Recorded Crime in Kendal - The Westmorland Gazette

Local police force: Cumbria
Crime figures for CRDP area South Lakeland.
Population: 105,000
Number of households: 47,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	1,035	901	-13
Sexual offences	53	47	-11
Robbery	10	5	-50
Burglary of a dwelling	115	114	-1
Theft of a vehicle	106	86	-19
Theft from a vehicle	249	254	2
Interfering with a vehicle	41	30	-27
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	1	5	-4
Theft of a vehicle	1	3	-2
Theft from a vehicle	2	7	-5
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.

Data from the Home Office © Crown Copyright 2009