Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sherwell Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 291st highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sherwell Close (BA21 5EE) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 87.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherwell Close (BA21 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Manse (30 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 | Erica Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sedgemoor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charles Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bucklers Mead Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lingfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Erica Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erica Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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