Crime · Morecambe

Reported crime in Morecambe

Name: Morecambe crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

5,287 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 145 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

5,287

Rate / 1,000

145

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	1,764	33%
Anti social behaviour	1,285	24%
Criminal damage and arson	520	10%
Shoplifting	306	6%
Other theft	288	5%
Public order	236	4%
Vehicle crime	224	4%
Burglary	220	4%
Drugs	166	3%
Other crime	115	2%
Bicycle theft	60	1%
Possession of weapons	53	1%
Robbery	36	1%
Theft from the person	14	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	129	158	168	114	140	146	132	124	147	147	166	193	1764
Anti social behaviour	157	161	126	127	136	99	72	54	93	67	100	93	1285
Criminal damage and arson	35	42	43	39	41	42	60	32	40	41	49	56	520
Shoplifting	27	26	20	11	29	24	15	18	46	31	30	29	306
Other theft	19	32	22	16	23	17	25	29	29	17	30	29	288
Public order	18	24	13	15	26	10	11	14	23	27	34	21	236
Vehicle crime	19	17	15	12	16	24	20	10	17	20	23	31	224
Burglary	15	23	42	14	12	16	6	15	13	17	20	27	220
Drugs	19	13	16	12	9	13	18	11	19	14	12	10	166
Other crime	5	8	5	13	13	10	10	9	11	11	14	6	115
Bicycle theft	3	4	3	4	4	10	2	7	8	4	7	4	60
Possession of weapons	6	6	5	6	4	1	3	1	2	8	6	5	53
Robbery	3	3	6	4	6	2	1		2	4	2	3	36
Theft from the person	2	1		2	2	1	2	1	1		1	1	14
Total	457	518	484	389	461	415	377	325	451	408	494	508	5287

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Morecambe, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 36,390.