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Crime · Sowton
Reported crime in Sowton
149 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 54 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
149
Rate / 1,000
54
Categories
12
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 67 | 45% |
| Other theft | 22 | 15% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 19 | 13% |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 5% |
| Burglary | 7 | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 7 | 5% |
| Public order | 5 | 3% |
| Anti social behaviour | 5 | 3% |
| Other crime | 4 | 3% |
| Drugs | 3 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 67 |
| Other theft | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Shoplifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| Public order | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 149 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Sowton, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 2,777.