Total Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillside Terrace area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 1,847 local areas in Somerset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillside Terrace (BA21 4HR) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 259.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillside Terrace (BA21 4HR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hill View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyndham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hill View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Western Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Western Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Western Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Western Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Western Terrace | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Western Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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