Avon and Somerset Police Statistics
(Also known more formally as Avon and Somerset Constabulary)
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Avon and Somerset Constabulary's force coverage area is 78 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 36 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Avon and Somerset Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Avon and Somerset Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Avon and Somerset Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Avon and Somerset Police's 75,623 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Avon and Somerset Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Avon and Somerset Police has a crime risk score of 568. This is based on analysis of 75,623 nearby areas within Avon and Somerset Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Avon and Somerset Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Avon and Somerset Police, crime risk scores are typically around 568, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 558 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 556 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
Avon and Somerset Police
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 8% in Avon and Somerset Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Avon and Somerset Police's crime risk score is up by 32%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Avon and Somerset Police's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 7%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Avon and Somerset Police
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Avon and Somerset Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Public Order offences have a crime rate of 8.93 reports per 1,000 people in Avon and Somerset Police, which is 1.54 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 18,157 crime reports logged by Avon and Somerset Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Avon and Somerset Police recorded 72,475 reports of Violence and Sexual Offences in Avon and Somerset Police, resulting in a crime rate of 36 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.17.
The crime rate for Robbery is 1.14 times the national average at 1.35 reports per 1,000. This is from 2,726 crime reports reported to Avon and Somerset Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Avon and Somerset Police
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.42 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.77 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 84% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.38 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 13% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.14 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.89 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 28% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.33 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.23 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 43% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Avon and Somerset Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Avon and Somerset Police | National | ||||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 27,442 | 13.49 | 0.95 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 1,543 | 0.76 | 1.04 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 6,895 | 3.39 | 1.08 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 12,559 | 6.18 | 0.98 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 3,469 | 1.71 | 0.55 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 3,269 | 1.60 | 0.86 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 12,810 | 6.32 | 1.11 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,113 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 18,157 | 8.93 | 1.54 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 2,726 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 15,743 | 7.74 | 1.09 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 568 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 7,111 | 3.49 | 0.81 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 72,475 | 35.67 | 1.17 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 158,438 | 77.94 | 1.08 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 155,104 | 76.85 | 1.04 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 141,625 | 70.93 | 0.94 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 130,063 | 65.86 | 0.83 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 129,729 | 66.51 | 0.87 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 112,718 | 58.22 | 0.85 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 122,368 | 63.60 | 0.86 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 120,637 | 63.02 | 0.83 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 119,872 | 62.94 | 0.88 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 116,282 | 61.58 | 0.96 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 34,294 | 18.18 | 0.95 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Avon and Somerset Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Bridgwater | 6,250 | 147.27 | 2.05 | ||||||
| Yeovil | 4,356 | 123.54 | 1.74 | ||||||
| Glastonbury | 1,159 | 119.22 | 1.79 | ||||||
| Chard Town | 1,582 | 105.42 | 1.55 | ||||||
| Weston-Super-Mare | 9,514 | 105.34 | 1.46 | ||||||
| Bristol | 61,026 | 104.63 | 1.45 | ||||||
| Taunton | 6,874 | 95.79 | 1.34 | ||||||
| Filton | 1,162 | 92.01 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Minehead | 1,140 | 89.98 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge | 1,785 | 84.90 | 1.22 | ||||||
| Bath | 9,265 | 83.63 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Frome | 2,471 | 82.27 | 1.18 | ||||||
| North Petherton | 886 | 75.37 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Wells | 906 | 74.28 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Yate | 1,994 | 74.13 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Shepton Mallet | 843 | 72.89 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Keynsham | 1,573 | 68.05 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Wellington | 1,184 | 65.57 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Patchway | 1,157 | 60.86 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Stoke Gifford | 1,041 | 55.87 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Portishead | 1,570 | 55.56 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Thornbury | 903 | 55.36 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Emersons Green | 1,171 | 55.30 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Midsomer Norton | 701 | 55.01 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Street | 733 | 49.05 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Yatton | 388 | 44.21 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Winterbourne | 547 | 43.90 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Clevedon | 995 | 42.87 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Yeovil Without | 385 | 40.13 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Downend and Bromley Heath | 513 | 38.91 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Bitton | 382 | 38.56 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Nailsea | 641 | 38.03 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Dodington | 315 | 37.56 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Bradley Stoke | 996 | 37.09 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Brympton | 374 | 34.64 | 0.58 | ||||||
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