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Crime · Whitehaven
Reported crime in Whitehaven
2,378 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 97 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,378
Rate / 1,000
97
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,237 | 52% |
| Public order | 252 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 225 | 9% |
| Anti social behaviour | 155 | 7% |
| Other theft | 125 | 5% |
| Drugs | 92 | 4% |
| Shoplifting | 88 | 4% |
| Other crime | 76 | 3% |
| Burglary | 46 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 32 | 1% |
| Vehicle crime | 31 | 1% |
| Robbery | 8 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 67 | 101 | 100 | 120 | 107 | 116 | 99 | 114 | 102 | 97 | 106 | 108 | 1237 |
| Public order | 23 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 252 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 225 |
| Anti social behaviour | 11 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 155 |
| Other theft | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 125 |
| Drugs | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 92 |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 88 |
| Other crime | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 76 |
| Burglary | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 46 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 31 | |
| Robbery | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 173 | 204 | 198 | 213 | 198 | 210 | 168 | 233 | 187 | 195 | 197 | 202 | 2378 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Whitehaven, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 24,530.