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Vehicle crime

Vehicle crime includes theft from or of a vehicle or interference with a vehicle.

Vehicle crime last month

There were 100 vehicle crime offences Figure 1: Count of vehicle crime by month in recorded by Greater Police in

Trafford during December 2017. This is 47 150 fewer crimes than the same month last 100 year. 50

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Vehicle crime over the last 3 years

Vehicle crime offences have hovered Figure 2: Vehicle crime in Trafford, 2015-2017 between 70 and 187 offences over the last 36 months. The overall trend is Observed Trend increasing slightly with offences peaking 200 in August 2017. 150

The rate of vehicle crime over the last 3 100 years for each of Trafford's wards has been visualised in this linked chart. 50

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There were approximately 0.4 vehicle Figure 3: Rates of vehicle crime in Trafford's wards crime offences recorded for every 1,000

Greater Manchester 0.8 Trafford residents during December 2017. Trafford 0.4 Brooklands 0.1 However, there is some variation in rates Broadheath 0.1 0.2 of vehicle crime offences between wards. Longford 0.2 0.2 ward recorded the highest rate 0.2 0.3 Priory 0.3 of vehicle crime with 1.4 offence per 1,000 - 0.3 Ashton upon Mersey 0.3 residents. St Mary's 0.4 0.4 Barns 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 Clifford 0.7 0.8 1 Gorse Hill 1.4 0.0 0.5 1.0 crimes per 1,000 population

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Location quotient

The location quotient (Brantingham & Figure 4: Vehicle crime location quotient, December 2017 Brantingham 1997) provides a measure of the difference between the rate of crime GOH DVE DVW CLF in a ward and the rate of crime for the LFD FLX URM STR whole of Trafford. A location quotient of AOM PRI BSM

STM SLM 1.0 indicates that a ward has a BRK BRD TMP VLG proportional share of crime whilst a value ALT BOW

HCT greater than 1 indicates a HBN disproportionate share. Vehicle crime location quotient

1 2 3 Figure 4 shows that Gorse Hill ward Source: data.police.uk | @traffordDataLab recorded x 3.25 the rate of vehicle crime Download: Data | Image | R code offences during December 2017 as Trafford as a whole. Vehicle crime offences as a proportion of all crime

Vehicle crime offences accounted for 15% Figure 5: Vehicle crime as a proportion of total offences*, December 2017 of recorded crime in Village ward during

December 2017 and 7% in Trafford 9% Trafford 7% overall. Broadheath 1% Brooklands 3% Priory 3% Bucklow-St Martins 3% Altrincham 3% Longford 4% Davyhulme East 4% Timperley 7% Flixton 7% Ashton upon Mersey 7% Urmston 7% Sale Moor 7% 8% St Mary's 8% Bowdon 9% Hale Central 9% Clifford 10% Gorse Hill 11% Stretford 13% Village 15% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% percentage of all crime

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*not including incidents of anti-social behaviour

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Notes

Vehicle crime rates have been calculated using the number of residents in each area.

Ward abbreviations: Altrincham (ALT); Ashton upon Mersey (AOM); Bowdon (BOW); Broadheath (BRD); Brooklands (BRK); Bucklow-St Martins (BSM); Clifford (CLF); Davyhulme East (DVE); (DVW); Flixton (FLX); Gorse Hill (GOH); Hale Barns (HBN); Hale Central (HCT); Longford (LFD); Priory (PRI); St Mary's (STM); Sale Moor (SLM); Stretford (STR); Timperley (TMP); Urmston (URM); Village (VLG)

References

Brantingham, P.L. and Brantingham, P.J. (1998). Mapping crime for analytic purposes: location quotients, counts and rates. In D. Weisburd and T. McEwen, eds, Crime Mapping and Crime Prevention, 263-288. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.

Data sources

Greater Manchester Police recorded crime: data.police.uk Mid-year population estimates (2016): ONS Released under Open Government Licence