The overall crime rate in Chatham city is 137.1 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 3.3k crimes were violent crimes which is 41.2% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 161% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 41.6% over the last twelve months.The category of "other crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Other crime" rate is at 203% of national crime rate which puts Chatham on 12. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Other crime" makes up 3.1% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "other crime" is 244 cases and has decreased by 13.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2023 - November 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 41.2% | 12. highest | 161% | 3.3k | -8.2% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 14.6% | 36. highest | 126% | 1.2k | -11.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 8.9% | 18. highest | 157% | 703 | -22.3% |
Other theft crime | 6.9% | 16. highest | 128% | 549 | -9.7% |
Shoplifting crime | 6.6% | 21. lowest | 108% | 521 | 41.6% |
Vehicle crime | 6.1% | 28. highest | 138% | 484 | 7.3% |
Public order crime | 4.7% | 12. lowest | 89% | 374 | -15.6% |
Other crime | 3.1% | 12. highest | 203% | 244 | -13.5% |
Burglary crime | 3.0% | 51. lowest | 98% | 239 | -0.8% |
Drugs crime | 2.5% | 53. highest | 120% | 201 | -2.4% |
Possession of weapons crime | 0.9% | 50. highest | 140% | 75 | -20.2% |
Robbery crime | 0.6% | 30. lowest | 63% | 48 | -26.2% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.6% | 43. lowest | 32% | 44 | 29.4% |
Bicycle theft crime | 0.3% | 5. lowest | 35% | 20 | 0.0% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Chatham city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Chatham city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 20.1 | 15.9 |
Bicycle theft | 0.3 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 12.2 | 7.7 |
Drugs | 3.5 | 2.9 |
Other crime | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Other theft | 9.5 | 7.4 |
Possession of weapons | 1.3 | 0.9 |
Public order | 6.5 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 0.8 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 9.0 | 8.4 |
Theft from the person | 0.8 | 2.4 |
Vehicle crime | 8.4 | 6.1 |
Violent crime | 56.5 | 35.1 |