Recorded Crime in Kidderminster

Local police force: West Mercia
Crime figures for CRDP area Wyre Forest.
Population: 99,000
Number of households: 42,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,266	1,405	10.98
Sexual offences	107	66	-38.32
Robbery	30	53	76.67
Burglary of a dwelling	336	285	-15.18
Theft of a vehicle	346	378	9.25
Theft from a vehicle	622	666	7.07

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	14.26	19.28	-5.02
Sexual offences	0.67	1.06	-0.39
Robbery	0.54	1.86	-1.32
Burglary of a dwelling	2.89	5.47	-2.58
Theft of a vehicle	3.84	3.61	0.23
Theft from a vehicle	6.76	9.34	-2.58

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