Total Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glenthorne Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 408th 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 Glenthorne Avenue (BA21 4PG) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% higher than the Yeovil Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glenthorne Avenue (BA21 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St George'S Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Green (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenthorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St David'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Combe Close | Under investigation |
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