Recorded Crime in Devizes - The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald

Local police force: Wiltshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Kennet.
Population: 79,000
Number of households: 31,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	697	746	7
Sexual offences	45	38	-16
Robbery	7	6	-14
Burglary of a dwelling	190	136	-28
Theft of a vehicle	107	75	-30
Theft from a vehicle	294	201	-32
Interfering with a vehicle	20	33	65
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

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

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