Total Crime Rate

265.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

141.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 265.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 141.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.0 9/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.3 8/10
  • Robbery 35.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 109th 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 Sherborne Road (BA21 4HE) in the last 12 months was 265.5 per 1,000 residents and was 148.7% higher than the Yeovil Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 141.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherborne Road (BA21 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyndham Street (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sherborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/55)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hill View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Earle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Earle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Earle Street —
Apr 2026Public order Wyndham Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hill View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Hill View Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Eastville Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wyndham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyndham Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hill View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill View Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Southville Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southville Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southville Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Southville Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Southville Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Earle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southville —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Western Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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