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Crime · Leiston
Reported crime in Leiston
421 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 64 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
421
Rate / 1,000
64
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 216 | 51% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 47 | 11% |
| Anti social behaviour | 34 | 8% |
| Other theft | 25 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 24 | 6% |
| Public order | 18 | 4% |
| Burglary | 14 | 3% |
| Drugs | 10 | 2% |
| Other crime | 9 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 1% |
| Robbery | 4 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 216 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 47 |
| Anti social behaviour | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 34 | |
| Other theft | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | ||
| Shoplifting | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Public order | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Drugs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 37 | 19 | 46 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 30 | 41 | 57 | 421 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Leiston, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 6,543.