Recorded Crime in Kingston

Local police force: Metropolitan Police
Crime figures for CRDP area Kingston upon Thames.
Population: 153,000
Number of households: 63,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,240	3,003	-7.31
Sexual offences	175	151	-13.71
Robbery	337	302	-10.39
Burglary of a dwelling	626	515	-17.73
Theft of a vehicle	336	300	-10.71
Theft from a vehicle	938	870	-7.25

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	19.62	19.28	0.34
Sexual offences	0.99	1.06	-0.07
Robbery	1.97	1.86	0.11
Burglary of a dwelling	3.37	5.47	-2.1
Theft of a vehicle	1.96	3.61	-1.65
Theft from a vehicle	5.69	9.34	-3.65

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