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Crime · Whitstable
Reported crime in Whitstable
2,957 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 85 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,957
Rate / 1,000
85
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 891 | 30% |
| Shoplifting | 631 | 21% |
| Anti social behaviour | 503 | 17% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 237 | 8% |
| Other theft | 181 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 164 | 6% |
| Burglary | 97 | 3% |
| Public order | 75 | 3% |
| Drugs | 65 | 2% |
| Other crime | 63 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 18 | 1% |
| Robbery | 18 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 8 | 0% |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 85 | 79 | 62 | 57 | 89 | 84 | 69 | 52 | 77 | 70 | 76 | 91 | 891 |
| Shoplifting | 97 | 107 | 50 | 57 | 58 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 51 | 41 | 631 |
| Anti social behaviour | 98 | 39 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 34 | 44 | 73 | 59 | 503 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 27 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 237 |
| Other theft | 16 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 181 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 164 |
| Burglary | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 97 |
| Public order | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 75 |
| Drugs | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 65 | ||
| Other crime | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 63 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 377 | 310 | 216 | 205 | 256 | 228 | 199 | 176 | 235 | 222 | 273 | 260 | 2957 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Whitstable, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 34,696.