 894.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Street (BA20 1HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarence Terrace (91 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.