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Crime · Whitstable
Reported crime in Whitstable
2,781 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 80 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,781
Rate / 1,000
80
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 878 | 32% |
| Anti social behaviour | 497 | 18% |
| Shoplifting | 491 | 18% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 242 | 9% |
| Other theft | 184 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 159 | 6% |
| Burglary | 89 | 3% |
| Drugs | 63 | 2% |
| Public order | 62 | 2% |
| Other crime | 60 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 20 | 1% |
| Robbery | 19 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 0% |
| Possession of weapons | 8 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 62 | 57 | 89 | 84 | 69 | 52 | 77 | 70 | 76 | 91 | 81 | 70 | 878 |
| Anti social behaviour | 33 | 18 | 34 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 34 | 44 | 73 | 59 | 73 | 58 | 497 |
| Shoplifting | 50 | 57 | 58 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 43 | 26 | 51 | 41 | 39 | 25 | 491 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 242 |
| Other theft | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 184 |
| Vehicle crime | 19 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 159 |
| Burglary | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 89 |
| Drugs | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 63 | ||
| Public order | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 62 | |
| Other crime | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 60 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 216 | 205 | 256 | 228 | 199 | 176 | 235 | 222 | 273 | 260 | 283 | 228 | 2781 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Whitstable, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 34,696.