Making your community safer
It's official - crime is falling!
Do you feel safe in Cambridgeshire? You should! Crime has plummeted in the county, recent figures reveal.
Statistics released by the Home Office for 2007/08 show that, compared to 2006/07, offences of robbery, burglary, violence against a person, vehicle crime, theft, fraud and forgery and criminal damage have all fallen in the county.
The total number of offences fell by 6% to 65,308 - over 4000 fewer crimes.
Other significant reductions were recorded in:
- burglary, where offences fell by 15% to 7533 offences - over 1300 fewer crimes;
- robbery, where offences also fell by 15% to 624 - over 100 fewer crimes
- fraud and forgery, where offences fell by 20% to 2186 - over 500 fewer crimes.
In this section you can find out about different initiatives taking place to make your community safer.