Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 35.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birchfield Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 1,848 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 Birchfield Road (BA21 5RN) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Yeovil Central average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchfield Road (BA21 5RN), the main crime hotspot is near The Manse. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Netherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherwell Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherwell Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erica Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erica Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Erica Close —
Sep 2025Public order Netherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lingfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bucklers Mead Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hollies Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Manse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Manse Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Manse Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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