Recorded Crime in Bridgwater - Bridgwater Mercury

Local police force: Avon & Somerset
Crime figures for CRDP area Sedgemoor.
Population: 112,300
Number of households: 49,200

Recorded crime for seven key offences

	2008-09	2009-10	% Change
Violence against the person	1,556	1,500	-3.6
Sexual offences	104	100	-3.85
Robbery	33	28	0
Burglary of a dwelling	293	250	-14.68
Theft of a vehicle	178	118	-33.71
Theft from a vehicle	527	346	-34.35
Interfering with a vehicle	61	57	-6.56

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2009-10

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	13.36	15.73	-2.37
Sexual offences	0.89	0.99	-0.1
Robbery	0.25	1.37	-1.12
Burglary of a dwelling	2.23	4.93	-2.7
Theft of a vehicle	1.05	2.16	-1.11
Theft from a vehicle	3.08	6.19	-3.11
Interfering with a vehicle	0.51	0.7	-0.19

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.

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