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

Complete Rankings — Annual Crime Rate

Crimes per 1,000 residents · 12-month rolling total · ordered safest first

RankCity / DistrictAnnual RateYoY
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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