Total Offences per 1,000 population 2008/09

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Brief Description

The total number of offences per 1,000 resident population from the British Crime Survey 2008/09. Total offences include theft from vehicles; dwelling burglary; robberies and violent offences http://www.localfutures.com/

Detailed Information

This map supports our latest barometer in the Guardian.

The data shows a north-south, urban-rural divide, with high crime levels concentrated in urban centres, predominantly in the North of England. Total crime levels fell 7.2 per cent nationally between 2008 and 2009.

The highest rates of crime are located in cities. Nottingham, Manchester, the City of Westminster, Slough and Reading comprise the top five crime districts.

It will come as no surprise that London remains the region with the highest number of crimes per head. Elsewhere, though, Northern England has a disproportionately larger number of crime districts compared to the South. There is a band of higher crime stretching from the old industrial heartlands of Merseyside in the West to North Lincolnshire in the East. Conversely, relatively low crime rates can be found in rural parts of the East and South West of England.

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