Burglary rates by district

Every district in England and Wales ranked by burglary per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to July 2026.

About this ranking

Ranked by burglary per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 3.5; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). Rates for city and town centres are inflated by visitors and commuters, who are not counted in the resident population.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	City of London	London	475	31.4	8.89
2	Westminster	London	2,558	12.2	3.44
3	Camden	London	2,101	9.7	2.74
4	Kensington and Chelsea	London	1,200	8.3	2.35
5	Burnley	Lancashire	748	7.5	2.13
6	Tower Hamlets	London	2,435	7.3	2.07
7	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	1,016	7.3	2.06
8	Southwark	London	2,287	7.3	2.05
9	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,002	7.1	2.01
10	Islington	London	1,537	6.9	1.95
11	Hackney	London	1,809	6.8	1.92
12	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,809	6.6	1.86
13	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,042	6.5	1.84
14	Middlesbrough	North East	1,006	6.4	1.82
15	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,551	6.3	1.78
16	Hartlepool	North East	617	6.3	1.78
17	Enfield	London	2,021	6.2	1.75
18	Bristol, City of	South West	2,939	5.9	1.68
19	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,120	5.9	1.68
20	Birmingham	West Midlands	6,795	5.7	1.62
21	Lambeth	London	1,794	5.7	1.60
22	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,796	5.6	1.59
23	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	1,154	5.6	1.58
24	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,376	5.5	1.55
25	Barnet	London	2,169	5.4	1.51
26	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	1,446	5.3	1.51
27	Lewisham	London	1,575	5.2	1.48
28	Haringey	London	1,362	5.2	1.46
29	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	342	5.0	1.42
30	Brent	London	1,775	5.0	1.42
31	Darlington	North East	552	4.9	1.39
32	Wandsworth	London	1,651	4.9	1.38
33	Boston	Lincolnshire	346	4.9	1.38
34	Blackpool	North West	701	4.9	1.37
35	Sunderland	North East	1,402	4.9	1.37
36	Hounslow	London	1,448	4.8	1.37
37	Ealing	London	1,863	4.8	1.36
38	Coventry	West Midlands	1,781	4.8	1.36
39	Newport	Wales	810	4.8	1.36
40	Nottingham	East Midlands	1,581	4.8	1.35
41	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,003	4.8	1.34
42	Newham	London	1,776	4.7	1.34
43	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,310	4.7	1.34
44	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,758	4.7	1.34
45	Lancaster	Lancashire	686	4.7	1.34
46	Greenwich	London	1,406	4.7	1.33
47	Waltham Forest	London	1,304	4.7	1.32
48	Worcester	Worcestershire	496	4.6	1.31
49	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	796	4.6	1.31
50	Southampton	South East	1,203	4.6	1.31
51	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	1,484	4.6	1.31
52	Walsall	West Midlands	1,368	4.6	1.31
53	County Durham	North East	2,489	4.6	1.31
54	Hyndburn	Lancashire	393	4.6	1.29
55	Harrow	London	1,222	4.5	1.28
56	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	542	4.5	1.26
57	Hillingdon	London	1,441	4.4	1.24
58	Gateshead	North East	876	4.3	1.22
59	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,562	4.2	1.20
60	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	600	4.2	1.20
61	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,885	4.2	1.19
62	Torfaen	Wales	395	4.2	1.19
63	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	349	4.2	1.19
64	Croydon	London	1,706	4.2	1.18
65	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	484	4.1	1.17
66	Dudley	West Midlands	1,376	4.1	1.17
67	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	276	4.1	1.16
68	Charnwood	Leicestershire	773	4.1	1.16
69	Richmond upon Thames	London	796	4.0	1.14
70	Warwick	Warwickshire	625	4.0	1.14
71	Peterborough	East of England	899	4.0	1.14
72	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	502	4.0	1.14
73	Pendle	Lancashire	398	4.0	1.13
74	Barking and Dagenham	London	928	4.0	1.13
75	Solihull	West Midlands	873	3.9	1.12
76	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	787	3.9	1.11
77	Leicester	East Midlands	1,519	3.9	1.11
78	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	396	3.9	1.10
79	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	427	3.9	1.10
80	South Tyneside	North East	583	3.9	1.09
81	Wychavon	Worcestershire	531	3.8	1.09
82	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	532	3.8	1.09
83	North Tyneside	North East	824	3.8	1.08
