Christchurch

England · E14001171

4,475 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
4,475
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
1,491 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

540/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling1,49133.3%
Anti-social behaviourrising1,15925.9%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling3507.8%
Other theftfalling3337.4%
Shopliftingfalling2866.4%
Vehicle crimefalling2325.2%
Public orderfalling2194.9%
Burglaryfalling1974.4%
Drugsrising551.2%
Other crimefalling501.1%
Bicycle theftfalling410.9%
Possession of weaponsrising280.6%
Robberyrising250.6%
Theft from the personfalling90.2%

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.