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Crime · Purbrook
Reported crime in central Purbrook
1,663 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 64 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,663
Rate / 1,000
64
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 796 | 48% |
| Anti social behaviour | 162 | 10% |
| Public order | 152 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 111 | 7% |
| Other theft | 105 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 94 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 72 | 4% |
| Drugs | 44 | 3% |
| Other crime | 37 | 2% |
| Burglary | 34 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 30 | 2% |
| Robbery | 10 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 10 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 72 | 87 | 62 | 63 | 68 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 64 | 64 | 84 | 68 | 796 |
| Anti social behaviour | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 162 |
| Public order | 8 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 152 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 111 |
| Other theft | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 105 |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 94 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 72 |
| Drugs | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 44 |
| Other crime | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30 | |
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 132 | 151 | 118 | 115 | 125 | 124 | 126 | 130 | 159 | 131 | 157 | 195 | 1663 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Purbrook, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 26,029.