New Years Day crime 2026 (FOI Ref: 2808A/25)

Short Offence Title

No. Records

Affray

2

Aggravated burglary - residential (home)

5

Aggravated vehicle taking (driving/being carried) offences, causing damage to vehicle and/or property under £5000

1

Arson not endangering life

1

Assault Emergency Worker - Assault with Injury - s.47 - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

2

Assault or assault by beating on a constable

11

Assault Police - Assault with Injury - s.47 - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

1

Assault with Injury - s.20 - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm

10

Assault with Injury - s.47 - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

53

Assault with intent to rob (Of a Business Property)

2

Assault with intent to rob (Of Personal Property)

1

Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery

114

Attempted - Criminal Damage to a Building – Business and Community (Under £5,000)

1

Attempted - Engage in sexual communication with a child under 16 - offender 18 or over

1

Attempted - Other criminal damage to a residence (Under £5,000)

1

Attempted - Other criminal damage to a vehicle (Under £5,000)

1

Attempted - Pass etc counterfeit coin or note as genuine

1

Attempted - Robbery (of a Business Property)

1

Attempted - Robbery (of Personal Property)

1

Attempted - s.18 - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent or Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

4

Attempted - Sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety

1

Attempted - Theft from a motor vehicle

1

Attempted - Theft from shops and stalls

7

Attempted - Theft from the person of another

1

Attempted Burglary - Business And Community

2

Attempted rape of a female aged 16 or over

3

Attempted residential burglary of a home

8

Attempting to Pervert the Course of Public Justice

1

Blackmail

5

Breach of non-molestation order

2

Burglary - Business And Community

13

Care worker ill-treat /wilfully neglect an individual

1

Causing a child under 13 to watch a sexual act by an offender aged 18 or over

1

Causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress

10

Causing serious injury by dangerous driving

1

Child Abduction - Abduction of a child by parent

1

Conveyance etc of List A articles into or out of prison

1

Criminal Damage to a Building - Business and Community (Under £5,000)

10

Cruelty to Children/Young Persons - Cruelty to and neglect of children

10

Dangerous Driving

2

Depositing, causing the deposition or permitting the deposition of controlled special waste in or on land without a licence

2

Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship.

11

Exposure

1

Failure to comply with (Sexual Offence) Notification Order

3

Fear or provocation of violence

15

Going equipped for stealing etc

2

Harassment

29

Harassment - Breach of a restraining order

2

Harassment - Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 (1) which amounts to stalking

6

Harassment - Putting people in fear of violence

12

Harassment - Stalking involving fear of violence

6

Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress

6

Having an article with a blade or point in a public place

5

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class A - Cocaine

5

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class A - Crack

1

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class A - Heroin

1

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class A - Methadone

1

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class A - Other

2

Having possession of a controlled drug - Class B - Cannabis

17

Intentionally / recklessly cause a public nuisance

1

Interference with a motor vehicle

10

Intimidating or intending to intimidate a witness

1

Making off without payment

9

Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation

13

Offence of possession of an offensive weapon in a private place

1

Other criminal damage to a building business and community (£5,000 and over)

1

Other criminal damage to a residence. (Under £5,000)

14

Other criminal damage to a vehicle (Under £5,000)

31

Other criminal damage, other (Under £5,000)

9

Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England or Wales (whether or not a public place) injuring any person or assistance dog

2

Pass etc counterfeit coin or note as genuine

2

Possess nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation - class C drug

3

Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply - Class A - Cocaine

1

Possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply - Class B - Cannabis

3

Possession of offensive weapon without lawful authority or reasonable excuse

4

Racially or religiously aggravated assault or assault occasioning actual bodily harm

1

Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating

7

Racially or religiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence

3

Racially or religiously aggravated Harassment or stalking with fear of violence

1

Racially or religiously aggravated Harassment or stalking without violence

1

Racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress

1

Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress

7

Rape of a female aged 16 or over

12

Rape of a female child under 13 by a male

2

Rape of a male aged 13 - 15

1

Rape of a male aged 16 or over

2

Require person to perform forced or compulsory labour

1

Residential burglary of a home

11

Residential burglary of unconnected building

9

Robbery (of a Business Property)

5

Robbery (of Personal Property)

10

s.18 - Assault with Intent to cause Serious Harm - Wounding with intent or Causing grievous bodily harm with intent

9

Send communication threatening death or serious harm

9

Send false communication with intent to cause harm

4

Send indecent or grossly offensive communication to cause distress or anxiety

4

Sexual activity with a female child under 13 by an offender under 18 years of age - no penetration

1

Sexual assault on a female aged 13 or over  - no penetration

6

Sexual assault on a male aged 13 or over - no penetration

1

Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification

1

Take or to make or to distribute indecent photographs or pseudo- photographs, of children

3

Theft from a motor vehicle

29

Theft from automatic machine or meter

2

Theft from shops and stalls

95

Theft from the person of another

4

Theft if not classified elsewhere

25

Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine or meter

4

Theft of a motor vehicle

21

Theft of Mail

1

Theft or Unauthorised Taking of a Pedal Cycle

5

Threaten a person with a bladed article in a private place

1

Threaten with a blade or sharply pointed article in a public place

5

Threats to destroy or damage property

4

Threats to kill

8

Unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle (does not include 'driving or being carried knowing motor vehicle has been taken ')

4

Violent disorder

1

Voyeurism

1

Victim Gender

No. Records

Female

288

Male

292

Unknown

269

Suspect Gender

No. Records

Female

116

Male

320

Unknown

413

Victim Age

No. Records

0 - 9

9

10 - 19

62

20 - 29

145

30 - 39

164

40 - 49

119

50 - 59

73

60 - 69

43

70 - 79

12

80 - 89

4

90 - 99

1

Unknown

217

Suspect Age

No. Records

0 - 9

0

10 - 19

57

20 - 29

115

30 - 39

134

40 - 49

82

50 - 59

39

60 - 69

16

70 - 79

2

80 - 89

2

90 - 99

0

Unknown

402

Outcome Description

No. Records

No outcome recorded to date

528

Caution – Adult (Inc Conditional Caution)

3

Charge or Summons

41

Community Resolution

20

Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified

30

Further action will be taken by another body

1

Investigation Complete: No suspect identified

101

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action(no victim support)

101

Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action(victim support)

24