Local police force: Dorset
Crime figures for CRDP area Bournemouth.
Population: 164,000
Number of households: 73,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	4,892	4,692	-4.09
Sexual offences	282	284	0.71
Robbery	141	104	-26.24
Burglary of a dwelling	838	575	-31.38
Theft of a vehicle	509	528	3.73
Theft from a vehicle	1,835	1,349	-26.49

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	28.69	19.28	9.41
Sexual offences	1.74	1.06	0.68
Robbery	0.64	1.86	-1.22
Burglary of a dwelling	3.52	5.47	-1.95
Theft of a vehicle	3.23	3.61	-0.38
Theft from a vehicle	8.25	9.34	-1.09

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