Avon and Somerset Police have widened their appeal for CCTV, doorbell-camera and dashcam footage after a man suffered serious head and facial injuries during a late-night assault in Yeovil.
The attacker remains unidentified and officers have not established the precise point where the assault happened. Police are asking residents, drivers and witnesses to check recordings from a wider route around St John’s Road, St Michael’s Avenue and Northbrook Road.
The victim was walking when he was attacked by an unknown assailant between 11.50pm on Saturday, 25 July, and 12.05am on Sunday, 26 July. He was taken to hospital for treatment for significant facial and head wounds, but has since been discharged and is recovering.
Where police want footage
Information currently held by police indicates that the incident happened somewhere along a route covering St John’s Road, St Michael’s Avenue and Northbrook Road. Because the exact location is still uncertain, officers are also interested in recordings from surrounding areas between St Michael’s Avenue and Hawthorn Road.
Footage recorded from late on Saturday, 25 July, through to the early hours of Sunday, 26 July, could be relevant. Police say recordings do not have to show the assault itself. Images of people, vehicles or other activity along the route could help investigators establish what happened and identify movements before or after the attack.
- St John’s Road
- St Michael’s Avenue
- Northbrook Road
- Surrounding locations along the route between St Michael’s Avenue and Hawthorn Road
House-to-house enquiries continue
Officers have already carried out house-to-house enquiries and reviewed CCTV footage, but the investigation remains ongoing. Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area around the time of the assault and noticed suspicious behaviour.
Residents with home-security systems, people with doorbell-camera recordings and drivers whose dashcams captured the roads or nearby locations are being asked to check their recordings. Anyone who finds potentially relevant footage should preserve it and pass it to police.
The force has not said that the assault was captured on any recording reviewed so far. Officers are continuing to work to establish the precise location of the attack and identify the person responsible.
How to contact police
Anyone with information is asked to call Avon and Somerset Police on 101, quoting reference 5226211622. Information can also be submitted through the force’s online appeals form.
The appeal follows the assault reported as taking place in Yeovil during the night of 25 to 26 July. Yeovil Today first published the report at 9pm on 22 August 2026 and updated it at 4.36pm on 23 August 2026.