Recorded Crime in Blackburn - Blackburn Citizen

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Blackburn with Darwen.
Population: 141,000
Number of households: 56,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	2,703	2,567	-5
Sexual offences	166	138	-17
Robbery	129	150	16
Burglary of a dwelling	537	575	7
Theft of a vehicle	360	318	-12
Theft from a vehicle	996	868	-13
Interfering with a vehicle	146	105	-28
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	18	16	2
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	4	5	-1
Theft of a vehicle	2	3	-1
Theft from a vehicle	6	7	-1
Interfering with a vehicle	1	1	0

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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