Recorded Crime in Weymouth - Dorset Echo

Local police force: Dorset
Crime figures for CRDP area Weymouth & Portland.
Population: 65,000
Number of households: 29,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	1,824	1,464	-20
Sexual offences	71	64	-10
Robbery	37	24	-35
Burglary of a dwelling	168	214	27
Theft of a vehicle	91	78	-14
Theft from a vehicle	322	379	18
Interfering with a vehicle	25	43	72
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	22	16	6
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	6	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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