Recorded Crime in Croydon - Croydon Guardian

Local police force: Metropolitan Police
Crime figures for CRDP area Croydon.
Population: 340,000
Number of households: 146,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	6,358	6,925	9
Sexual offences	366	399	9
Robbery	1,677	1,407	-16
Burglary of a dwelling	2,221	2,547	15
Theft of a vehicle	1,429	1,257	-12
Theft from a vehicle	2,429	2,898	19
Interfering with a vehicle	129	221	71
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	20	16	4
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	4	1	3
Burglary of a dwelling	7	5	2
Theft of a vehicle	4	3	1
Theft from a vehicle	9	7	2
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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