Total Crime Rate

48.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 14.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blenheim Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 863rd 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 Blenheim Road (BA21 5QL) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% lower than the Yeovil Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blenheim Road (BA21 5QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gainsborough Way, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Blenheim Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St John'S Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyde Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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