Total Crime Rate

49.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 49.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 33.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cavalier 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cavalier Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Runnymede Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Runnymede Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Runnymede Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hertford Road Under investigation
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 Bedford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Magna Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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