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Crime · Lightwoods
Reported crime in central Lightwoods
4,354 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 85 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
4,354
Rate / 1,000
85
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,797 | 41% |
| Shoplifting | 466 | 11% |
| Vehicle crime | 424 | 10% |
| Other theft | 323 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 293 | 7% |
| Burglary | 242 | 6% |
| Public order | 227 | 5% |
| Anti social behaviour | 181 | 4% |
| Possession of weapons | 94 | 2% |
| Robbery | 87 | 2% |
| Other crime | 83 | 2% |
| Drugs | 80 | 2% |
| Theft from the person | 44 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 13 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 223 | 171 | 149 | 133 | 139 | 121 | 143 | 130 | 163 | 128 | 143 | 154 | 1797 |
| Shoplifting | 45 | 42 | 31 | 52 | 67 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 45 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 466 |
| Vehicle crime | 49 | 45 | 47 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 424 |
| Other theft | 28 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 20 | 323 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 37 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 33 | 293 |
| Burglary | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 242 |
| Public order | 26 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 21 | 227 |
| Anti social behaviour | 34 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 181 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 94 |
| Robbery | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 87 |
| Other crime | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 83 |
| Drugs | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 80 |
| Theft from the person | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 44 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 495 | 413 | 375 | 357 | 360 | 319 | 350 | 325 | 375 | 315 | 327 | 343 | 4354 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Lightwoods, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 51,020.