Equity, justice and the crime drop: the case of burglary in England and Wales

Crime Science

Table 2 Burglary incidence victimisation divides in England and Wales from 1993 to 2008/09

Non-base household and area characteristics with regards to:	Burglaries relative to base household (base household = 1)		Changes in burglary incidence gap relative to base household, 1993–2008/09
	1993	2008/09
Non-white ethnicity of HRP	1.099	1.486^*	+3.91
Lone parents	1.556^*	1.699^*	+0.26
Number of adults
Two adults	0.973	0.680^*	+10.84
More than two adults	0.855	0.671^*	+1.27
Tenure
Rented^a/social rented (public housing)	1.500^*	1.921^*	+0.84
Rented^a/private rented	1.500^*	1.433^*	−0.13
Number of cars
One car	0.979	0.764^*	+10.23
Two cars	0.780⁺	0.875	−0.43
Three + cars	0.882	0.943	−0.51
Annual income
Less than £5000	1.030	0.952	−2.59
£5000–£9999	1.030	0.925	−3.50
£30,000–£49,999^b	1.266⁺	0.985	−1.06
At least £50,000^b	1.266⁺	1.292⁺	+0.10
House empty
Sometimes^a/less than 3 h	1.213	1.374^*	+0.76
Often^a/3–5 h	1.133	1.770^*	+4.79
Often^a/more than 5 h	1.133	1.302⁺	+1.27
Neighbourhood watch	0.873	0.788⁺	+0.67
Inner city area type	1.448^*	2.034^*	+1.31
Region
North^a/Northeast	1.638	1.181	−0.72
Yorkshire/Humberside	2.222^*	1.613^*	−0.50
Northwest	2.009^*	1.346⁺	−0.66
East Midlands	1.241	1.391⁺	+0.62
West Midlands	1.654	0.990	−1.02
East Anglia	0.805	1.234	−2.20
Southwest	1.228	1.231	+0.01
Wales	1.314	0.816	−1.58
Greater London	1.838^*	1.357	−0.57

The base household and area characteristics refer to a household with: white household representative person (HRP); non-lone parent; one adult; owner occupier; no car; annual income of £10,000–29,999; house almost never/never occupied; without neighbourhood watch; in a South East rural area
* p ≤ 0.05; ⁺0.05 < p ≤ 0.10
^aIn the 1993 model
^bIn the 1993 model ‘at least £30,000′

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