330 Local Authorities · England & Wales
National Crime Rankings 2026
Cities ranked by annualised crime rate per 1,000 residents. Data to March 2026.
Data Sources:Police.ukONS Census 2021HM Land Registry Period: March 2026 • Updated monthly
Top 5 Safest Cities
Complete Rankings — Annual Crime Rate
Crimes per 1,000 residents · 12-month rolling total · ordered safest first
| Rank | City / District | Annual Rate | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | City of London | 24.2 | +0.9% |
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | 31.5 | -14.3% |
| 2 | Broadland | 38.0 | -3.3% |
| 4 | Richmondshire | 38.8 | -8.3% |
| 3 | Mid Suffolk | 40.3 | -1.1% |
| 6 | Waverley | 41.9 | -0.8% |
| 5 | Babergh | 42.3 | -4.3% |
| 10 | Rutland | 42.7 | -0.7% |
| 14 | South Hams | 43.3 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Wokingham | 43.4 | -5.7% |
| 11 | Craven | 43.4 | -15.3% |
| 8 | Hart | 43.5 | +8.0% |
| 9 | West Devon | 43.6 | +5.4% |
| 12 | North Norfolk | 44.4 | +12.3% |
| 13 | South Oxfordshire | 44.5 | -4.4% |
| 15 | East Hampshire | 45.1 | -0.6% |
| 20 | Ryedale | 45.3 | +19.7% |
| 17 | South Norfolk | 45.7 | -4.1% |
| 16 | Wealden | 46.0 | +2.1% |
| 18 | East Devon | 46.4 | +14.9% |
| 19 | Rochford | 46.4 | +9.9% |
| 21 | Maldon | 47.1 | +20.3% |
| 22 | South Lakeland | 47.3 | +5975.0% |
| 24 | West Oxfordshire | 48.2 | -18.1% |
| 23 | Horsham | 48.4 | +3.4% |
| 25 | North Kesteven | 49.4 | +11.9% |
| 29 | Derbyshire Dales | 49.6 | -17.8% |
| 26 | Harborough | 49.7 | -1.8% |
| 27 | Dorset | 50.0 | -6.8% |
| 28 | Torridge | 50.1 | -10.6% |
| 30 | Hambleton | 50.2 | +4.4% |
| 31 | Rushcliffe | 51.5 | +2.7% |
| 34 | Ribble Valley | 51.8 | -3.5% |
| 32 | Mid Sussex | 51.9 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Eden | 52.2 | +13650.0% |
| 36 | New Forest | 52.7 | -7.0% |
| 35 | East Suffolk | 53.0 | -0.4% |
| 41 | Harrogate | 53.2 | -12.9% |
| 37 | Breckland | 53.2 | -1.5% |
| 38 | Vale of White Horse | 53.8 | -0.3% |
| 39 | Fareham | 53.9 | 0.0% |
| 49 | Uttlesford | 54.1 | -2.9% |
| 61 | Copeland | 54.6 | — |
| 66 | Winchester | 54.8 | +5.4% |
| 40 | Malvern Hills | 54.9 | -2.5% |
| 42 | South Staffordshire | 55.4 | +15.6% |
| 43 | South Cambridgeshire | 55.5 | +3.0% |
| 44 | Mid Devon | 55.5 | +1.7% |
| 45 | Selby | 56.0 | +0.6% |
| 54 | Elmbridge | 56.1 | +2.2% |
| 46 | Castle Point | 56.1 | +5.5% |
| 47 | East Cambridgeshire | 56.1 | +3.3% |
| 48 | Shropshire | 56.1 | -1.8% |
| 50 | Test Valley | 56.7 | -3.6% |
| 51 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 56.9 | +8.7% |
| 57 | West Suffolk | 56.9 | +1.1% |
| 52 | Teignbridge | 57.2 | -2.7% |
