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Crime · Waterloo
Reported crime in central Waterloo
2,736 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 91 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,736
Rate / 1,000
91
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,195 | 44% |
| Anti social behaviour | 300 | 11% |
| Other theft | 199 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 189 | 7% |
| Public order | 188 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 184 | 7% |
| Burglary | 145 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 125 | 5% |
| Drugs | 83 | 3% |
| Other crime | 79 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 23 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 10 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Robbery | 8 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 123 | 111 | 88 | 120 | 87 | 108 | 81 | 95 | 95 | 82 | 113 | 92 | 1195 |
| Anti social behaviour | 21 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 40 | 30 | 34 | 300 |
| Other theft | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 199 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 16 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 189 |
| Public order | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 188 |
| Shoplifting | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 184 |
| Burglary | 19 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 145 |
| Vehicle crime | 17 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 125 |
| Drugs | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 83 |
| Other crime | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 79 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
| Robbery | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 286 | 242 | 220 | 254 | 218 | 227 | 179 | 224 | 203 | 194 | 247 | 242 | 2736 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Waterloo, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 29,947.