Crime Type Definitions

Antisocial Behaviour
Behaviour causing harassment, alarm, or distress, affecting individuals, communities, or the environment, including noise nuisance, littering, trespassing, or vehicle nuisance.

Assault
Acts ranging from threatening behaviour to severe attacks, including common assault (threats or minor violence), ABH (minor injury or psychological harm), and GBH (serious harm or wounding).

Burglary
Entering a building as a trespasser to commit theft, harm, or damage; includes burglary of residential homes and unconnected buildings.

Criminal Damage
Intentional damage or destruction of property, such as homes, vehicles, or other buildings.

Domestic Abuse
Incidents or patterns of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, often by a partner, ex-partner, family member, or carer.

Fraud and Theft
Fraud involves intentional deception, often for monetary gain; theft includes taking personal goods or property belonging to another, including motor vehicles. 

Hate Crime
Crimes motivated by hostility or prejudice towards identity characteristics like disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or transgender identity.

Stalking and Harassment
Unwanted repeated behaviour causing fear or distress, such as following, spying, or abusive communication.

Online Harm
Crimes using the internet, including cyber-enabled offences (e.g., stalking, grooming) and cybercrime (e.g., data theft or fraud).

Street Violence
Physical harm or threats, often in public spaces, including crimes where a weapon is used. Includes assault, gang violence, robbery, arson, gun and knife crime.

Rape and Sexual Assault
Sexual acts inflicted on someone without their consent, including sexual touching, rape, or penetration.