Yeovil Town
Middle areaSouth east Somerset. 7,872 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Yeovil Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Yeovil Town
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yeovil Town at a rate of 312.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 90.4 per 1,000 people across Somerset.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 778 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 498 |
| Other crime | 445 |
| Shoplifting | 418 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 157 |
| Burglary | 53 |
| Robbery | 51 |
| Vehicle crime | 31 |
| Drug offences | 28 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Yeovil Town compares
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Is Yeovil Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yeovil Town at a rate of 312.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 90.4 per 1,000 people across Somerset.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 217 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Yeovil Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (778), anti-social behaviour (498) and other crime (445).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Somerset
These figures are published for the whole of Somerset, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Somerset and not Yeovil Town alone. See Somerset
Yeovil Town in brief
The median price paid for a home in Yeovil Town was £170,000 in 2025.
Yeovil Town had 7,215 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Yeovil Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Yeovil Town, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.