Total Crime Rate

3.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 3.5 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Magna Close area has the lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 10th 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 Magna Close (BA21 5RS) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.8% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Magna Close (BA21 5RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sherwell Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St John'S Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Magna Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherwell Close
Sep 2025Public order St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherwell Close
Sep 2025Other theft Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bucklers Mead Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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