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Crime · Chatham
Reported crime in the community of Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
980 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 94 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the community of Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, which includes Chatham. There are no separate figures for Chatham. What each figure covers
Total incidents
980
Rate / 1,000
94
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 408 | 42% |
| Anti social behaviour | 173 | 18% |
| Public order | 114 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 97 | 10% |
| Vehicle crime | 45 | 5% |
| Other theft | 41 | 4% |
| Burglary | 31 | 3% |
| Other crime | 27 | 3% |
| Drugs | 19 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 11 | 1% |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 1% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 42 | 24 | 41 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 43 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 24 | 408 |
| Anti social behaviour | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 173 |
| Public order | 16 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 114 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 97 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 45 | |
| Other theft | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
| Burglary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 31 | ||
| Other crime | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| Drugs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Shoplifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 82 | 64 | 70 | 50 | 69 | 69 | 100 | 89 | 74 | 88 | 144 | 81 | 980 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chatham, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 10,463.