Recorded Crime in London - Epsom Guardian

Local police force: Bedfordshire
Crime figures for CRDP area South Bedfordshire.
Population: 118,000
Number of households: 50,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	1,290	1,342	4
Sexual offences	50	72	44
Robbery	154	144	-6
Burglary of a dwelling	791	859	9
Theft of a vehicle	369	307	-17
Theft from a vehicle	1,244	1,157	-7
Interfering with a vehicle	139	115	-17
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	11	16	-5
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	7	5	2
Theft of a vehicle	3	3	0
Theft from a vehicle	10	7	3
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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