Recorded Crime in Watford

Local police force: Hertfordshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Watford.
Population: 79,000
Number of households: 32,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	2,285	2,606	14.05
Sexual offences	105	106	0.95
Robbery	159	179	12.58
Burglary of a dwelling	422	496	17.54
Theft of a vehicle	326	320	-1.84
Theft from a vehicle	887	906	2.14

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	32.86	19.28	13.58
Sexual offences	1.34	1.06	0.28
Robbery	2.26	1.86	0.4
Burglary of a dwelling	6.26	5.47	0.79
Theft of a vehicle	4.04	3.61	0.43
Theft from a vehicle	11.43	9.34	2.09

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