Recorded Crime in Chelmsford - Chelmsford Weekly News

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Chelmsford.
Population: 165,000
Number of households: 70,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	2,124	1,998	-6
Sexual offences	110	92	-16
Robbery	95	100	5
Burglary of a dwelling	378	352	-7
Theft of a vehicle	326	273	-16
Theft from a vehicle	710	585	-18
Interfering with a vehicle	69	91	32
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	12	16	-4
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	2	5	-3
Theft of a vehicle	2	3	-1
Theft from a vehicle	4	7	-3
Interfering with a vehicle	1	1	0

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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