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Recorded crime in Bolton

12 months to August 2022 · 1 of 12 months supplied

—recorded offences per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 74 offences in Bolton in the 12 months to August 2022.

Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2022 estimate, 299,591

Data ends August 2022. Greater Manchester Police has not supplied street-level data to data.police.uk since then, so the figures on this page are the last complete year available and are not comparable with other areas’ current figures. The official ONS force-area tables below, where present, are current.

Data not supplied by the force for 83 of 187 months (July 2019, August 2019, September 2019, October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, …). Totals and rates for windows that include those months are understated and are marked as partial.

Since 2011

Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout.Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Monthly trend

Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviourPublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Official figures for this area

Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.

Series	Latest	A year earlier	Published
Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · people	1,467	—	Census 2011 KS204EW (Nomis, first released 30 January 2013)
Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · people	1,129	—	Census 2021 TS004 (Nomis, first released 2 November 2022)
Census 2021 economic activity by country of birthCensus 2021 · people	10	—	Census 2021
Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · people	812	—	Census 2011 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · people	1,812	—	Census 2021 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · people	4,652	—	Census 2011 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · people	59,596	—	Census 2021 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · people	45,076	—	Census 2021 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 socio-economic classification by country of birthCensus 2021 · people	2,457	—	Census 2021
Census 2021 highest qualification by country of birthCensus 2021 · people	37,018	—	Census 2021
Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · people	15,651	—	Census 2011 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · people	979	—	Census 2021 table released 2026-09-02
Census 2021 tenure by country of birthCensus 2021 · households	167	—	Census 2021
Census 2021 tenure by ethnic groupCensus 2021 · households	10,247	—	Census 2021
Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · percent	10	5	August 2026 (rents to July 2026)
Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · £ a month	978	888	August 2026 (rents to July 2026)

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By category, 12 months to August 2022

Category	Offences	Previous 12 months	Change	Per 1,000	England & Wales per 1,000
Violence and sexual offences	55	—	—	—	34.7
Anti-social behaviour (not a crime)	5	—	—	—	15.3
Other crime	4	—	—	—	2.2
Drugs	3	—	—	—	3.4
Burglary	2	—	—	—	3.6
Other theft	2	—	—	—	6.5
Vehicle crime	1	—	—	—	5.0
Theft from the person	1	—	—	—	1.7
Criminal damage and arson	1	—	—	—	6.9
Bicycle theft	0	—	—	—	0.8
Possession of weapons	0	—	—	—	1.0
Public disorder and weapons	0	—	—	—	0.0
Public order	0	—	—	—	6.8
Robbery	0	—	—	—	1.4
Shoplifting	0	—	—	—	8.3
Violent crime	0	—	—	—	0.0

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.

Source

Data: data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.
Population: ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2022 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities.
Geography: E08000001 · force Greater Manchester Police (E23000005)
Rate: offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place.
Method: Methodology