New figures released by the Metropolitan Police for reported crime show that there has been a 1.6% decrease in crime in the Borough of Wandsworth over the last year.   According the Met Police website Wandsworth borough is average in its crime rates compared to London as a whole.

Figures reveal a worrying increase in sexual crimes including rape and homophobic attacks. Racists attacks and hate Crimes have also seen an increase this year.

On the positives side there only one homicide in the twelve months in comparison to seven in the year before.  Burglary & robbery rates are down as a whole and domestic crimes in the borough have also reduced by over 3.5%.

 

	12 months to August 10 (year)		12 months to August 09 (year)
Number of Offences	Wandsworth	Met Total	Wandsworth	Met Total
Total Crimes	25,241	827,132	25,661	841,202
Homicide	1	126	7	123
Violence Against the Person (Total)	5,254	174,454	5,183	173,874
Rape	106	3,120	81	2,270
Other Sexual	259	7,192	229	6,608
Robbery (Total)	1,172	34,001	1,313	32,910
Robbery (Person)	1,026	30,858	1,156	29,604
Robbery (Business)	146	3,143	157	3,306
Burglary (Total)	2,894	89,579	3,082	95,817
Burglary Residential	1,767	58,614	1,982	60,972
Burglary Non-Residential	1,127	30,965	1,100	34,845
Gun Crime	113	3,274	116	3,239
Motor Vehicle Crime	3,372	98,222	3,755	104,479
Domestic Crime	1,695	50,922	1,759	53,098
Racist & Religious Hate Crime	316	9,532	267	9,854
Homophobic Crime	43	1,309	28	1,240

 

October 14, 2010