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Crime · West Minster
Reported crime in the parish of Sheerness
2,847 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 215 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Sheerness, which includes West Minster. There are no separate figures for West Minster. What each figure covers
Total incidents
2,847
Rate / 1,000
215
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 972 | 34% |
| Anti social behaviour | 699 | 25% |
| Shoplifting | 296 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 285 | 10% |
| Other theft | 124 | 4% |
| Public order | 110 | 4% |
| Drugs | 88 | 3% |
| Other crime | 74 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 73 | 3% |
| Burglary | 62 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 31 | 1% |
| Robbery | 21 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 62 | 72 | 58 | 89 | 97 | 82 | 93 | 77 | 86 | 94 | 97 | 65 | 972 |
| Anti social behaviour | 40 | 40 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 56 | 59 | 76 | 48 | 113 | 92 | 699 |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 45 | 33 | 296 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 20 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 285 |
| Other theft | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 124 |
| Public order | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 110 |
| Drugs | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 88 |
| Other crime | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 74 |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 73 |
| Burglary | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 62 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31 | |
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 21 | |||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 188 | 179 | 196 | 239 | 266 | 231 | 263 | 235 | 243 | 220 | 324 | 263 | 2847 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering West Minster, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 13,253.