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Crime · Spen
Reported crime in the High Spen built-up area
235 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 66 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the High Spen built-up area, which includes Spen. There are no separate figures for Spen. What each figure covers
Total incidents
235
Rate / 1,000
66
Categories
9
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti social behaviour | 77 | 33% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 75 | 32% |
| Public order | 17 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 7% |
| Other crime | 16 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 12 | 5% |
| Burglary | 8 | 3% |
| Other theft | 8 | 3% |
| Drugs | 5 | 2% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti social behaviour | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 77 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 75 |
| Public order | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Other theft | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Drugs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | 11 | 32 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 235 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Spen, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 3,556.