The Hereford Times

Recorded Crime in Hereford

Local police force: West Mercia
Crime figures for CRDP area Herefordshire.
Population: 179,000
Number of households: 77,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,389	2,417	1.17
Sexual offences	173	184	6.36
Robbery	32	64	100
Burglary of a dwelling	372	324	-12.9
Theft of a vehicle	257	243	-5.45
Theft from a vehicle	714	659	-7.7

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	13.52	19.28	-5.76
Sexual offences	1.03	1.06	-0.03
Robbery	0.36	1.86	-1.5
Burglary of a dwelling	1.81	5.47	-3.66
Theft of a vehicle	1.36	3.61	-2.25
Theft from a vehicle	3.69	9.34	-5.65

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