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Crime · Sheerness
Reported crime in Sheerness
2,749 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 207 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,749
Rate / 1,000
207
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,002 | 36% |
| Anti social behaviour | 597 | 22% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 313 | 11% |
| Shoplifting | 259 | 9% |
| Other theft | 123 | 4% |
| Public order | 110 | 4% |
| Drugs | 88 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 70 | 3% |
| Other crime | 64 | 2% |
| Burglary | 60 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 34 | 1% |
| Robbery | 15 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 98 | 94 | 62 | 72 | 58 | 89 | 97 | 82 | 93 | 77 | 86 | 94 | 1002 |
| Anti social behaviour | 56 | 47 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 56 | 59 | 76 | 48 | 597 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 35 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 313 |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 259 |
| Other theft | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 123 |
| Public order | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 110 |
| Drugs | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 88 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 70 |
| Other crime | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 64 |
| Burglary | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 60 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 34 | |
| Robbery | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 255 | 234 | 188 | 179 | 196 | 239 | 266 | 231 | 263 | 235 | 243 | 220 | 2749 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Sheerness, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 13,253.