The total number of recorded crimes dropped by 14.1 per cent compared to 2006-2007, while sanction detection rose from 24.5 to 31 per cent.

The authority said this is the fourth consecutive year to show a fall in the rate of crime in Humberside.

In the last year, domestic burglary fell by 18.5 per cent from 6,705 to 5,466 recorded incidents. Vehicle crime dropped by 25.5 per cent, from 13,761 to 10,255.

Violent crime fall by 18.7 per cent while the number of robberies came down by 16.3 per cent. Life-threatening and gun crime dropped by 16.5 per cent.

Ms Alene Branton MBE, chair of the police authority, said: “In the last year there were nearly 16,000 fewer victims of crime in Humberside.

“This is good news for the force, the police authority and most importantly of all, for our customers – the people who live and work in Humberside.

“Crime has been falling steadily over the past four years and these results clearly highlight the improvements being made.

“The fall in volume crime can be attributed, in part at least, to the success of our Neighbourhood Policing Programme, in which the authority is investing more than £13 million and the challenging targets we agreed with the force.

“I really hope that people will feel safer, there is no doubt that they are safer, and the figures should give people confidence that this is the case.

“On behalf of the police authority I would like to place on record our thanks to everyone on the force whose hard work and dedication has brought about such excellent results.”