Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Chelmsford.
Population: 161,000
Number of households: 67,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,243	2,157	-3.83
Sexual offences	115	111	-3.48
Robbery	91	95	4.4
Burglary of a dwelling	398	384	-3.52
Theft of a vehicle	351	326	-7.12
Theft from a vehicle	886	990	11.74

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	13.39	19.28	-5.89
Sexual offences	0.69	1.06	-0.37
Robbery	0.59	1.86	-1.27
Burglary of a dwelling	2.38	5.47	-3.09
Theft of a vehicle	2.02	3.61	-1.59
Theft from a vehicle	6.14	9.34	-3.2

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