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Crime · Hythe
Reported crime in Hythe
852 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 57 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
852
Rate / 1,000
57
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 288 | 34% |
| Anti social behaviour | 178 | 21% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 87 | 10% |
| Other theft | 70 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 59 | 7% |
| Public order | 40 | 5% |
| Drugs | 31 | 4% |
| Burglary | 25 | 3% |
| Other crime | 23 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 22 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 10 | 1% |
| Robbery | 7 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 7 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 | 15 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 288 |
| Anti social behaviour | 5 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 178 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 87 |
| Other theft | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 70 |
| Shoplifting | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 59 |
| Public order | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| Drugs | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | |
| Burglary | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |||
| Other crime | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 46 | 61 | 81 | 74 | 45 | 58 | 70 | 68 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 108 | 852 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hythe, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,971.