| 53 | Wiltshire | 57.3 | +2.0% |
| 55 | Braintree | 57.6 | +1.1% |
| 59 | Surrey Heath | 57.6 | -11.3% |
| 56 | Adur | 58.4 | -14.4% |
| 75 | West Berkshire | 58.5 | -9.7% |
| 68 | Mole Valley | 58.6 | -18.4% |
| 58 | Herefordshire, County of | 58.7 | -0.7% |
| 60 | Sevenoaks | 58.9 | +5.9% |
| 62 | Bromsgrove | 59.1 | -3.4% |
| 63 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 59.2 | -10.5% |
| 64 | Central Bedfordshire | 59.3 | -13.8% |
| 65 | Oadby and Wigston | 59.5 | -18.7% |
| 67 | Lewes | 59.9 | -4.3% |
| 69 | Buckinghamshire | 60.0 | -4.4% |
| 70 | North Hertfordshire | 60.7 | -0.7% |
| 73 | Melton | 60.9 | -28.5% |
| 71 | Eastleigh | 60.9 | +6.8% |
| 135 | North Warwickshire | 61.0 | +6.9% |
| 94 | Ceredigion | 61.1 | +13.1% |
| 105 | North West Leicestershire | 61.2 | -2.5% |
| 72 | Bracknell Forest | 61.2 | -3.0% |
| 74 | Rother | 61.6 | +2.7% |
| 81 | Lichfield | 61.6 | +3.0% |
| 76 | Three Rivers | 61.6 | +2.5% |
| 77 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 61.6 | -12.0% |
| 78 | Allerdale | 61.7 | +29850.0% |
| 79 | Gedling | 61.8 | -4.3% |
| 85 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 61.8 | +2.9% |
| 89 | Tunbridge Wells | 62.0 | -3.4% |
| 80 | South Derbyshire | 62.0 | +5.6% |
| 86 | Cheshire East | 62.2 | +3.7% |
| 91 | Stratford-on-Avon | 62.6 | +9.6% |
| 87 | Tonbridge and Malling | 62.8 | -3.1% |
| 82 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 62.9 | -2.0% |
| 83 | Tandridge | 63.0 | -15.2% |
| 84 | West Lancashire | 63.0 | -14.1% |
| 88 | East Hertfordshire | 63.8 | -1.3% |
| 109 | Chichester | 64.0 | +4.3% |
| 90 | Wychavon | 64.0 | -3.3% |
| 92 | Powys | 64.4 | +4.6% |
| 93 | Isle of Anglesey | 64.7 | +19.8% |
| 95 | Basingstoke and Deane | 65.4 | +2.2% |
| 113 | Warrington | 65.6 | +10.9% |
| 96 | Vale of Glamorgan | 65.7 | -4.0% |
| 97 | Blaby | 65.7 | -5.0% |
| 101 | North Devon | 66.1 | -5.9% |
| 98 | South Kesteven | 66.1 | +10.9% |
| 99 | North East Derbyshire | 66.7 | +11.3% |
| 108 | Richmond upon Thames | 67.2 | -9.0% |
| 100 | Huntingdonshire | 67.4 | -16.7% |
| 102 | Reigate and Banstead | 68.1 | -9.2% |
| 104 | Cheshire West and Chester | 68.1 | -0.4% |
| 103 | Woking | 68.2 | +2.0% |
| 106 | High Peak | 68.4 | +3.0% |
| 107 | Cornwall | 68.6 | -2.2% |
| 110 | Cherwell | 68.7 | -6.2% |
| 111 | Brentwood | 68.9 | -7.1% |
| 112 | Epping Forest | 69.6 | -6.2% |
| 125 | St Albans | 70.0 | +0.3% |
| 114 | Flintshire | 70.7 | +1.7% |
| 121 | East Staffordshire | 71.0 | +15.7% |
| 115 | Merton | 71.1 | -13.3% |
| 120 | Fylde | 71.1 | -13.9% |
| 116 | Sutton | 71.4 | +1.2% |
| 117 | Rugby | 71.6 | +15.4% |
| 118 | Stafford | 71.8 | +31.5% |
