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Crime · Witham
Reported crime in Witham
2,414 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 79 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,414
Rate / 1,000
79
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,114 | 46% |
| Anti social behaviour | 269 | 11% |
| Public order | 172 | 7% |
| Other theft | 171 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 169 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 115 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 100 | 4% |
| Burglary | 85 | 4% |
| Drugs | 79 | 3% |
| Other crime | 71 | 3% |
| Possession of weapons | 30 | 1% |
| Robbery | 20 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 10 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 9 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 101 | 116 | 87 | 112 | 90 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 81 | 95 | 99 | 119 | 1114 |
| Anti social behaviour | 26 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 269 |
| Public order | 13 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 172 |
| Other theft | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 171 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 21 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 169 |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 115 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 100 |
| Burglary | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 85 |
| Drugs | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 79 |
| Other crime | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 71 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 30 | |
| Robbery | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Theft from the person | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 235 | 213 | 211 | 227 | 177 | 180 | 159 | 155 | 203 | 213 | 210 | 231 | 2414 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Witham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 30,714.