331 Local Authorities · England & Wales
UK Crime Statistics 2026
Cities ranked by annualised crime rate per 1,000 residents. Data to April 2026.
Data Sources:Police.ukONS Census 2021HM Land Registry Period: April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of London | 24.0 | -5.7% |
| 2 | Isles of Scilly | 32.4 | -60.0% |
| 3 | Broadland | 37.9 | -11.6% |
| 4 | Richmondshire | 38.5 | +3.9% |
| 5 | Mid Suffolk | 39.9 | -4.8% |
| 6 | Waverley | 40.9 | +0.6% |
| 7 | Rutland | 41.0 | -28.7% |
| 8 | Craven | 42.4 | -10.0% |
| 9 | Babergh | 42.6 | -9.7% |
| 10 | Wokingham | 42.7 | -17.5% |
| 11 | Hart | 42.7 | -21.1% |
| 12 | South Hams | 43.0 | -6.3% |
| 13 | Ryedale | 43.1 | -30.5% |
| 14 | West Devon | 43.4 | +6.6% |
| 15 | East Hampshire | 44.2 | -10.5% |
| 16 | North Norfolk | 44.4 | +25.2% |
| 17 | South Oxfordshire | 44.6 | +0.5% |
| 18 | South Norfolk | 45.5 | -3.3% |
| 19 | East Devon | 45.6 | -9.3% |
| 20 | Wealden | 45.8 | +8.0% |
| 21 | Rochford | 47.1 | +6.5% |
| 22 | Maldon | 47.1 | -2.2% |
| 23 | West Oxfordshire | 47.8 | -3.3% |
| 24 | Horsham | 47.9 | +3.4% |
| 25 | Derbyshire Dales | 48.5 | +1.5% |
| 26 | Harborough | 49.4 | -9.7% |
| 27 | Dorset | 49.4 | -7.0% |
| 28 | Hambleton | 49.9 | -1.8% |
| 29 | Torridge | 49.9 | +2.0% |
| 30 | Ribble Valley | 50.0 | -18.2% |
| 31 | North Kesteven | 50.3 | +21.2% |
| 32 | Rushcliffe | 51.8 | +12.9% |
| 33 | New Forest | 51.9 | -10.8% |
| 34 | Mid Sussex | 52.2 | +6.9% |
| 35 | Harrogate | 52.2 | -6.2% |
| 36 | South Lakeland | 52.6 | — |
| 37 | East Suffolk | 52.8 | +1.3% |
| 38 | Vale of White Horse | 53.1 | +1.1% |
| 39 | Breckland | 53.4 | +8.2% |
| 40 | Fareham | 53.7 | -6.9% |
| 41 | Uttlesford | 54.2 | +1.4% |
| 42 | Malvern Hills | 54.7 | -8.9% |
| 43 | Shropshire | 54.9 | -16.2% |
| 44 | South Staffordshire | 55.1 | -10.1% |
| 45 | Winchester | 55.2 | +5.9% |
| 46 | Mid Devon | 55.3 | +1.1% |
| 47 | South Cambridgeshire | 55.5 | +21.6% |
| 48 | Elmbridge | 55.6 | +3.0% |
| 49 | Surrey Heath | 55.7 | -11.8% |
| 50 | Selby | 55.8 | -3.0% |
| 51 | Test Valley | 55.9 | -6.3% |
| 52 | Teignbridge | 56.0 | -8.9% |
| 53 | Castle Point | 56.0 | +4.1% |
| 54 | Eden | 56.3 | +22400.0% |
| 55 | East Cambridgeshire | 56.6 | +2.6% |
| 56 | West Suffolk | 56.9 | -1.3% |
| 57 | Wiltshire | 57.1 | +5.0% |
| 58 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 57.2 | +5.4% |
| 59 | Adur | 57.3 | +10.5% |
| 60 | West Berkshire | 57.4 | -12.6% |
| 61 | Herefordshire, County of | 57.5 | -18.3% |
| 62 | Braintree | 57.7 | +3.0% |
| 63 | Bromsgrove | 57.9 | -23.9% |
| 64 | Mole Valley | 58.6 | +11.4% |
