Recorded Crime in Colchester - Gazette

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Colchester.
Population: 175,000
Number of households: 75,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	2,872	2,578	-10
Sexual offences	160	144	-10
Robbery	90	100	11
Burglary of a dwelling	518	497	-4
Theft of a vehicle	313	261	-17
Theft from a vehicle	849	852	0
Interfering with a vehicle	86	97	13
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	15	16	-1
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	3	5	-2
Theft of a vehicle	1	3	-2
Theft from a vehicle	5	7	-2
Interfering with a vehicle	1	1	0

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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