Recorded Crime in Blackpool - Blackpool Citizen

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Blackpool.
Population: 142,000
Number of households: 65,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	4,966	4,571	-8
Sexual offences	246	188	-24
Robbery	188	160	-15
Burglary of a dwelling	741	758	2
Theft of a vehicle	413	402	-3
Theft from a vehicle	840	845	1
Interfering with a vehicle	216	266	23
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	32	16	16
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	5	5	0
Theft of a vehicle	3	3	0
Theft from a vehicle	6	7	-1
Interfering with a vehicle	2	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.

Data from the Home Office © Crown Copyright 2009