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Crime · St John's
Reported crime in central St John's
3,397 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 83 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,397
Rate / 1,000
83
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,185 | 35% |
| Anti social behaviour | 682 | 20% |
| Shoplifting | 372 | 11% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 303 | 9% |
| Other theft | 232 | 7% |
| Public order | 175 | 5% |
| Drugs | 107 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 100 | 3% |
| Other crime | 77 | 2% |
| Burglary | 59 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 41 | 1% |
| Robbery | 25 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 23 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 16 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 123 | 100 | 83 | 97 | 91 | 105 | 111 | 89 | 80 | 100 | 95 | 111 | 1185 |
| Anti social behaviour | 66 | 67 | 51 | 72 | 60 | 58 | 40 | 59 | 41 | 48 | 71 | 49 | 682 |
| Shoplifting | 29 | 29 | 37 | 27 | 37 | 20 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 34 | 372 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 | 30 | 20 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 19 | 21 | 303 |
| Other theft | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 33 | 232 |
| Public order | 25 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 175 |
| Drugs | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 107 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 100 |
| Other crime | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 77 |
| Burglary | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 59 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | |
| Robbery | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |||||
| Total | 320 | 297 | 268 | 285 | 291 | 282 | 282 | 275 | 249 | 287 | 265 | 296 | 3397 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering St John's, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 41,034.