Crime · Chatham

Reported crime in Chatham

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

12,432 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 132 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

12,432

Rate / 1,000

132

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,396	35%
Anti social behaviour	2,705	22%
Shoplifting	1,025	8%
Criminal damage and arson	987	8%
Other theft	831	7%
Public order	517	4%
Vehicle crime	479	4%
Drugs	411	3%
Other crime	341	3%
Burglary	261	2%
Possession of weapons	159	1%
Robbery	144	1%
Bicycle theft	104	1%
Theft from the person	72	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	408	393	346	336	326	378	371	328	439	335	375	361	4396
Anti social behaviour	327	246	177	187	187	174	192	190	247	260	275	243	2705
Shoplifting	80	83	81	90	71	61	76	76	98	108	112	89	1025
Criminal damage and arson	112	94	58	74	67	94	68	72	102	72	95	79	987
Other theft	65	65	81	68	52	69	75	53	67	64	82	90	831
Public order	50	42	43	42	34	40	29	32	63	47	43	52	517
Vehicle crime	64	40	25	59	38	48	23	21	44	40	35	42	479
Drugs	43	42	33	31	20	32	41	35	37	42	26	29	411
Other crime	30	24	22	31	30	33	26	31	29	25	27	33	341
Burglary	24	22	17	20	22	21	26	17	24	19	24	25	261
Possession of weapons	13	13	16	16	11	10	12	15	15	20	10	8	159
Robbery	11	9	6	12	12	6	12	10	17	18	19	12	144
Bicycle theft	15	2	11	13	15	6	10	3	7	3	8	11	104
Theft from the person	9	4	7	7	5	5	1	7	5	7	5	10	72
Total	1251	1079	923	986	890	977	962	890	1194	1060	1136	1084	12432

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chatham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 94,523.