Crime statistics for England and Wales

5,618,064 crimes were recorded by police in England and Wales in the 12 months to August 2026, 96.7 per 1,000 residents and almost unchanged on the year before. Police force areas, districts, towns and large-city neighbourhoods have their own pages, with trends back to September 2017. Greater Manchester Police has published almost no street-level crime data since mid-2019, so Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan are not included in these figures.

Latest data: August 2026

Crimes, the 12 months to August 2026
5,618,064
Almost unchanged on the year before
Crimes per 1,000 residents
96.7
England and Wales
Most common crime
Violence and sexual offences
1,989,685 reports, 35% of the total
Highest-rate police force area
City of London
639.5 crimes per 1,000 residents

Explore the data

Police force areas
41 of the 43 police force areas compared, with Home Office recorded crime
Regions
The 9 English regions and Wales
Counties
21 English counties with a county council
Districts
302 local authority districts, with their towns and neighbourhoods
Towns
1,390 towns of 5,000 or more people
Neighbourhoods
3,911 neighbourhoods in the larger cities and urban districts
Fly-tipping
Fly-tipping incidents recorded by councils in England, 2024/25
Rankings
28 rankings of districts, towns and police force areas by crime rate

Districts with the highest crime rates

Crimes per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to August 2026

  1. 1City of London639.5
  2. 2Westminster409.7
  3. 3Camden215.2
  4. 4Middlesbrough186.8
  5. 5Islington185.2
  6. 6Blackpool183.0
  7. 7Kensington and Chelsea172.9
  8. 8Hartlepool163.6
  9. 9Lincoln158.9
  10. 10Nottingham157.2

Districts with the lowest crime rates

Crimes per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to August 2026

  1. 1Isles of Scilly39.3
  2. 2Broadland39.8
  3. 3Mid Suffolk41.1
  4. 4Waverley44.1
  5. 5Hart44.2
  6. 6West Devon44.5
  7. 7Wokingham45.1
  8. 8Babergh46.0
  9. 9Rutland47.1
  10. 10East Devon47.1

Crime map of England and Wales

Circle size: crimes in each districtSeptember 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0

Crimes recorded by police in England and Wales in each year to August: 5,862,162 in the year to August 2018 and 5,618,064 in the year to August 2026.

Crime typeCrimesPer 1,000
Violence and sexual offences1,989,68534.2
Anti-social behaviour892,95115.4
Shoplifting491,3868.5
Criminal damage and arson392,0916.7
Public order387,3106.7
Other theft374,8156.4
Vehicle crime288,9405.0
Burglary206,5003.6
Drugs190,2743.3
Other crime122,8782.1
Theft from the person97,7911.7
Robbery79,1531.4
Possession of weapons56,3301.0
Bicycle theft47,9600.8
AreaPopulationCrimesPer 1,000
East Midlands5,063,164475,61693.9
East of England6,576,306530,36480.6
London9,089,7361,126,877124.0
North East2,760,678319,289115.7
North West4,727,750439,61193.0
South East9,642,942787,51781.7
South West5,220,315437,10983.7
West Midlands6,187,204579,64893.7
Yorkshire and The Humber5,672,962615,075108.4