Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly Update to September 2006
This update presents the most recent crime statistics from two different sources: the British Crime Survey (BCS) and police recorded crime. Both data sets represent the most up-todate information, but they cover different time periods. The BCS results are from interviews conducted in the period October 2005 to September 2006. Police recorded crime refers to the July to September 2006 quarter.
Title: Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly Update to September 2006
Author: Paul Taylor, Sarah Budd and Katharine Thorpe
Number of pages: 11
Date published: January 2007
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The risk of being a victim of crime as measured by the British Crime Survey (BCS) is currently at 24%, this has increased by 1% compared with the year to September 2005 (23%). This is still considerably lower than the peak of 40% recorded by the survey in 1995.
- The number of crimes recorded by the police fell by 3% for the period July to September 2006 compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- There was no statistically significant change in BCS violent crime for interviews in year ending to September 2006 compared with the previous year. Recorded violent crime for July to September 2006 showed a 1% decrease over the same period in 2005.
- BCS vehicle thefts and domestic burglary remained stable compared with interviews in the year to September 2005. In the latest quarter, recorded domestic burglary fell by 3%, and recorded vehicle crime by 4%.
- BCS interviews in the 12 months to September 2006 showed an 11% increase in the number of incidents of vandalism. While recorded crime showed a 1% rise in criminal damage.
- In the year to September 2006, there were a provisional 9,728 firearm offences, 14% fewer than the previous year.
- BCS interviews showed that there was no change in the overall measure of levels of perceived anti-social behaviour, however individual strands showed some change. Levels of worry about burglary, car crime and violent crime have remained unchanged.
- Levels of confidence in aspects of the criminal justice system have remained stable compared with the previous year. Confidence in the local police has improved.
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