Recorded Crime in Southend

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Southend.
Population: 159,000
Number of households: 72,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,111	2,989	-3.92
Sexual offences	169	156	-7.69
Robbery	275	285	3.64
Burglary of a dwelling	995	815	-18.09
Theft of a vehicle	518	610	17.76
Theft from a vehicle	1,417	1,098	-22.51

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	18.76	19.28	-0.52
Sexual offences	0.98	1.06	-0.08
Robbery	1.79	1.86	-0.07
Burglary of a dwelling	5.12	5.47	-0.35
Theft of a vehicle	3.83	3.61	0.22
Theft from a vehicle	6.89	9.34	-2.45

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