Recorded Crime in Northwich

Local police force: Cheshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Vale Royal.
Population: 125,000
Number of households: 52,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,259	1,858	-17.75
Sexual offences	110	91	-17.27
Robbery	47	50	6.38
Burglary of a dwelling	426	458	7.51
Theft of a vehicle	316	316	0
Theft from a vehicle	765	888	16.08

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	14.91	19.28	-4.37
Sexual offences	0.73	1.06	-0.33
Robbery	0.4	1.86	-1.46
Burglary of a dwelling	3.68	5.47	-1.79
Theft of a vehicle	2.54	3.61	-1.07
Theft from a vehicle	7.13	9.34	-2.21

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.

Data from the Home Office © Crown Copyright 2007