Recorded Crime in Chelmsford - Chelmsford Weekly News

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Chelmsford.
Population: 165,400
Number of households: 70,400

Recorded crime for seven key offences

	2008-09	2009-10	% Change
Violence against the person	1,998	1,890	-5.41
Sexual offences	92	119	29.35
Robbery	100	67	-33
Burglary of a dwelling	352	527	49.72
Theft of a vehicle	273	190	-30.4
Theft from a vehicle	585	543	-7.18
Interfering with a vehicle	91	60	-34.07

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2009-10

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	11.43	15.73	-4.3
Sexual offences	0.72	0.99	-0.27
Robbery	0.41	1.37	-0.96
Burglary of a dwelling	3.19	4.93	-1.74
Theft of a vehicle	1.15	2.16	-1.01
Theft from a vehicle	3.28	6.19	-2.91
Interfering with a vehicle	0.36	0.7	-0.34

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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