Total Crime Rate

238.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 238.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 106.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Robbery 35.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sherborne Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 117th 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 Sherborne Road (BA21 4HE) in the last 12 months was 238.9 per 1,000 residents and was 119.7% higher than the Yeovil Central average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherborne Road (BA21 4HE), the main crime hotspot is near Wyndham Street. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sherborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westville Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill View —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Grass Royal Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grass Royal Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grass Royal Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastville —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastville Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Eastville Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turn Pike Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turn Pike Orchard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastville Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wyndham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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