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Crime · Penrith
Reported crime in Penrith
1,640 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 97 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,640
Rate / 1,000
97
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 800 | 49% |
| Shoplifting | 180 | 11% |
| Public order | 168 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 123 | 8% |
| Drugs | 95 | 6% |
| Other theft | 69 | 4% |
| Anti social behaviour | 57 | 3% |
| Other crime | 48 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 31 | 2% |
| Burglary | 28 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 25 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 9 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 72 | 80 | 54 | 65 | 70 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 52 | 70 | 69 | 800 |
| Shoplifting | 20 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 180 |
| Public order | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 168 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 123 |
| Drugs | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 95 |
| Other theft | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 69 |
| Anti social behaviour | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 57 | |
| Other crime | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 48 | |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Burglary | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Total | 154 | 164 | 111 | 133 | 139 | 126 | 122 | 135 | 134 | 120 | 152 | 150 | 1640 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Penrith, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 16,986.