Recorded Crime in Swindon - Swindon Advertiser

Local police force: Wiltshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Swindon.
Population: 189,000
Number of households: 82,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	3,307	3,153	-5
Sexual offences	259	218	-16
Robbery	236	251	6
Burglary of a dwelling	627	565	-10
Theft of a vehicle	437	452	3
Theft from a vehicle	1,632	1,437	-12
Interfering with a vehicle	111	150	35
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	17	16	1
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	3	5	-2
Theft of a vehicle	2	3	-1
Theft from a vehicle	8	7	1
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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