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Crime · Polstead
Reported crime in Polstead
81 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 37 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
81
Rate / 1,000
37
Categories
10
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 32 | 40% |
| Other theft | 13 | 16% |
| Burglary | 9 | 11% |
| Public order | 7 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 | 9% |
| Anti social behaviour | 6 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 4% |
| Other crime | 2 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Other theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Public order | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 81 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Polstead, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 2,167.