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Crime · Wareham
Reported crime in the parish of Wareham Town
361 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 61 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Wareham Town, which includes Wareham. There are no separate figures for Wareham. What each figure covers
Total incidents
361
Rate / 1,000
61
Categories
12
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 116 | 32% |
| Anti social behaviour | 97 | 27% |
| Shoplifting | 38 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 35 | 10% |
| Other theft | 28 | 8% |
| Public order | 15 | 4% |
| Burglary | 13 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 2% |
| Drugs | 6 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
| Other crime | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 116 |
| Anti social behaviour | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 97 |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 38 | |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
| Other theft | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Public order | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 39 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 33 | 42 | 42 | 34 | 30 | 361 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Wareham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 5,876.