Recorded Crime in Preston

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Preston.
Population: 131,000
Number of households: 54,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,710	3,419	-7.84
Sexual offences	182	184	1.1
Robbery	224	270	20.54
Burglary of a dwelling	655	710	8.4
Theft of a vehicle	458	425	-7.21
Theft from a vehicle	1,574	1,440	-8.51

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	26.04	19.28	6.76
Sexual offences	1.4	1.06	0.34
Robbery	2.06	1.86	0.2
Burglary of a dwelling	5.41	5.47	-0.06
Theft of a vehicle	3.24	3.61	-0.37
Theft from a vehicle	10.97	9.34	1.63

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