Local police force: Lancashire
Crime figures for CRDP area Blackburn with Darwen.
Population: 140,000
Number of households: 55,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	3,306	2,973	-10.07
Sexual offences	189	186	-1.59
Robbery	160	166	3.75
Burglary of a dwelling	815	676	-17.06
Theft of a vehicle	413	410	-0.73
Theft from a vehicle	1,332	1,172	-12.01

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	21.2	19.28	1.92
Sexual offences	1.33	1.06	0.27
Robbery	1.18	1.86	-0.68
Burglary of a dwelling	4.82	5.47	-0.65
Theft of a vehicle	2.92	3.61	-0.69
Theft from a vehicle	8.36	9.34	-0.98

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