| 65 | Sevenoaks | 58.6 | +8.2% |
| 66 | Oadby and Wigston | 58.6 | -1.3% |
| 67 | Central Bedfordshire | 58.8 | -2.1% |
| 68 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 59.2 | +0.5% |
| 69 | Lewes | 59.3 | +4.5% |
| 70 | Buckinghamshire | 59.6 | +1.8% |
| 71 | Melton | 59.7 | -19.2% |
| 72 | North Warwickshire | 60.0 | -12.7% |
| 73 | Copeland | 60.2 | +40400.0% |
| 74 | North West Leicestershire | 60.4 | -6.7% |
| 75 | Rother | 60.5 | -13.1% |
| 76 | North Hertfordshire | 60.8 | +2.0% |
| 77 | Eastleigh | 60.9 | +3.9% |
| 78 | Bracknell Forest | 61.3 | -1.7% |
| 79 | South Derbyshire | 61.3 | -18.4% |
| 80 | West Lancashire | 61.5 | -24.8% |
| 81 | Stratford-on-Avon | 61.5 | -0.9% |
| 82 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 61.6 | -10.4% |
| 83 | Three Rivers | 61.7 | +23.7% |
| 84 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 61.8 | -0.9% |
| 85 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 61.8 | +13.6% |
| 86 | Tunbridge Wells | 61.9 | +12.5% |
| 87 | Lichfield | 61.9 | -1.4% |
| 88 | Gedling | 62.1 | -0.1% |
| 89 | Cheshire East | 62.3 | +3.7% |
| 90 | Tonbridge and Malling | 62.5 | +3.3% |
| 91 | Tandridge | 62.9 | +1.3% |
| 92 | Wychavon | 63.1 | -8.8% |
| 93 | Chichester | 63.6 | -0.7% |
| 94 | East Hertfordshire | 63.8 | +6.3% |
| 95 | North Devon | 64.9 | -3.2% |
| 96 | Basingstoke and Deane | 64.9 | -6.3% |
| 97 | Isle of Anglesey | 65.2 | +12.3% |
| 98 | Blaby | 65.4 | -1.8% |
| 99 | Vale of Glamorgan | 65.5 | +7.2% |
| 100 | Warrington | 65.6 | -1.4% |
| 101 | Richmond upon Thames | 66.2 | -4.0% |
| 102 | Huntingdonshire | 66.3 | -13.1% |
| 103 | South Kesteven | 66.9 | +7.7% |
| 104 | North East Derbyshire | 67.1 | +19.7% |
| 105 | Powys | 67.3 | +47.2% |
| 106 | Reigate and Banstead | 67.6 | +3.7% |
| 107 | High Peak | 67.6 | -1.4% |
| 108 | Cornwall | 67.7 | -0.1% |
| 109 | Allerdale | 67.7 | +29250.0% |
| 110 | Woking | 68.1 | +2.0% |
| 111 | Cheshire West and Chester | 68.1 | -2.3% |
| 112 | Brentwood | 68.9 | -4.7% |
| 113 | Cherwell | 69.1 | +8.5% |
| 114 | Epping Forest | 69.5 | +2.4% |
| 115 | St Albans | 69.7 | -2.0% |
| 116 | Ceredigion | 70.1 | +190.2% |
| 117 | Flintshire | 70.2 | +3.9% |
| 118 | Fylde | 70.3 | -18.3% |
| 119 | East Staffordshire | 70.8 | -4.8% |
| 120 | Merton | 71.1 | -6.5% |
| 121 | Rugby | 71.3 | +3.6% |
| 122 | Sutton | 71.7 | +2.3% |
| 123 | Stafford | 72.5 | +7.5% |
| 124 | Northumberland | 73.2 | -2.4% |
| 125 | Warwick | 73.3 | +10.3% |
| 126 | Bexley | 73.4 | +0.2% |
| 127 | Neath Port Talbot | 73.5 | -6.5% |
| 128 | Mendip | 73.5 | -12.3% |
