ID 2007 Crime Domain: Recorded Crime Rates for England at LSOA Level

Recorded crime rates for four major crime themes in England for 2007, using data from 2004/05. The dataset is published by Neighbourhood Statistics and originates from Communities and Local Government (CLG). It provides administrative data with statistical transformations applied at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) geography.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of burglary, theft, criminal damage, and violence based on the four crime themes mentioned.
• Model socio-economic correlates of crime at a small-area level based on LSOA geography.
• Benchmark local crime rates against national or regional averages for 2007.
• Support policy evaluation and resource allocation for community safety initiatives based on administrative crime data.

Strengths

• Provides data at the granular Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) geography for England.
• Covers four specific crime themes: burglary, theft, criminal damage, and violence.
• Has a defined temporal coverage for the year 2007, using source data from 2004/05.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, which permits open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data is from 2004/05, published for 2007, and may not reflect current crime patterns.

Provenance

Source

Communities and Local Government (CLG): ID 2007, published by Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics.

Collection Method

Administrative data (with statistical transformations applied).

Time Range

2007 (using 2004/05 data).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:48.138676; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, at Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level.