Untitled - Westminster City Council

Crime. An introduction
Firstly, the most important fact you need to know about crime in Westminster
is that it has been going down. In fact, crime has dropped by almost a quarter
over the last 8 years, as the graph below shows.
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Total offences in Westminster per year
Source: Metropolitan Police
At the time this guide was printed:
• there were on average only 5 personal
robberies each day among a daytime
population of 1.2 million people
• last year there were 1,484 burglaries
for the 120,000 households in
Westminster
• there was one reported violent
incident per 42,600 people per day.
So, as you can see, crime takes place
more rarely than you might think.
However, we’re not saying that crime
doesn’t happen. And when it does, it can
be extremely traumatic. If you’ve been a
victim of crime, we’ve included contact
details on page 15 explaining where to
seek support.
To see the most up to date crime fi gures for Westminster
throughout the year and compare them with other parts of
London, visit met.police.uk/crimefigures.
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