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Crime · Dereham
Reported crime in Dereham
1,697 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 88 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,697
Rate / 1,000
88
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 681 | 40% |
| Shoplifting | 239 | 14% |
| Anti social behaviour | 209 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 126 | 7% |
| Public order | 121 | 7% |
| Other theft | 95 | 6% |
| Drugs | 73 | 4% |
| Other crime | 53 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 30 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 24 | 1% |
| Burglary | 22 | 1% |
| Robbery | 13 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 72 | 44 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 56 | 51 | 48 | 59 | 57 | 68 | 77 | 681 |
| Shoplifting | 29 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 239 |
| Anti social behaviour | 22 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 209 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 126 |
| Public order | 9 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 121 |
| Other theft | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 95 |
| Drugs | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 73 |
| Other crime | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 53 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 173 | 134 | 136 | 153 | 122 | 133 | 131 | 107 | 129 | 157 | 174 | 148 | 1697 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Dereham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 19,259.