Yeovil comes within the South Somerset Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area. Partnerships were set up under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and data are only available from 1999-2000. There were 3,058 violent crimes recorded by the police in the South Somerset CDRP in 2004-05.
The information requested is given in the tables.
Since 1997, there have been two major changes to the way in which crime is recorded. The effect of the change in counting rules in 1998 was to artificially increase recorded violent crime nationally by more than 80 per cent. while it is estimated that the effect of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in April 2002 caused a further 20 per cent. increase in recorded violent crime in its first year.
Number of offences 1997 7,758
Number of offences 1998-99 10,947 1999-2000 10,752 2000-01 10,966 2001-02 11,849 Notes: 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
Number of offences 2002-03 19,360 2003-04 28,482 2004-05 26,855 Note: The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.