Total Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavalier Way area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Yeovil Central , and the 877th 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 Cavalier Way (BA21 5UR) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavalier Way (BA21 5UR), the main crime hotspot is near Gainsborough Way. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Yeovil East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Runnymede Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gainsborough Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magna Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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