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Crime · Kendal
Reported crime in Kendal
2,375 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 80 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,375
Rate / 1,000
80
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,087 | 46% |
| Public order | 248 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 210 | 9% |
| Shoplifting | 188 | 8% |
| Anti social behaviour | 156 | 7% |
| Other theft | 131 | 6% |
| Drugs | 123 | 5% |
| Burglary | 53 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 51 | 2% |
| Other crime | 47 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 30 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 25 | 1% |
| Robbery | 16 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 10 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 98 | 97 | 76 | 88 | 94 | 94 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 110 | 101 | 90 | 1087 |
| Public order | 35 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 248 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 210 |
| Shoplifting | 9 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 188 |
| Anti social behaviour | 17 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 156 |
| Other theft | 8 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 131 |
| Drugs | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 123 |
| Burglary | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 53 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 51 |
| Other crime | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 47 |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 25 | ||
| Robbery | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 219 | 208 | 155 | 213 | 199 | 204 | 186 | 167 | 173 | 239 | 217 | 195 | 2375 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Kendal, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 29,588.