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Crime · Higher Wear
Reported crime in central Higher Wear
1,454 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 88 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,454
Rate / 1,000
88
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 639 | 44% |
| Anti social behaviour | 192 | 13% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 116 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 99 | 7% |
| Other theft | 97 | 7% |
| Public order | 88 | 6% |
| Burglary | 58 | 4% |
| Other crime | 46 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 41 | 3% |
| Drugs | 29 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 16 | 1% |
| Robbery | 13 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 11 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 50 | 64 | 46 | 43 | 61 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 41 | 65 | 69 | 639 |
| Anti social behaviour | 17 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 192 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 12 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 116 |
| Shoplifting | 8 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 99 |
| Other theft | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 97 |
| Public order | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 88 |
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 58 | |
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 46 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| Drugs | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 113 | 131 | 110 | 102 | 116 | 92 | 119 | 114 | 152 | 109 | 155 | 141 | 1454 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Higher Wear, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 16,580.