| 119 | Bexley | 73.2 | +0.9% |
| 149 | Warwick | 73.2 | +2.3% |
| 136 | Chelmsford | 73.8 | +9.9% |
| 122 | Broxtowe | 74.1 | +24.8% |
| 123 | Mendip | 74.2 | +20.1% |
| 157 | Gwynedd | 74.4 | -0.6% |
| 129 | South Gloucestershire | 74.4 | +17.5% |
| 124 | Neath Port Talbot | 74.6 | -12.0% |
| 126 | Northumberland | 74.8 | -17.4% |
| 127 | Charnwood | 75.0 | +4.5% |
| 158 | Solihull | 75.1 | +1.8% |
| 128 | South Holland | 75.1 | +3.8% |
| 130 | Arun | 75.3 | +2.6% |
| 131 | Dudley | 75.3 | -4.9% |
| 132 | Ashford | 75.4 | -10.2% |
| 133 | Wirral | 75.4 | +11.9% |
| 134 | Gosport | 75.7 | -18.2% |
| 137 | Rushmoor | 75.9 | -19.1% |
| 138 | Tamworth | 76.0 | +1.3% |
| 139 | Isle of Wight | 76.0 | -3.4% |
| 140 | Chorley | 76.1 | -6.0% |
| 151 | Runnymede | 76.3 | +5.5% |
| 164 | Guildford | 76.3 | -12.2% |
| 141 | South Somerset | 76.3 | +11.2% |
| 142 | Bridgend | 77.0 | -8.4% |
| 144 | South Ribble | 77.1 | -19.7% |
| 143 | Carmarthenshire | 77.2 | +13.2% |
| 145 | Epsom and Ewell | 77.3 | -1.5% |
| 146 | Amber Valley | 77.4 | +7.5% |
| 147 | Harrow | 77.9 | +9.1% |
| 148 | West Lindsey | 78.2 | +12.0% |
| 150 | Folkestone and Hythe | 78.4 | +6.8% |
| 152 | Havant | 78.7 | +1.5% |
| 156 | Carlisle | 78.8 | +98700.0% |
| 153 | Cannock Chase | 79.1 | +11.0% |
| 163 | Bath and North East Somerset | 79.1 | +22.2% |
| 154 | Sefton | 79.2 | -6.1% |
| 155 | Wyre | 79.2 | -24.6% |
| 171 | Swansea | 79.9 | -8.7% |
| 159 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 80.0 | -2.9% |
| 160 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 80.0 | -14.3% |
| 161 | Bolsover | 80.4 | +4.7% |
| 162 | Bromley | 80.8 | +2.4% |
| 165 | Newark and Sherwood | 81.0 | +5.3% |
| 166 | Redditch | 81.3 | +8.7% |
| 167 | North Tyneside | 81.3 | -17.9% |
| 168 | Swindon | 81.5 | +8.2% |
| 169 | North Somerset | 81.9 | +3.0% |
| 178 | Barrow-in-Furness | 82.2 | +28350.0% |
| 170 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 82.3 | +18.1% |
| 172 | Dacorum | 82.6 | -16.1% |
| 173 | Kingston upon Thames | 82.8 | +5.8% |
| 174 | Worthing | 83.1 | +8.5% |
| 187 | York | 83.4 | -4.6% |
| 183 | Hertsmere | 83.7 | -13.0% |
| 175 | Erewash | 83.7 | +7.8% |
| 176 | Spelthorne | 84.0 | +5.0% |
| 177 | Pembrokeshire | 84.2 | +22.1% |
| 179 | Halton | 84.4 | -1.8% |
| 192 | Somerset West and Taunton | 84.4 | +5.6% |
| 186 | West Northamptonshire | 84.5 | -6.6% |
| 180 | Wyre Forest | 84.5 | +5.9% |
| 185 | North Lincolnshire | 84.7 | -1.4% |
| 181 | Dover | 84.8 | -2.1% |
| 182 | North Northamptonshire | 84.9 | -9.0% |
| 184 | Tendring | 85.5 | +11.1% |
| 188 | Maidstone | 86.2 | -9.1% |
| 189 | Rossendale | 86.5 | -6.5% |
