Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Yeovil Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sherborne East , and the 178th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yeovil Road (DT9 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% higher than the Sherborne East average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 58.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2187.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yeovil Road (DT9 4AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Shutler Street. Police recorded 36 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 Yeovil Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powys Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kitt Hill —
Sep 2025Burglary Shutler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shutler Street —
Sep 2025Public order Amors Drove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amors Drove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kearvell Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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