| 129 | Chelmsford | 73.9 | +18.5% |
| 130 | Charnwood | 74.0 | -4.3% |
| 131 | Gosport | 74.0 | -1.6% |
| 132 | South Holland | 74.4 | -6.7% |
| 133 | Gwynedd | 74.5 | +3.0% |
| 134 | Wirral | 74.5 | -11.9% |
| 135 | Ashford | 74.5 | -1.5% |
| 136 | Dudley | 74.6 | -2.9% |
| 137 | Arun | 74.7 | +1.5% |
| 138 | Broxtowe | 74.8 | +24.0% |
| 139 | South Gloucestershire | 74.8 | +11.2% |
| 140 | Chorley | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 141 | Rushmoor | 75.1 | -11.7% |
| 142 | Isle of Wight | 75.2 | -7.1% |
| 143 | Guildford | 75.2 | -11.2% |
| 144 | Solihull | 75.4 | -3.1% |
| 145 | South Ribble | 75.8 | -17.5% |
| 146 | Bridgend | 75.9 | -8.3% |
| 147 | South Somerset | 75.9 | +10.2% |
| 148 | Tamworth | 76.2 | +1.7% |
| 149 | Runnymede | 76.4 | -1.6% |
| 150 | Wyre | 77.0 | -13.9% |
| 151 | Amber Valley | 77.1 | +5.3% |
| 152 | Folkestone and Hythe | 77.7 | -12.9% |
| 153 | Harrow | 78.0 | +5.0% |
| 154 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 78.2 | -15.7% |
| 155 | Epsom and Ewell | 78.4 | +34.9% |
| 156 | Sefton | 78.5 | +0.9% |
| 157 | Havant | 78.6 | +5.3% |
| 158 | Carmarthenshire | 78.7 | +16.2% |
| 159 | Swansea | 78.9 | -11.4% |
| 160 | Redditch | 79.0 | -30.6% |
| 161 | West Lindsey | 79.1 | +11.4% |
| 162 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 79.1 | -1.4% |
| 163 | Cannock Chase | 79.7 | +5.8% |
| 164 | North Tyneside | 79.7 | -14.5% |
| 165 | Bath and North East Somerset | 80.3 | +15.8% |
| 166 | Newark and Sherwood | 80.3 | +3.2% |
| 167 | Bolsover | 80.6 | +10.2% |
| 168 | Swindon | 80.8 | +4.2% |
| 169 | Bromley | 81.0 | -4.1% |
| 170 | North Somerset | 81.7 | +9.3% |
| 171 | Dacorum | 82.0 | -2.9% |
| 172 | Wyre Forest | 82.0 | -23.3% |
| 173 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 82.0 | -2.7% |
| 174 | Dover | 82.2 | -17.3% |
| 175 | Hertsmere | 82.7 | +2.6% |
| 176 | Spelthorne | 82.7 | -3.2% |
| 177 | Kingston upon Thames | 82.7 | +5.3% |
| 178 | York | 83.2 | -7.0% |
| 179 | Erewash | 83.3 | -5.9% |
| 180 | North Northamptonshire | 83.6 | -1.9% |
| 181 | Worthing | 83.6 | +8.5% |
| 182 | Pembrokeshire | 83.7 | -0.4% |
| 183 | Halton | 84.3 | -4.2% |
| 184 | West Northamptonshire | 84.3 | -0.7% |
| 185 | Gateshead | 85.2 | -11.6% |
| 186 | Rossendale | 85.3 | -13.3% |
| 187 | North Lincolnshire | 85.3 | +5.1% |
| 188 | Somerset West and Taunton | 85.7 | +7.5% |
| 189 | Maidstone | 85.8 | +2.9% |
| 190 | Telford and Wrekin | 86.0 | -25.4% |
| 191 | Havering | 86.4 | -0.1% |
| 192 | Tendring | 86.5 | +18.3% |
| 193 | Fenland | 86.6 | -3.8% |
| 194 | Welwyn Hatfield | 87.0 | -3.4% |
