Recorded Crime in Leigh

Local police force: Greater Manchester
Crime figures for CRDP area Wigan.
Population: 307,000
Number of households: 129,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	4,167	4,738	13.7
Sexual offences	258	244	-5.43
Robbery	225	267	18.67
Burglary of a dwelling	1,717	1,607	-6.41
Theft of a vehicle	1,656	1,263	-23.73
Theft from a vehicle	3,313	3,349	1.09

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	15.45	19.28	-3.83
Sexual offences	0.8	1.06	-0.26
Robbery	0.87	1.86	-0.99
Burglary of a dwelling	5.24	5.47	-0.23
Theft of a vehicle	4.12	3.61	0.51
Theft from a vehicle	10.92	9.34	1.58

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