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Barking and Dagenham Crime Down

Latest figures released by Scotland Yard show that crime is down in Barking and Dagenham.

The total number of incidents fell from more than 21,300 in 2006-2007 to just 19,536 in 2007-2008. This has resulted in an 8.7% decrease in crime across the borough with almost 2,000 less incidents taking place.

The biggest fall in the figures has seen 340 less residential burglaries, down 28.4%, 186 less robberies, down 23.1% and 503 fewer reports of criminal damage, down 13.6%.

The figures show that joint initiatives run buy the Council and the police have made a real difference to combating crime in the borough and Safer and Stronger Community Partnership is committed to reducing crime and the fear of crime to make our Borough a safer place to live and work.

The following information outlines the crime figures for financial year 2007-2008.

Crime type

British Crime Survey comparator

2006-2007: 12,709

2007-2008: 11,516

Numerical change: -1,193

% change: -9.4%

Personal robbery

2006-2007: 704

2007-2008: 556

Numerical change: -148

% change: -21%

Total robbery

2006-2007: 805

2007-2008: 619

Numerical change: -186

% change: -23.1%

Total theft from a person

2006-2007: 362

2007-2008: 287

Numerical change: -75

% change: -21%

Theft cycles

2006-2007: 174

2007-2008: 179

Numerical change: +5

% change: +2.8%

Residential burglary

2006-2007: 1,196

2007-2008: 856

Numerical change: -340

% change: -28.4%

Non-residential burglary

2006-2007: 921

2007-2008: 699

Numerical change: -222

% change: -24.1%

Theft of a vehicle

2006-2007: 1,159

2007-2008: 1,254

Numerical change: +95

% change: +8.2%

Theft from a vehicle

2006-2007: 1,839

2007-2008: 1,784

Numerical change: -55

% change: -3%

Criminal damage

2006-2007: 3,696

2007-2008: 3,193

Numerical change: -503

% change: -13.6%

British Crime Survey wounding

2006-2007: 2,312

2007-2008: 2,126

Numerical change: -186

% change: -8%

British Crime Survey common assault

2006-2007: 1,212

2007-2008: 1,229

Numerical change: +17

% change: +1.4%

Racially aggravated offences

2006-2007: 368

2007-2008: 332

Numerical change: -36

% change: -9.8%

All crime

2006-2007: 21,384

2007-2008: 19,536

Numerical change: -1,848

% change: -8.6%

Monday 2 June 2008.