84	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,674	3.8	1.08
85	Caerphilly	Wales	665	3.8	1.06
86	Preston	Lancashire	608	3.7	1.06
87	South Gloucestershire	South West	1,140	3.7	1.05
88	Bromley	London	1,237	3.7	1.04
89	Redbridge	London	1,169	3.6	1.03
90	Hastings	East Sussex	330	3.6	1.02
91	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	523	3.6	1.02
92	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	379	3.6	1.01
93	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	326	3.6	1.01
94	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	520	3.6	1.01
95	Sutton	London	761	3.5	1.00
96	Reading	South East	647	3.5	1.00
97	Liverpool	North West	1,796	3.5	1.00
98	Milton Keynes	South East	1,063	3.5	0.98
99	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	364	3.5	0.98
100	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	422	3.4	0.97
101	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	511	3.4	0.97
102	Harlow	Essex	336	3.4	0.97
103	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	284	3.4	0.96
104	Sandwell	West Midlands	1,205	3.4	0.96
105	Epping Forest	Essex	466	3.4	0.96
106	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	336	3.4	0.96
107	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	622	3.4	0.95
108	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	431	3.3	0.94
109	Derby	East Midlands	905	3.3	0.93
110	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	306	3.3	0.93
111	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	341	3.3	0.93
112	Cardiff	Wales	1,253	3.3	0.92
113	Mole Valley	Surrey	289	3.3	0.92
114	Rossendale	Lancashire	236	3.2	0.91
115	Redditch	Worcestershire	283	3.2	0.91
116	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	323	3.2	0.91
117	St Albans	Hertfordshire	483	3.2	0.90
118	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	326	3.2	0.90
119	North Somerset	South West	710	3.2	0.89
120	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	543	3.1	0.89
121	Bexley	London	806	3.1	0.89
122	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	882	3.1	0.89
123	New Forest	Hampshire	551	3.1	0.88
124	Havering	London	861	3.1	0.88
125	Basildon	Essex	597	3.1	0.87
126	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	1,260	3.1	0.87
127	Harborough	Leicestershire	322	3.1	0.87
128	Tamworth	Staffordshire	249	3.1	0.87
129	Blaby	Leicestershire	332	3.1	0.87
130	Merton	London	670	3.1	0.87
131	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	392	3.1	0.87
132	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	189	3.1	0.87
133	South Holland	Lincolnshire	302	3.0	0.86
134	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	348	3.0	0.86
135	Torbay	South West	423	3.0	0.85
136	Slough	South East	504	3.0	0.85
137	Test Valley	Hampshire	405	3.0	0.85
138	Somerset	South West	1,747	3.0	0.84
139	Northumberland	North East	980	3.0	0.84
140	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,105	3.0	0.84
141	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	469	3.0	0.83
142	Bedford	East of England	574	2.9	0.83
143	Kingston upon Thames	London	504	2.9	0.83
144	Thurrock	East of England	525	2.9	0.82
145	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	324	2.9	0.82
146	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	470	2.9	0.82
147	Oxford	Oxfordshire	480	2.9	0.82
148	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	466	2.9	0.82
149	High Peak	Derbyshire	265	2.9	0.81
150	Norwich	Norfolk	423	2.9	0.81
151	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	298	2.8	0.80
152	Gravesham	Kent	313	2.8	0.80
153	Exeter	Devon	387	2.8	0.79
154	Carmarthenshire	Wales	533	2.8	0.79
155	Pembrokeshire	Wales	351	2.8	0.79
156	Conwy	Wales	320	2.8	0.79
157	Monmouthshire	Wales	264	2.8	0.79
158	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	282	2.8	0.78
159	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	352	2.8	0.78
160	Spelthorne	Surrey	294	2.7	0.78
161	Colchester	Essex	546	2.7	0.77
162	Eastbourne	East Sussex	284	2.7	0.77
163	Chelmsford	Essex	514	2.7	0.77
164	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	260	2.7	0.77
165	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	307	2.7	0.77
166	Runnymede	Surrey	249	2.7	0.76
167	Brighton and Hove	South East	766	2.7	0.76
168	Watford	Hertfordshire	288	2.7	0.76
169	Brentwood	Essex	213	2.7	0.76
170	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	526	2.7	0.76
171	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	158	2.7	0.76
172	Bolsover	Derbyshire	224	2.7	0.76
173	Erewash	Derbyshire	305	2.7	0.75
174	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	366	2.7	0.75
