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Crime · Caernarfon
Reported crime in Caernarfon
1,646 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 163 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,646
Rate / 1,000
163
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 617 | 37% |
| Anti social behaviour | 326 | 20% |
| Shoplifting | 167 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 157 | 10% |
| Public order | 106 | 6% |
| Other theft | 72 | 4% |
| Drugs | 64 | 4% |
| Burglary | 41 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 30 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 23 | 1% |
| Other crime | 22 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Robbery | 7 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 35 | 34 | 46 | 52 | 47 | 34 | 52 | 68 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 72 | 617 |
| Anti social behaviour | 24 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 39 | 326 |
| Shoplifting | 27 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 167 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 157 |
| Public order | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 106 |
| Other theft | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 72 |
| Drugs | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
| Burglary | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 41 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | |||
| Other crime | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 122 | 94 | 144 | 117 | 127 | 92 | 144 | 161 | 157 | 156 | 158 | 174 | 1646 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Caernarfon, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 10,076.