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Crime · Workington
Reported crime in Workington
3,204 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 125 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,204
Rate / 1,000
125
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,449 | 45% |
| Public order | 331 | 10% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 321 | 10% |
| Shoplifting | 308 | 10% |
| Anti social behaviour | 194 | 6% |
| Other theft | 169 | 5% |
| Drugs | 128 | 4% |
| Burglary | 101 | 3% |
| Other crime | 81 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 74 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 21 | 1% |
| Robbery | 10 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 109 | 121 | 100 | 116 | 118 | 110 | 131 | 112 | 136 | 142 | 112 | 142 | 1449 |
| Public order | 29 | 22 | 16 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 331 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 19 | 39 | 25 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 321 |
| Shoplifting | 26 | 41 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 308 |
| Anti social behaviour | 17 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 194 |
| Other theft | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 169 |
| Drugs | 4 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 128 |
| Burglary | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 101 |
| Other crime | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 81 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 74 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | |||
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Total | 251 | 293 | 232 | 273 | 279 | 225 | 266 | 241 | 273 | 283 | 273 | 315 | 3204 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Workington, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 25,665.