Recorded Crime in Colchester

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Colchester.
Population: 163,000
Number of households: 67,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,983	2,462	-17.47
Sexual offences	187	144	-22.99
Robbery	110	111	0.91
Burglary of a dwelling	524	582	11.07
Theft of a vehicle	390	311	-20.26
Theft from a vehicle	983	973	-1.02

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	15.07	19.28	-4.21
Sexual offences	0.88	1.06	-0.18
Robbery	0.68	1.86	-1.18
Burglary of a dwelling	3.56	5.47	-1.91
Theft of a vehicle	1.9	3.61	-1.71
Theft from a vehicle	5.96	9.34	-3.38

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