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Crime · Houghton
Reported crime in Houghton
225 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 146 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
225
Rate / 1,000
146
Categories
13
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 65 | 29% |
| Anti social behaviour | 46 | 20% |
| Shoplifting | 44 | 20% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 23 | 10% |
| Public order | 15 | 7% |
| Other theft | 15 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 3% |
| Other crime | 3 | 1% |
| Robbery | 3 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 0% |
| Burglary | 1 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 65 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 46 |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 44 | ||
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | ||
| Public order | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Other theft | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 225 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Houghton, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 1,537.