Local police force: Wiltshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Swindon.
Population: 184,000
Number of households: 77,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,789	3,185	14.2
Sexual offences	209	241	15.31
Robbery	204	242	18.63
Burglary of a dwelling	810	786	-2.96
Theft of a vehicle	438	396	-9.59
Theft from a vehicle	1,625	1,918	18.03

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	17.31	19.28	-1.97
Sexual offences	1.31	1.06	0.25
Robbery	1.32	1.86	-0.54
Burglary of a dwelling	4.27	5.47	-1.2
Theft of a vehicle	2.15	3.61	-1.46
Theft from a vehicle	10.42	9.34	1.08

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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