Recorded Crime in Yeovil

Local police force: Dorset
Crime figures for CRDP area West Dorset.
Population: 96,000
Number of households: 42,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	867	987	13.84
Sexual offences	80	68	-15
Robbery	6	12	100
Burglary of a dwelling	191	166	-13.09
Theft of a vehicle	170	112	-34.12
Theft from a vehicle	473	423	-10.57

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	10.3	19.28	-8.98
Sexual offences	0.71	1.06	-0.35
Robbery	0.13	1.86	-1.73
Burglary of a dwelling	1.73	5.47	-3.74
Theft of a vehicle	1.17	3.61	-2.44
Theft from a vehicle	4.41	9.34	-4.93

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