Recorded Crime in Dorchester - Thisisdorset

Local police force: Dorset
Crime figures for CRDP area West Dorset.
Population: 97,000
Number of households: 44,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	985	829	-16
Sexual offences	65	73	12
Robbery	20	20	0
Burglary of a dwelling	143	175	22
Theft of a vehicle	104	78	-25
Theft from a vehicle	460	343	-25
Interfering with a vehicle	50	28	-44
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	9	16	-7
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	0	1	-1
Burglary of a dwelling	2	5	-3
Theft of a vehicle	1	3	-2
Theft from a vehicle	4	7	-3
Interfering with a vehicle	0	1	-1

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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