East of England crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in East of England region is 94.2 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 194k crimes were violent crimes which is 36.3% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 97% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 23.8% over the last twelve months.The category of "bicycle theft crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Bicycle theft crime" rate is at 117% of national crime rate which puts East of England on 2. position out of 8 England's and Wales' regions in this crime category. "Bicycle theft crime" makes up 1.4% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "bicycle theft crime" is 7.3k cases and has decreased by 10.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (8 regions)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	36.3%	2. lowest	97%	194k	-8.6%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	14.8%	3. lowest	88%	78.9k	-10.6%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	8.2%	2. lowest	97%	43.8k	-5.1%
Other theft crime →	7.6%	3. lowest	90%	40.6k	-4.5%
Shoplifting crime →	7.1%	2. lowest	93%	37.8k	23.8%
Public order crime →	7.1%	1. lowest	85%	37.8k	-20.8%
Vehicle crime →	6.5%	4. highest	98%	34.5k	-2.8%
Burglary crime →	3.9%	3. lowest	85%	20.6k	1.5%
Drugs crime →	2.6%	3. lowest	91%	14.2k	-2.4%
Other crime →	2.0%	4. lowest	104%	10.8k	-4.0%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.4%	2. highest	117%	7.3k	-10.4%
Possession of weapons crime →	1.0%	3. lowest	106%	5.5k	9.6%
Theft from the person crime →	0.8%	4. lowest	39%	4.4k	-5.0%
Robbery crime →	0.8%	3. lowest	59%	4.2k	3.9%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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