Recorded Crime in Taunton

Local police force: Avon & Somerset
Crime figures for CRDP area Taunton Deane.
Population: 107,000
Number of households: 46,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,635	1,804	10.34
Sexual offences	92	115	25
Robbery	31	33	6.45
Burglary of a dwelling	292	213	-27.05
Theft of a vehicle	181	265	46.41
Theft from a vehicle	630	670	6.35

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	16.89	19.28	-2.39
Sexual offences	1.08	1.06	0.02
Robbery	0.31	1.86	-1.55
Burglary of a dwelling	1.99	5.47	-3.48
Theft of a vehicle	2.48	3.61	-1.13
Theft from a vehicle	6.27	9.34	-3.07

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