Police-recorded · Somerset · Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Violence and sexual offences in Somerset
12 months to June 2026
38.1per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 22,515 violence and sexual offences offences in Somerset in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.8% (615) on the previous 12 months. That is 38.1 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 590,972
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
3,705 (partial)
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June 2012
6,745
12.6
2012
June 2013
5,697
10.6
2013
June 2014
5,056
9.3
2014
June 2015
6,297
11.5
2015
June 2016
9,477
17.1
2016
June 2017
11,236
20.1
2017
June 2018
12,054
21.4
2018
June 2019
12,984
23.0
2019
June 2020
13,498
23.8
2020
June 2021
14,497
25.3
2021
June 2022
18,140
31.4
2022
June 2023
17,077
29.3
2023
June 2024
20,423
34.7
2024
June 2025
21,900
37.1
2025
June 2026
22,515
38.1
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.