Recorded Crime in Waltham Forest

Local police force: Metropolitan Police
Crime figures for CRDP area Waltham Forest.
Population: 224,000
Number of households: 91,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	6,831	6,052	-11.4
Sexual offences	278	239	-14.03
Robbery	2,392	1,954	-18.31
Burglary of a dwelling	1,962	1,854	-5.5
Theft of a vehicle	1,643	1,448	-11.87
Theft from a vehicle	3,155	3,743	18.64

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	27.01	19.28	7.73
Sexual offences	1.07	1.06	0.01
Robbery	8.72	1.86	6.86
Burglary of a dwelling	8.27	5.47	2.8
Theft of a vehicle	6.46	3.61	2.85
Theft from a vehicle	16.7	9.34	7.36

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