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Crime · High Town
Reported crime in central High Town
2,870 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 83 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,870
Rate / 1,000
83
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,398 | 49% |
| Anti social behaviour | 449 | 16% |
| Public order | 239 | 8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 183 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 118 | 4% |
| Other theft | 117 | 4% |
| Drugs | 89 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 86 | 3% |
| Other crime | 69 | 2% |
| Burglary | 54 | 2% |
| Robbery | 26 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 26 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 14 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 148 | 92 | 111 | 119 | 109 | 82 | 115 | 112 | 115 | 123 | 141 | 131 | 1398 |
| Anti social behaviour | 28 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 36 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 43 | 36 | 74 | 57 | 449 |
| Public order | 26 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 239 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 16 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 183 |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 118 |
| Other theft | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 117 |
| Drugs | 7 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 89 |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 86 | |
| Other crime | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 69 |
| Burglary | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 54 |
| Robbery | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 26 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 277 | 198 | 229 | 224 | 241 | 181 | 250 | 218 | 235 | 238 | 305 | 274 | 2870 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering High Town, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 34,709.