Total Crime Rate
23.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rosebery Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 386th lowest crime rate of 1,848 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 Rosebery Avenue (BA21 5LN) in the last 12 months was 23.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosebery Avenue (BA21 5LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Netherton Road (23 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charles Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Western Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Erica Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Western Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lingfield Avenue | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Erica Close | 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 | Burglary | St Michael'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Michael'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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