Yeovil West ward · Somerset. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 21% here, compared with 14% across Somerset (7.4 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 19.7% here, compared with 24.8% across Somerset (5.1 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 25.9% here, compared with 30.5% across Somerset (4.6 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Yeovil West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
883 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 899 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Yeovil West ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 61 mapped crimes in September 2024; 71 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Yeovil West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
61
11
October 2024
76
11
November 2024
109
5
December 2024
83
4
January 2025
89
5
February 2025
52
4
March 2025
71
9
April 2025
77
5
May 2025
73
12
June 2025
60
9
July 2025
69
14
August 2025
79
16
September 2025
75
6
October 2025
80
9
November 2025
81
7
December 2025
75
12
January 2026
76
4
February 2026
63
5
March 2026
54
9
April 2026
66
6
May 2026
51
11
June 2026
97
10
July 2026
94
5
August 2026
71
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Yeovil West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
374
shoplifting
229
public order
95
criminal damage arson
60
other theft
38
robbery
22
burglary
17
other crime
14
drugs
14
vehicle crime
10
possession of weapons
7
bicycle theft
2
theft from the person
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Due to a change in IT systems there are known issues with crime and outcome data since October 2015 as latitude and longitude information is missing from approximately 2000 crimes each month. The force will be working to rectify this and provide the missing data over the coming months.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
