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Crime · Dibden Purlieu
Reported crime in the parish of Hythe and Dibden
1,236 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 61 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Hythe and Dibden, which includes Dibden Purlieu. There are no separate figures for Dibden Purlieu. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,236
Rate / 1,000
61
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 525 | 42% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 140 | 11% |
| Anti social behaviour | 139 | 11% |
| Public order | 96 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 85 | 7% |
| Other theft | 73 | 6% |
| Burglary | 54 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 46 | 4% |
| Other crime | 29 | 2% |
| Drugs | 23 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 11 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 1% |
| Robbery | 6 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 46 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 57 | 34 | 45 | 37 | 44 | 49 | 62 | 45 | 525 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 140 |
| Anti social behaviour | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 139 |
| Public order | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 96 |
| Shoplifting | 3 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 85 |
| Other theft | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 73 |
| Burglary | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 46 |
| Other crime | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| Drugs | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 106 | 97 | 85 | 87 | 134 | 87 | 95 | 99 | 120 | 103 | 120 | 103 | 1236 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Dibden Purlieu, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,186.