Recorded Crime in Kendal

Local police force: Cumbria
Crime figures for CRDP area South Lakeland.
Population: 103,000
Number of households: 45,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,318	1,066	-19.12
Sexual offences	55	48	-12.73
Robbery	8	8	0
Burglary of a dwelling	124	104	-16.13
Theft of a vehicle	83	89	7.23
Theft from a vehicle	243	245	0.82

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	10.35	19.28	-8.93
Sexual offences	0.47	1.06	-0.59
Robbery	0.08	1.86	-1.78
Burglary of a dwelling	1.01	5.47	-4.46
Theft of a vehicle	0.86	3.61	-2.75
Theft from a vehicle	2.38	9.34	-6.96

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