Yeovil Rural vs Yeovil Town

Yeovil Rural has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,091 crimes in the last 12 months. Yeovil Town has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 5,181 crimes. Yeovil Town scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Yeovil Rural shows a year-on-year crime trend of +3.3% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Yeovil Town shows -0.6% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Yeovil Rural, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (473 incidents). In Yeovil Town, it is Violent Crime (1,939 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Yeovil Rural recorded 150 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Yeovil Town recorded 846. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Yeovil Rural totalled 473 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,939 in Yeovil Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Yeovil Rural recorded 1,056 crimes (now 1,091, a change of +3.3%). Yeovil Town recorded 5,210 crimes previously (now 5,181, -0.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Yeovil Rural has a resolution rate of 24.1% and Yeovil Town has 26.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Yeovil Rural falls within the Avon and Somerset Constabulary boundary. Yeovil Town is covered by Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Yeovil Rural and Yeovil Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.