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Crime · Chard
Reported crime in the parish of Chard Town
1,814 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 127 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Chard Town, which includes Chard. There are no separate figures for Chard. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,814
Rate / 1,000
127
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 756 | 42% |
| Anti social behaviour | 219 | 12% |
| Shoplifting | 184 | 10% |
| Public order | 181 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 128 | 7% |
| Other theft | 102 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 78 | 4% |
| Burglary | 60 | 3% |
| Other crime | 46 | 3% |
| Drugs | 20 | 1% |
| Robbery | 16 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 12 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 51 | 62 | 76 | 70 | 55 | 64 | 55 | 70 | 79 | 67 | 66 | 41 | 756 |
| Anti social behaviour | 17 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 219 |
| Shoplifting | 7 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 184 |
| Public order | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 181 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 128 |
| Other theft | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 102 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 78 | ||
| Burglary | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 60 |
| Other crime | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 46 | |
| Drugs | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Robbery | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 120 | 159 | 153 | 142 | 167 | 119 | 139 | 152 | 191 | 171 | 162 | 139 | 1814 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chard, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 14,287.