Crime Rates at High Street, Yeovil, BA20 1RQ

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 7th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 High Street (BA20 1RQ) in the last 12 months was 1578.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1351.3% higher than the Yeovil Central average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 269 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 422 (≈ 797.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BA20 1RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.