Local police force: Dorset
Crime figures for CRDP area Weymouth & Portland.
Population: 65,000
Number of households: 28,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	1,661	1,893	13.97
Sexual offences	77	96	24.68
Robbery	31	17	-45.16
Burglary of a dwelling	322	203	-36.96
Theft of a vehicle	109	98	-10.09
Theft from a vehicle	424	425	0.24

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	29.31	19.28	10.03
Sexual offences	1.49	1.06	0.43
Robbery	0.26	1.86	-1.6
Burglary of a dwelling	3.14	5.47	-2.33
Theft of a vehicle	1.52	3.61	-2.09
Theft from a vehicle	6.58	9.34	-2.76

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