Total Crime Rate
31.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mayfield Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 521st 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 Mayfield Road (BA21 5LP) in the last 12 months was 31.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mayfield Road (BA21 5LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 190 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Netherton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Michael'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Manse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | The Manse | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sherwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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