Recorded Crime in Braintree

Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Braintree.
Population: 138,000
Number of households: 57,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,571	1,485	-5.47
Sexual offences	103	68	-33.98
Robbery	47	38	-19.15
Burglary of a dwelling	382	276	-27.75
Theft of a vehicle	364	277	-23.9
Theft from a vehicle	664	710	6.93

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	10.78	19.28	-8.5
Sexual offences	0.49	1.06	-0.57
Robbery	0.28	1.86	-1.58
Burglary of a dwelling	2	5.47	-3.47
Theft of a vehicle	2.01	3.61	-1.6
Theft from a vehicle	5.15	9.34	-4.19

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