PropertyEngine Logo
Postcode district · Yeovil

Crime in BA21

How much crime is recorded in BA21, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Somerset
Region
South West
Population
47,595 (2024)
Crime

How safe is BA21

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 33.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in BA21, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
33.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

BA21National
Violence and sexual offences28.223.6
Shoplifting17.88.4
Anti-social behaviour11.110.7
Burglary7.49.1
Public order6.84.6
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Other theft4.24.5
Robbery1.71.4
Other crime1.31.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Drugs1.02.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

Explore

Look up another area

Sectors in this district