Recorded Crime in Borehamwood

Local police force: Hertfordshire
Crime figures for CRDP area Hertsmere.
Population: 94,000
Number of households: 38,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,199	1,300	8.42
Sexual offences	61	70	14.75
Robbery	61	86	40.98
Burglary of a dwelling	560	491	-12.32
Theft of a vehicle	366	305	-16.67
Theft from a vehicle	1,232	973	-21.02

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	13.84	19.28	-5.44
Sexual offences	0.75	1.06	-0.31
Robbery	0.92	1.86	-0.94
Burglary of a dwelling	5.23	5.47	-0.24
Theft of a vehicle	3.25	3.61	-0.36
Theft from a vehicle	10.36	9.34	1.02

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