Total Crime Rate
513.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
228.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Nicholas Park area has the 6th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 37th highest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Nicholas Park (BA20 1SX) in the last 12 months was 513.2 per 1,000 residents and was 380.7% higher than the Yeovil Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 228.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Nicholas Park (BA20 1SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 199 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Acre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westminster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westminster Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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