Recorded Crime in Lancaster - Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Lancaster.
Population: 144,000
Number of households: 64,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	2,156	1,928	-11
Sexual offences	113	99	-12
Robbery	54	55	2
Burglary of a dwelling	377	413	10
Theft of a vehicle	209	194	-7
Theft from a vehicle	571	546	-4
Interfering with a vehicle	113	150	33
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	13	16	-3
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	0	1	-1
Burglary of a dwelling	3	5	-2
Theft of a vehicle	1	3	-2
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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