| 195 | Colchester | 87.1 | +6.4% |
| 196 | Carlisle | 87.7 | +32933.3% |
| 197 | Cambridge | 88.0 | +2.9% |
| 198 | Bedford | 88.1 | +3.9% |
| 199 | East Lindsey | 88.3 | +12.1% |
| 200 | Barnet | 88.4 | +4.1% |
| 201 | Oxford | 88.5 | +3.3% |
| 202 | Knowsley | 88.8 | -0.9% |
| 203 | Broxbourne | 89.0 | +18.8% |
| 204 | St. Helens | 89.3 | -2.0% |
| 205 | Barrow-in-Furness | 89.9 | — |
| 206 | Lancaster | 89.9 | -21.7% |
| 207 | Sunderland | 90.3 | -11.8% |
| 208 | Luton | 90.4 | -3.5% |
| 209 | Gravesham | 90.5 | +5.5% |
| 210 | Redbridge | 90.6 | +0.8% |
| 211 | Pendle | 90.9 | -8.3% |
| 212 | Ipswich | 91.4 | +18.1% |
| 213 | Basildon | 91.8 | +0.4% |
| 214 | Kirklees | 92.5 | -3.9% |
| 215 | Thurrock | 92.8 | +9.2% |
| 216 | Ashfield | 93.0 | +13.9% |
| 217 | South Tyneside | 93.4 | -16.6% |
| 218 | Coventry | 93.5 | -3.3% |
| 219 | Bassetlaw | 93.5 | +2.0% |
| 220 | Exeter | 93.6 | -8.4% |
| 221 | Milton Keynes | 93.6 | -0.6% |
| 222 | Wrexham | 93.7 | +13.9% |
| 223 | Wandsworth | 95.1 | +1.5% |
| 224 | Wolverhampton | 95.2 | -10.6% |
| 225 | Conwy | 95.5 | +15.5% |
| 226 | Walsall | 95.5 | +1.4% |
| 227 | Swale | 96.4 | -2.0% |
| 228 | Cardiff | 96.4 | +2.5% |
| 229 | Sandwell | 97.0 | 0.0% |
| 230 | Merthyr Tydfil | 97.4 | -7.8% |
| 231 | Waltham Forest | 97.5 | -5.2% |
| 232 | Slough | 98.2 | +7.7% |
| 233 | Medway | 98.2 | -5.4% |
| 234 | Torbay | 98.5 | +5.6% |
| 235 | Harlow | 99.4 | +1.5% |
| 236 | Croydon | 99.9 | +0.3% |
| 237 | Barnsley | 100.2 | -4.7% |
| 238 | Great Yarmouth | 100.7 | -8.5% |
| 239 | Canterbury | 101.1 | +4.7% |
| 240 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 101.3 | -11.3% |
| 241 | Plymouth | 101.7 | +4.8% |
| 242 | Denbighshire | 102.0 | +7.1% |
| 243 | Barking and Dagenham | 102.4 | -8.8% |
| 244 | Crawley | 102.5 | -2.3% |
| 245 | Enfield | 102.6 | +2.5% |
| 246 | Brighton and Hove | 103.0 | -0.2% |
| 247 | Watford | 103.0 | +5.6% |
| 248 | Southend-on-Sea | 103.1 | +6.7% |
| 249 | Sedgemoor | 103.3 | +4.4% |
| 250 | Rotherham | 103.4 | +16.9% |
| 251 | Dartford | 104.0 | -1.1% |
| 252 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 104.3 | +1.2% |
| 253 | Reading | 104.4 | +8.3% |
| 254 | Blackburn with Darwen | 104.4 | -13.8% |
| 255 | Sheffield | 104.4 | -5.6% |
| 256 | Boston | 104.7 | +6.3% |
| 257 | Worcester | 105.0 | -20.2% |
| 258 | Norwich | 105.5 | -3.6% |
| 259 | Stevenage | 106.8 | +9.5% |
| 260 | Hounslow | 107.4 | +2.7% |
| 261 | Chesterfield | 107.7 | -1.6% |
| 262 | Thanet | 107.8 | -3.6% |
| 263 | Greenwich | 108.0 | -5.0% |
| 264 | Mansfield | 108.5 | +8.8% |
