Recorded crime for six key offences

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2007-08

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	29	18	11
Sexual offences	2	1	1
Robbery	7	2	5
Burglary of a dwelling	15	5	10
Theft of a vehicle	7	3	4
Theft from a vehicle	20	8	12

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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