Recorded Crime in Bridgwater

Local police force: Avon & Somerset
Crime figures for CRDP area Sedgemoor.
Population: 110,000
Number of households: 47,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,513	1,631	7.8
Sexual offences	83	128	54.22
Robbery	40	36	-10
Burglary of a dwelling	346	337	-2.6
Theft of a vehicle	242	278	14.88
Theft from a vehicle	586	647	10.41

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	14.84	19.28	-4.44
Sexual offences	1.16	1.06	0.1
Robbery	0.33	1.86	-1.53
Burglary of a dwelling	3.07	5.47	-2.4
Theft of a vehicle	2.53	3.61	-1.08
Theft from a vehicle	5.89	9.34	-3.45

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