Recorded Crime in Leigh - Leigh Journal

Local police force: Greater Manchester
Crime figures for CRDP area Wigan.
Population: 306,000
Number of households: 132,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2007-08	2008-09	% Change
Violence against the person	5,152	4,718	-8
Sexual offences	267	271	1
Robbery	275	298	8
Burglary of a dwelling	1,746	1,550	-11
Theft of a vehicle	1,246	964	-23
Theft from a vehicle	2,544	2,035	-20
Interfering with a vehicle	439	267	-39
BCS comparator

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2008-09

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	15	16	-1
Sexual offences	1	1	0
Robbery	1	1	0
Burglary of a dwelling	5	5	0
Theft of a vehicle	3	3	0
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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