Local police force: Avon & Somerset
Crime figures for CRDP area Somerset East.
Population: 263,000
Number of households: 111,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,827	3,914	2.27
Sexual offences	204	238	16.67
Robbery	59	48	-18.64
Burglary of a dwelling	645	657	1.86
Theft of a vehicle	561	464	-17.29
Theft from a vehicle	1,233	1,333	8.11

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	14.86	19.28	-4.42
Sexual offences	0.9	1.06	-0.16
Robbery	0.18	1.86	-1.68
Burglary of a dwelling	2.49	5.47	-2.98
Theft of a vehicle	1.76	3.61	-1.85
Theft from a vehicle	5.06	9.34	-4.28

Key

Graph: Red bar is local crime, black bar is national crime.

Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP): a partnership of police, local councils and other local agencies and organisations tackling crime and disorder in your local area.

The figures shown are a combination of police recorded crime figures and data collected by the British Crime Survey (BCS). All reports of incidents, whether from victims, witnesses or third parties, and whether crime-related or not, result in the registration of an incident report by the police. An incident is recorded as a crime if, on the balance of probability, the circumstances as reported amount to a crime defined by law and there is no credible evidence to the contrary.

Data from the Home Office © Crown Copyright 2007