| 190 | Havering | 86.6 | +1.6% |
| 191 | East Lindsey | 86.9 | +19.5% |
| 198 | Gateshead | 87.1 | -29.2% |
| 193 | Fenland | 87.3 | -7.5% |
| 194 | Colchester | 87.4 | +14.0% |
| 195 | Bedford | 88.1 | +10.0% |
| 196 | Barnet | 88.2 | +9.1% |
| 209 | Welwyn Hatfield | 88.3 | -3.6% |
| 197 | Broxbourne | 88.4 | +17.8% |
| 199 | Telford and Wrekin | 88.5 | -5.7% |
| 236 | Cambridge | 88.5 | -0.9% |
| 230 | Oxford | 88.7 | -12.2% |
| 200 | Knowsley | 89.3 | +8.1% |
| 201 | St. Helens | 89.8 | +3.5% |
| 202 | Gravesham | 90.4 | -5.6% |
| 203 | Redbridge | 90.5 | +2.8% |
| 204 | Ipswich | 91.0 | +7.1% |
| 205 | Luton | 91.4 | -2.7% |
| 206 | Basildon | 92.0 | -2.1% |
| 207 | Lancaster | 92.2 | -19.6% |
| 216 | Sunderland | 92.4 | -16.4% |
| 208 | Thurrock | 92.5 | +4.0% |
| 210 | Pendle | 93.0 | -10.7% |
| 211 | Wrexham | 93.0 | -6.6% |
| 212 | Ashfield | 93.2 | -0.8% |
| 213 | Kirklees | 93.3 | -6.0% |
| 214 | Bassetlaw | 93.6 | +19.2% |
| 223 | Milton Keynes | 93.9 | +14.3% |
| 215 | Coventry | 94.1 | -1.5% |
| 217 | Conwy | 94.4 | -4.2% |
| 218 | Wandsworth | 95.1 | -2.1% |
| 219 | Walsall | 95.7 | +5.3% |
| 220 | South Tyneside | 95.8 | -17.9% |
| 260 | Exeter | 95.9 | -3.4% |
| 221 | Wolverhampton | 96.4 | -7.1% |
| 242 | Cardiff | 96.8 | -14.2% |
| 222 | Sandwell | 97.3 | -3.9% |
| 224 | Merthyr Tydfil | 97.5 | -18.7% |
| 225 | Slough | 97.9 | +8.3% |
| 226 | County Durham | 98.2 | +13.3% |
| 227 | Waltham Forest | 98.2 | -6.0% |
| 228 | Swale | 98.3 | -14.5% |
| 229 | Medway | 99.4 | -0.6% |
| 231 | Torbay | 99.8 | +6.8% |
| 232 | Harlow | 99.8 | -4.7% |
| 233 | Croydon | 100.0 | +3.2% |
| 234 | Barnsley | 101.2 | +2.4% |
| 244 | Darlington | 101.5 | -7.0% |
| 235 | Great Yarmouth | 101.8 | +8.2% |
| 245 | Canterbury | 101.8 | +2.5% |
| 248 | Denbighshire | 102.1 | -12.4% |
| 239 | Plymouth | 102.2 | +0.1% |
| 237 | Rotherham | 102.2 | +13.1% |
| 238 | Southend-on-Sea | 102.2 | +10.9% |
| 240 | Barking and Dagenham | 102.6 | +1.6% |
| 241 | Enfield | 102.7 | +3.1% |
| 249 | Watford | 102.9 | -1.8% |
| 250 | Brighton and Hove | 103.3 | -0.4% |
| 243 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 103.3 | +2.5% |
| 269 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 103.4 | -19.4% |
| 270 | Crawley | 103.5 | -8.3% |
| 252 | Dartford | 103.6 | +0.6% |
| 246 | Boston | 103.7 | +5.1% |
| 247 | Sedgemoor | 103.7 | +14.7% |
| 251 | Reading | 104.8 | +8.0% |
| 254 | Sheffield | 104.9 | -0.2% |
| 262 | Blackburn with Darwen | 106.5 | -14.5% |
| 275 | Norwich | 106.6 | +1.5% |
| 255 | Stevenage | 106.8 | +9.4% |
| 253 | Worcester | 106.8 | +6.9% |
| 256 | Mansfield | 108.0 | +7.9% |
