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Crime · Nelson
Reported crime in Nelson
4,014 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 120 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
4,014
Rate / 1,000
120
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,530 | 38% |
| Anti social behaviour | 941 | 23% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 288 | 7% |
| Other theft | 253 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 201 | 5% |
| Public order | 195 | 5% |
| Burglary | 149 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 125 | 3% |
| Drugs | 113 | 3% |
| Other crime | 109 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 54 | 1% |
| Robbery | 33 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 15 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 140 | 102 | 117 | 118 | 132 | 115 | 114 | 111 | 140 | 138 | 159 | 144 | 1530 |
| Anti social behaviour | 126 | 147 | 125 | 108 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 30 | 35 | 58 | 55 | 42 | 941 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 33 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 20 | 288 |
| Other theft | 13 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 253 |
| Shoplifting | 11 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 201 |
| Public order | 23 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 195 |
| Burglary | 20 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 149 |
| Vehicle crime | 14 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 125 |
| Drugs | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 113 |
| Other crime | 4 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 109 |
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 54 |
| Robbery | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Total | 398 | 381 | 371 | 369 | 325 | 305 | 284 | 230 | 322 | 341 | 377 | 311 | 4014 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Nelson, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 33,491.