| 265 | County Durham | 108.8 | +12.8% |
| 266 | Portsmouth | 109.0 | +1.6% |
| 267 | Ealing | 109.1 | -0.3% |
| 268 | Calderdale | 109.6 | -6.1% |
| 269 | Lewisham | 110.4 | +4.1% |
| 270 | Wakefield | 111.3 | -10.3% |
| 271 | Scarborough | 111.9 | +4.2% |
| 272 | Hillingdon | 112.3 | -4.4% |
| 273 | Darlington | 112.3 | -4.0% |
| 274 | Camden | 113.3 | -3.9% |
| 275 | Birmingham | 113.6 | -2.0% |
| 276 | Eastbourne | 113.9 | -2.3% |
| 277 | Hastings | 114.0 | +27.1% |
| 278 | Peterborough | 115.7 | -4.5% |
| 279 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 116.7 | -1.3% |
| 280 | Leicester | 117.3 | -11.8% |
| 281 | Leeds | 117.5 | -5.0% |
| 282 | Brent | 117.7 | +7.8% |
| 283 | Tower Hamlets | 119.2 | +2.1% |
| 284 | Preston | 120.5 | -15.7% |
| 285 | Westminster | 120.8 | -16.7% |
| 286 | Southampton | 122.4 | +3.4% |
| 287 | Bradford | 122.6 | -2.9% |
| 288 | Haringey | 123.2 | -3.0% |
| 289 | North East Lincolnshire | 123.2 | -1.7% |
| 290 | Derby | 123.4 | +8.6% |
| 291 | Hyndburn | 123.6 | -20.8% |
| 292 | Liverpool | 124.3 | -0.6% |
| 293 | Kensington and Chelsea | 124.7 | -12.5% |
| 294 | Doncaster | 125.3 | -7.7% |
| 295 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 127.3 | +5.5% |
| 296 | Redcar and Cleveland | 128.7 | +0.8% |
| 297 | Stoke-on-Trent | 129.4 | +3.3% |
| 298 | Stockton-on-Tees | 129.7 | +18.9% |
| 299 | Nottingham | 129.7 | +12.1% |
| 300 | Newham | 133.2 | +4.9% |
| 301 | Burnley | 134.6 | +3.1% |
| 302 | Lambeth | 136.1 | -1.1% |
| 303 | Bristol, City of | 136.5 | +9.0% |
| 304 | Southwark | 136.7 | +3.3% |
| 305 | Islington | 137.9 | +0.4% |
| 306 | Lincoln | 138.0 | +9.0% |
| 307 | Hackney | 140.6 | -1.0% |
| 308 | Hartlepool | 157.9 | -11.8% |
| 309 | Blackpool | 173.0 | -22.8% |
| 310 | Middlesbrough | 178.6 | +1.9% |
| — | Trafford | — | +200.0% |
| — | Stockport | — | -20.0% |
| — | Forest of Dean | — | -99.1% |
| — | Tameside | — | -50.0% |
| — | Caerphilly | — | -99.7% |
| — | Salford | — | -16.7% |
| — | Rochdale | — | +25.0% |
| — | Cheltenham | — | -99.4% |
| — | Stroud | — | -99.1% |
| — | Tewkesbury | — | -99.5% |
| — | Bolton | — | -62.5% |
| — | Gloucester | — | -99.5% |
| — | Newport | — | -99.9% |
| — | Monmouthshire | — | -98.8% |
| — | Bury | — | +40.0% |
| — | Cotswold | — | -98.1% |
| — | Wigan | — | +25.0% |
| — | Torfaen | — | -99.4% |
| — | Manchester | — | -7.7% |
| — | Oldham | — | -75.0% |
| — | Blaenau Gwent | — | -99.8% |
Annual rate = 12-month rolling total ÷ resident population × 1,000 · Data: Police.uk (OGL v3.0) · ONS Census 2021
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