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Crime · Grasswell
Reported crime in the Houghton-le-Spring built-up area
1,611 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 90 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the Houghton-le-Spring built-up area, which includes Grasswell. There are no separate figures for Grasswell. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,611
Rate / 1,000
90
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 466 | 29% |
| Anti social behaviour | 272 | 17% |
| Shoplifting | 185 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 148 | 9% |
| Burglary | 123 | 8% |
| Public order | 109 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 91 | 6% |
| Other theft | 80 | 5% |
| Other crime | 60 | 4% |
| Drugs | 32 | 2% |
| Robbery | 19 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 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 | 51 | 38 | 56 | 44 | 46 | 62 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 45 | 466 |
| Anti social behaviour | 23 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 272 |
| Shoplifting | 21 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 185 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 148 |
| Burglary | 1 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 123 |
| Public order | 18 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 109 | |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 91 | |
| Other theft | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 80 | |
| Other crime | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 60 |
| Drugs | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 32 | |
| Robbery | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 161 | 135 | 174 | 149 | 152 | 148 | 43 | 89 | 110 | 176 | 134 | 140 | 1611 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Grasswell, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 17,901.