The full crime statistics for 2017 have been released on police.co.uk. For the fourth year in succession, the figures show an overall increase in recorded crime across the parish.
In 2012 the figure was 351 recorded crimes for the whole year. Last year the figure had risen to 578, a 65 per cent increase.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime type | Total | % | Total | % | Change | Total | % | Change | ||
| Anti-social behaviour | 178 | 42.1% | 156 | 29.7% | -12.4% | 139 | 24% | -10.9% | ||
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.9% | 25% | 2 | 0.3% | -60% | ||
| Burglary | 26 | 6.1% | 48 | 9.1% | 84.6% | 54 | 9.3% | 12.5% | ||
| Criminal damage and arson | 48 | 11.3% | 46 | 8.8% | -4.2% | 43 | 7.4% | -6.5% | ||
| Drugs | 7 | 1.6% | 6 | 1.1% | -14.3% | 3 | 0.5% | -50% | ||
| Other crime | 10 | 2.4% | 7 | 1.3% | -30% | 7 | 1.2% | 0% | ||
| Other theft | 24 | 5.0% | 74 | 14.1% | 208.3% | 69 | 11.9% | -6.8% | ||
| Possession of weapons | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.4% | 200% | 1 | 0.2% | -50% | ||
| Public order | 3 | 0.7% | 13 | 2.5% | 333.3% | 22 | 3.8% | 69.2% | ||
| Robbery | 9 | 2.1% | 4 | 0.8% | -55.6% | 3 | 0.5% | -25% | ||
| Shoplifting | 11 | 2.6% | 28 | 5.3% | 154.5% | 70 | 12.1% | 150% | ||
| Theft from the person | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.4% | -33.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 0% | ||
| Vehicle crime | 33 | 7.8% | 46 | 8.8% | 39.4% | 42 | 7.3% | -8.7% | ||
| Violence and sexual offences | 67 | 15.8% | 88 | 16.8% | 31.3% | 121 | 20.9% | 37.5% | ||
| Total | 423 | 525 | 24.1% | 578 | 10.1% |
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