Total Crime Rate
519.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Higher Kingston area has the 4th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 29th highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Higher Kingston (BA21 4AT) in the last 12 months was 519.4 per 1,000 residents and was 377.5% 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 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 376.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higher Kingston (BA21 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 263 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Yeovil Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Silver Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westminster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westminster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmer Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
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