Crime Statistics for Ash (near Yeovil), Somerset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ash (near Yeovil) in October 2024. There were a total of 102 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ash (near Yeovil), this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	14
Burglary	8
Other Crime	4
All Crime	102

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ash (near Yeovil). This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ash (near Yeovil)

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ash (near Yeovil) and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ash (near Yeovil) has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Ash (near Yeovil)	52
Martock (0.88 miles)	27
Coat (1.24 miles)	23
Milton (0.88 miles)	22
Stoke sub Hamdon (1.86 miles)	7
Bower Hinton (1.76 miles)	2
Southay (2.56 miles)	1
Tintinhull (1.39 miles)	1
Durnfield (1.24 miles)	1
Long Load (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Ash (near Yeovil)?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ash (near Yeovil) and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Ash (near Yeovil)	52
Martock	13
Coat	12
Milton	12
Stoke sub Hamdon	2
Bower Hinton	1
Southay	1
Tintinhull	1
Durnfield	1
Long Load	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ash (near Yeovil)?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ash (near Yeovil) to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ash (near Yeovil) compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ash (near Yeovil) and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ash (near Yeovil) is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Yeovil College	71
2	Coker	53
3	Yeovil Without	40
4	Hamdon	35
5	Brympton	34
6	Martock	32
7	Wessex	29
8	South Petherton	26
9	Northstone, Ivelchester & St Michael's	23
10	Eggwood	23
11	Parrett	16

Which road in Ash (near Yeovil) has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ash (near Yeovil) with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.