Local police force: West Mercia
Crime figures for CRDP area South Shropshire.
Population: 42,000
Number of households: 18,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	237	284	19.83
Sexual offences	21	9	-57.14
Robbery	1	6	500
Burglary of a dwelling	113	108	-4.42
Theft of a vehicle	49	53	8.16
Theft from a vehicle	140	124	-11.43

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	6.72	19.28	-12.56
Sexual offences	0.21	1.06	-0.85
Robbery	0.14	1.86	-1.72
Burglary of a dwelling	2.55	5.47	-2.92
Theft of a vehicle	1.25	3.61	-2.36
Theft from a vehicle	2.93	9.34	-6.41

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