Chatham and Aylesford

England · E14001157

10,362 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
10,362
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
3,718 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,108/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling3,71835.9%
Anti-social behaviourrising2,43223.5%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling8998.7%
Shopliftingfalling7827.5%
Other theftfalling5975.8%
Vehicle crimefalling4704.5%
Public orderfalling3813.7%
Drugsrising3193.1%
Other crimefalling2842.7%
Burglaryfalling2272.2%
Possession of weaponsrising1171.1%
Robberyrising780.8%
Theft from the personfalling310.3%
Bicycle theftfalling270.3%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.