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Crime · Chesham
Reported crime in Chesham
1,732 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 75 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,732
Rate / 1,000
75
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 692 | 40% |
| Anti social behaviour | 235 | 14% |
| Other theft | 144 | 8% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 126 | 7% |
| Public order | 120 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 117 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 115 | 7% |
| Burglary | 66 | 4% |
| Drugs | 49 | 3% |
| Other crime | 26 | 2% |
| Robbery | 17 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 11 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 8 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 66 | 61 | 56 | 63 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 63 | 46 | 72 | 77 | 692 |
| Anti social behaviour | 25 | 29 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 235 |
| Other theft | 8 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 144 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 126 |
| Public order | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 120 |
| Shoplifting | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 117 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 115 |
| Burglary | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 66 |
| Drugs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
| Robbery | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 164 | 159 | 114 | 159 | 139 | 124 | 116 | 141 | 161 | 132 | 164 | 159 | 1732 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chesham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 23,092.