Recorded Crime in Chorley

Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Chorley.
Population: 104,000
Number of households: 43,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,489	1,460	-1.95
Sexual offences	65	86	32.31
Robbery	22	29	31.82
Burglary of a dwelling	299	325	8.7
Theft of a vehicle	218	167	-23.39
Theft from a vehicle	610	515	-15.57

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	14.08	19.28	-5.2
Sexual offences	0.83	1.06	-0.23
Robbery	0.28	1.86	-1.58
Burglary of a dwelling	3.13	5.47	-2.34
Theft of a vehicle	1.61	3.61	-2
Theft from a vehicle	4.97	9.34	-4.37

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