Crime · Watling

Reported crime in central Watling

Name: Watling crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

7,759 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 107 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

7,759

Rate / 1,000

107

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,047	26%
Anti social behaviour	2,013	26%
Shoplifting	593	8%
Vehicle crime	548	7%
Other theft	482	6%
Burglary	429	6%
Public order	388	5%
Criminal damage and arson	346	4%
Drugs	282	4%
Theft from the person	238	3%
Robbery	199	3%
Other crime	102	1%
Bicycle theft	46	1%
Possession of weapons	46	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	179	144	177	175	146	166	156	179	175	197	182	171	2047
Anti social behaviour	173	169	151	192	168	152	109	164	160	167	194	214	2013
Shoplifting	39	46	57	45	36	41	42	54	48	41	68	76	593
Vehicle crime	37	53	48	49	58	51	46	31	36	48	42	49	548
Other theft	41	28	44	36	39	31	30	32	54	37	59	51	482
Burglary	30	32	20	37	53	40	38	41	42	35	36	25	429
Public order	38	29	31	37	30	29	18	28	41	35	32	40	388
Criminal damage and arson	42	32	39	44	30	27	25	35	34	33	3	2	346
Drugs	26	26	23	28	35	19	24	16	23	19	20	23	282
Theft from the person	22	15	20	24	16	15	17	19	28	20	19	23	238
Robbery	11	18	16	19	17	23	10	17	22	11	23	12	199
Other crime	10	5	8	7	11	5	9	9	6	10	13	9	102
Bicycle theft	2	7	6	5	4	2		4	6	2	5	3	46
Possession of weapons	3	5	5	2	1	2	3	10	2	5	7	1	46
Total	653	609	645	700	644	603	527	639	677	660	703	699	7759

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Watling, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 72,777.