Recorded crime in the last year rose by nine percent, but how does the Rochdale borough fit into the national picture?

Recorded crime in the Rochdale borough rose by nine percent in the 12 months between September 2017 and September 2018, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show.

One in eight residents of the borough was a victim of crime in the 12 months to last September, compared to one in nine the previous year.

However, whilst more than half of all crimes reported in the north west happened in Greater Manchester – 14% of all crimes in England, excluding fraud – total crime in the Rochdale borough accounted for less than eight percent of all crime recorded in Greater Manchester (7.9%) – and less than one percent of incidents recorded across 295 local authorities in England (0.6%).

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Rochdale Online has broken down how each type of recorded crime differed between September 2017 and September 2018, and how our borough fares on a national level.

Bicycle thefts

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Cambridge
• Rochdale's position – joint 174th (of 295 local authorities)
• 12.5% decrease from 2017

Criminal damage and arson

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Leeds
• Rochdale's position – joint 37th (of 295 local authorities)
• 7.9% decrease from 2017

Death or serious injury caused by illegal driving

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – North Yorkshire
• Rochdale's position – joint 68th (of 206 local authorities which provided data)
• No change from 2017

Drug offences

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Liverpool
• Rochdale's position – joint 121st (of 295 local authorities)
• 6.1% increase from 2017

Homicide

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Manchester
• Rochdale's position – joint 23rd (of 216 local authorities which provided data)
• 33.3% decrease from 2017

Miscellaneous crimes against society

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Leeds
• Rochdale's position –  joint 18th (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 36.5% increase from 2017

Non-residential burglary

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – joint 57th (of 295 local authorities)
• 71.1% increase from 2017

Other thefts

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Westminster
• Rochdale's position – joint 61st (of 295 local authorities)
• 2.9% increase from 2017

Possession of weapons offences

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – joint 38th (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 45.8% increase from 2017

Public order offences  

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Manchester
• Rochdale's position – 21st (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 8.5% increase from 2017

Residential burglary

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – 49th (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 71% increase from 2017

Robbery  

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – 56th (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 10.6% increase from 2017

Sexual offences

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – 42nd (of 295 local authorities)
• 4.2% increase from 2017

Shoplifting

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Birmingham
• Rochdale's position –  joint 108th (of 295 local authorities)
• 5.3% increase from 2017

Stalking and harassment

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Leeds
• Rochdale's position – 41st (of 295 local authorities)
• 10.3% increase from 2017

Theft from the person

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents – Westminster
• Rochdale's position – joint 99th (of 294 local authorities which provided data)
• 5.7% decrease from 2017

Vehicle offences 

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – joint 49th (of 295 local authorities)
• 11.7% increase from 2017

Violence with injury 

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Birmingham
• Rochdale's position – joint 64th (of 295 local authorities)
• 1.5% increase from 2017

Violence without injury

• Local authority with highest percentage of incidents - Leeds
• Rochdale's position –  joint 32nd (of 295 local authorities)
• 7.4% increase from 2017