Crime & Disorder & Drugs Audit 2004 - Criminal Damage

Broadland Crime and Disorderand Drugs Audit 2004Criminal Damage 1.1 ASB – crimes of criminal damage1.1.1 Volume and trendsThe HO banding ‘Criminal damage’ is used. Sub-categories have been identified inaccordance with those suggested on the Home Office website ‘Crime Statistics in Englandand Wales’.Figures for numbers in each sub-category and overall numbers for Broadland in each ofthe 4 years are given in Table 40, together with percentage change year-on-year.Criminal Percentdamage changeCriminal Criminal Otherdamage (Other damage criminal All criminal year-on-Arson (dwellings) buildings) (vehicles) damage damage year2000-1 76 145 154 272 211 8582001-2 77 182 208 317 325 1109 + 29.32002-3 52 200 190 356 378 1176 + 6.02003-4 74 203 250 397 431 1355 + 15.2Table 1 Numbers of criminal damage in Broadland and percentage change year-on-year[Source: NC1]Between the time of the last audit (2000-1) and the current audit (2003-4), there has beenan overall increase in offences of criminal damage of 57.9%. Increases in 2001-2 and2003-4, not 2002-3, were highest, which indicates that NCRS is not responsible for thesignificant uninterrupted increase overall. Numbers of arson have remained stable,whereas numbers in other sub-categories have increased.1.1.2 Comparative incidenceComparative rates for criminal damage, shown in Fig. 46, are given per 1000 population.This measure was not available for CDRP families. CDRP Analyst, Eastern, April 2005 225 23.021 ...