Crime type definitions
Crime data is broken down into ‘major’ and ‘minor’ crime types. Please see a breakdown of what these mean and include below. You may notice that these vary from the crime types found in the ‘Your area’ tool. We are working to bring these data sets together and ensure a consistent approach to crime categorisation.
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Major class |
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Minor classes included |
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Burglary |
Burglary is the theft, or attempted theft, from a premises where access is not authorised. Damage to a premises that appears to have been caused by a person attempting to enter to commit a burglary, is also counted as burglary. Residential and commercial burglaries are distinguished by the function of the building. |
Burglary in a dwelling |
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Burglary in other buildings |
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Criminal Damage |
Where property is intentionally destroyed or damaged, not necessarily to gain entry to premises or a vehicle.
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Criminal damage to dwelling |
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Criminal damage to motor vehicle |
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Criminal damage to other building |
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Other criminal damage |
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Drugs |
Possession, consumption, supply of or the intent to supply illegal drugs. |
Drug trafficking |
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Other drugs |
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Possession of drugs |
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Fraud & Forgery |
Fraud is an intentional deception in most occasions for monetary gain; whereas forgery is the action of creating an exact replica of an object with the intention of deception. |
Other fraud and forgery |
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Other Notifiable Offences |
This is a broad category containing offences that are notifiable to the Home Office. |
Going equipped |
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Other notifiable |
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Robbery |
Theft with the use of force or a threat of force. Both personal and commercial robbery are included. Snatch theft is not included. |
Business property |
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Personal property |
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Sexual Offences |
A broad category of sexual offences, including Indecent Assault and Unlawful (under age) Sexual Intercourse. |
Other sexual |
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Rape |
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Theft & Handling |
Theft from a person, motor vehicle, bikes, residential or non-residential property and more. Plus the storage, transport or attempted resale of property after a theft has occurred.
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Handling stolen goods |
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Motor vehicle interference and tampering |
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Other theft |
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Theft from motor vehicle |
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Theft from shops |
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Theft person |
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Theft/taking of motor vehicle |
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Theft/taking of pedal cycle |
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Violence Against The Person |
Includes a range of offences from minor offences such as harassment and common assault, to serious offences such as murder, actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm. |
Assault with injury |
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Common assault |
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Harassment |
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Murder (homicide) |
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Offensive weapon |
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Other violence |
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Wounding/GBH |
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Additional Crime Types |
This is a broad category of types not covered in other categories. They range from weapon-related crimes to hate crimes and robbery. |
Gun crime |
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Motor vehicle crime |
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Domestic crime |
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Racist and religious hate crime |
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Homophobic crime |
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Anti-semitic crime |
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Islamophobic crime |
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Most Serious violence |
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ASB |
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MOPAC7 |
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Robbery of mobile phone |
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VWI |
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LBW discharges |
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Knife crime |
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KIV |