Recorded Crime in Blackpool

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Blackpool.
Population: 143,000
Number of households: 64,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	5,392	5,206	-3.45
Sexual offences	258	226	-12.4
Robbery	166	178	7.23
Burglary of a dwelling	843	879	4.27
Theft of a vehicle	537	667	24.21
Theft from a vehicle	1,168	1,349	15.5

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	36.43	19.28	17.15
Sexual offences	1.58	1.06	0.52
Robbery	1.25	1.86	-0.61
Burglary of a dwelling	6.15	5.47	0.68
Theft of a vehicle	4.67	3.61	1.06
Theft from a vehicle	9.44	9.34	0.1

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 2007