Recorded Crime in Brighton And Hove - The Argus

Local police force: Sussex
Crime figures for CRDP area Brighton & Hove.
Population: 253,000
Number of households: 118,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	6,549	5,213	-20
Sexual offences	282	328	16
Robbery	356	434	22
Burglary of a dwelling	1,180	1,172	-1
Theft of a vehicle	680	603	-11
Theft from a vehicle	1,335	1,664	25
Interfering with a vehicle	246	235	-4
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	21	16	5
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	2	1	1
Burglary of a dwelling	5	5	0
Theft of a vehicle	2	3	-1
Theft from a vehicle	7	7	0
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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