| 257 | Hounslow | 108.0 | +2.8% |
| 267 | Chesterfield | 108.2 | -6.0% |
| 258 | Greenwich | 108.4 | -3.2% |
| 259 | Ealing | 108.5 | +2.8% |
| 261 | Thanet | 109.3 | -0.5% |
| 272 | Portsmouth | 110.0 | +3.1% |
| 263 | Lewisham | 110.4 | +3.9% |
| 264 | Calderdale | 110.7 | -14.1% |
| 265 | Hastings | 111.3 | +13.2% |
| 266 | Scarborough | 111.9 | +3.9% |
| 277 | Hillingdon | 112.6 | +2.2% |
| 268 | Wakefield | 112.9 | -9.7% |
| 308 | Camden | 113.9 | -4.3% |
| 273 | Birmingham | 114.3 | -3.7% |
| 271 | Eastbourne | 114.4 | +12.4% |
| 276 | Peterborough | 116.5 | +3.8% |
| 293 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 117.5 | -1.4% |
| 274 | Brent | 117.8 | +4.8% |
| 279 | Leeds | 118.6 | -4.1% |
| 299 | Tower Hamlets | 119.2 | +1.1% |
| 278 | Leicester | 119.6 | -5.7% |
| 309 | Westminster | 122.5 | -20.9% |
| 280 | Southampton | 122.7 | +1.0% |
| 284 | North East Lincolnshire | 122.9 | -9.0% |
| 281 | Bradford | 123.4 | -7.7% |
| 286 | Derby | 123.5 | +2.9% |
| 295 | Preston | 123.7 | -14.5% |
| 282 | Haringey | 124.5 | -5.4% |
| 283 | Hyndburn | 124.8 | -10.3% |
| 291 | Liverpool | 125.8 | -0.1% |
| 285 | Doncaster | 126.0 | +5.2% |
| 305 | Kensington and Chelsea | 126.4 | -7.3% |
| 287 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 126.8 | +4.8% |
| 288 | Stockton-on-Tees | 128.5 | +12.8% |
| 290 | Stoke-on-Trent | 129.1 | +5.6% |
| 289 | Redcar and Cleveland | 129.4 | -6.0% |
| 300 | Nottingham | 129.7 | +7.6% |
| 292 | Newham | 132.8 | +7.1% |
| 294 | Burnley | 134.9 | -1.2% |
| 297 | Bristol, City of | 136.1 | +16.6% |
| 296 | Lambeth | 136.2 | +10.2% |
| 302 | Southwark | 137.1 | -3.2% |
| 301 | Lincoln | 138.1 | +9.4% |
| 304 | Islington | 138.2 | -2.5% |
| 298 | Hackney | 141.4 | -0.7% |
| 303 | Hartlepool | 159.0 | +0.9% |
| 306 | Blackpool | 178.1 | -26.7% |
| 307 | Middlesbrough | 179.3 | +7.7% |
| — | Tewkesbury | — | -99.5% |
| — | Newport | — | -99.7% |
| — | Stroud | — | -99.9% |
| — | Gloucester | — | -99.6% |
| — | Oldham | — | -60.0% |
| — | Caerphilly | — | -99.2% |
| — | Wigan | — | -28.6% |
| — | Tameside | — | +200.0% |
| — | Cheltenham | — | -99.7% |
| — | Salford | — | +33.3% |
| — | Blaenau Gwent | — | -99.7% |
| — | Forest of Dean | — | -99.2% |
| — | Cotswold | — | -99.3% |
| — | Bolton | — | +16.7% |
| — | Bury | — | +250.0% |
| — | Monmouthshire | — | -99.5% |
| — | Stockport | — | -33.3% |
| — | Trafford | — | +200.0% |
| — | Rochdale | — | -57.1% |
| — | Manchester | — | +216.7% |
Annual rate = 12-month rolling total ÷ resident population × 1,000 · Data: Police.uk (OGL v3.0) · ONS Census 2021
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