Local police force: Essex
Crime figures for CRDP area Brentwood.
Population: 71,000
Number of households: 30,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	904	908	0.44
Sexual offences	45	33	-26.67
Robbery	51	48	-5.88
Burglary of a dwelling	340	289	-15
Theft of a vehicle	229	193	-15.72
Theft from a vehicle	743	567	-23.69

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	12.81	19.28	-6.47
Sexual offences	0.47	1.06	-0.59
Robbery	0.68	1.86	-1.18
Burglary of a dwelling	4.08	5.47	-1.39
Theft of a vehicle	2.72	3.61	-0.89
Theft from a vehicle	8	9.34	-1.34

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