Local police force: West Mercia
Crime figures for CRDP area South Worcestershire.
Population: 286,000
Number of households: 120,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,601	3,646	1.25
Sexual offences	218	181	-16.97
Robbery	142	146	2.82
Burglary of a dwelling	865	808	-6.59
Theft of a vehicle	600	464	-22.67
Theft from a vehicle	1,691	1,628	-3.73

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	12.74	19.28	-6.54
Sexual offences	0.63	1.06	-0.43
Robbery	0.51	1.86	-1.35
Burglary of a dwelling	2.82	5.47	-2.65
Theft of a vehicle	1.62	3.61	-1.99
Theft from a vehicle	5.69	9.34	-3.65

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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