The following statistics show the crime figures for the Knighton Ward.  It shows the types of crime which have occurred in the area and compares these to City figures:

 

 

Types of offences	Knighton 06/07	City 06/07	Knighton 07/08	City 07/08
Number of domestic burglary	79	2293	112	2468
Domestic burglary rate per 1000 households	12.21	7.92	6.88	8.52
Number of other burglary	51	1866	30	2044
Other burglary rate per 1000 population	3.14	6.48	1.78	7.06
Number of criminal damage	189	8955	207	8553
Criminal damage rate per 1000 population	11.62	31.09	12.6	29.5
Number of violent against the person	212	10662	145	9763
Violent against the person rate per 1000 population	13.03	37.02	8.85	33.7
Number of other offences	69	4183	68	3789
Other offences rate per 1000 population	4.24	14.52	4.11	13.08
Number of robbery	27	900	27	692
Robbery rate per 1000 population	1.66	3.12	1.59	2.38
Number of theft of cycle	27	915	25	1033
Theft of cycle rate per 1000 population	1.66	3.18	1.53	3.56
Number of theft from vehicle	84	3485	82	4327
Theft from vehicle rate per 1000 population	5.16	12.10	5.04	14.9
Number of theft of vehicle	30	1225	10	1092
Theft of vehicle rate per 1000 population	1.84	4.25	0.55	3.77
Number of other theft	136	9000	141	8892
Other theft rate per 1000 population	8.36	31.25	8.60	30.7
Total number of crimes	906	44112	847	42653
Total number of crime rate per 1000 population	55.70	142.19	51.53	147.17