We have been made aware of an increase in shop theft in the East of Yeovil and are working with local retailers to help tackle this problem. 

Thefts from shops affects all the community, resulting in price rises impacting individuals, families and communities. As well as the direct impact on the business and its employees. We are committed to tackling prolific shoplifting, which continues to have a detrimental impact on local businesses and the wider community.

We believe that shop lifting is still under-reported by businesses, and we are working closer with the retailers to try to help them with what they need to be able to report crimes more easily, so we can have accurate data on what has happened and who are the regular shoplifters for the area.

A regular shoplifter has been arrested at the start of this month and charged with shop theft after a retailer reported the offence. Police attended and located the offender nearby.

The town centre team is currently focusing on Anti-social behaviour and drug use occurring in the town centre this also links in to shoplifting offences

We are working with various partner agencies from the NHS, addiction services, council and Yeovil Crime reduction team to priorities individual offenders and problem solve issues around them and deal with offenders positively and proactively.

We have various orders already imposed on individuals in the town centre that ensure conditions are applied to  mitigate their behaviour these range from Community protection warnings, Community protection notices and Criminal behaviour orders.

If you witness ASB or drug activity in Yeovil, please consider reporting to us online Report | Avon and Somerset Police or you can call 101 or 999 in an emergency.