175	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	284	2.7	0.75
176	Wrexham	Wales	368	2.7	0.75
177	Rutland	East Midlands	108	2.6	0.74
178	Portsmouth	South East	557	2.6	0.73
179	Crawley	West Sussex	321	2.6	0.73
180	Uttlesford	Essex	245	2.6	0.73
181	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	326	2.6	0.73
182	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	438	2.6	0.73
183	Denbighshire	Wales	251	2.6	0.72
184	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	492	2.5	0.72
185	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	228	2.5	0.72
186	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	530	2.5	0.72
187	West Suffolk	Suffolk	477	2.5	0.72
188	Canterbury	Kent	408	2.5	0.71
189	Stroud	Gloucestershire	312	2.5	0.70
190	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	284	2.5	0.70
191	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	239	2.5	0.70
192	Arun	West Sussex	420	2.5	0.70
193	Powys	Wales	332	2.5	0.70
194	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	384	2.4	0.69
195	Tendring	Essex	383	2.4	0.69
196	Lichfield	Staffordshire	273	2.4	0.69
197	Stafford	Staffordshire	344	2.4	0.69
198	West Berkshire	South East	401	2.4	0.69
199	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	462	2.4	0.68
200	East Suffolk	Suffolk	601	2.4	0.68
201	Rugby	Warwickshire	294	2.4	0.68
202	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	353	2.4	0.68
203	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	457	2.4	0.68
204	Sevenoaks	Kent	293	2.4	0.67
205	Shropshire	West Midlands	793	2.4	0.67
206	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	354	2.4	0.67
207	Melton	Leicestershire	128	2.4	0.67
208	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	382	2.4	0.67
209	Swale	Kent	373	2.4	0.67
210	St. Helens	North West	442	2.3	0.66
211	Warrington	North West	504	2.3	0.66
212	Chichester	West Sussex	301	2.3	0.66
213	Rother	East Sussex	224	2.3	0.66
214	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	167	2.3	0.66
215	Luton	East of England	556	2.3	0.66
216	Tandridge	Surrey	210	2.3	0.66
217	Medway	South East	678	2.3	0.66
218	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	824	2.3	0.65
219	Gwynedd	Wales	279	2.3	0.65
220	Dartford	Kent	288	2.3	0.65
221	Ipswich	Suffolk	323	2.3	0.65
222	Guildford	Surrey	348	2.3	0.65
223	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	278	2.3	0.65
224	Halton	North West	302	2.3	0.65
225	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	299	2.3	0.65
226	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	267	2.3	0.64
227	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	294	2.3	0.64
228	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	208	2.3	0.64
229	Ashford	Kent	317	2.2	0.64
230	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	357	2.2	0.63
231	Elmbridge	Surrey	318	2.2	0.63
232	Westmorland and Furness	North West	514	2.2	0.63
233	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	702	2.2	0.63
234	Wiltshire	South West	1,163	2.2	0.63
235	Plymouth	South West	599	2.2	0.62
236	East Hampshire	Hampshire	286	2.2	0.62
237	Castle Point	Essex	198	2.2	0.62
238	Ceredigion	Wales	157	2.2	0.61
239	Buckinghamshire	South East	1,245	2.2	0.61
240	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,364	2.1	0.61
241	Cheshire East	North West	900	2.1	0.60
242	Thanet	Kent	303	2.1	0.60
243	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	253	2.1	0.60
244	Isles of Scilly	South West	5	2.1	0.60
245	Chorley	Lancashire	255	2.1	0.60
246	Winchester	Hampshire	286	2.1	0.60
247	North Devon	Devon	213	2.1	0.59
248	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	138	2.1	0.59
249	South Ribble	Lancashire	243	2.1	0.59
250	Sefton	North West	599	2.1	0.59
251	Fylde	Lancashire	177	2.1	0.59
252	Wirral	North West	679	2.1	0.58
253	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	232	2.1	0.58
254	Wyre	Lancashire	244	2.1	0.58
255	Horsham	West Sussex	311	2.1	0.58
256	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	250	2.0	0.58
257	West Lancashire	Lancashire	249	2.0	0.58
258	Braintree	Essex	335	2.0	0.58
259	Rushmoor	Hampshire	213	2.0	0.57
260	Cumberland	North West	563	2.0	0.57
261	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	485	2.0	0.56
262	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	736	2.0	0.56
263	Woking	Surrey	209	2.0	0.56
264	Waverley	Surrey	265	2.0	0.56
265	Maidstone	Kent	370	2.0	0.56
266	Flintshire	Wales	307	2.0	0.56
267	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	302	1.9	0.55
268	Havant	Hampshire	245	1.9	0.55
269	Dover	Kent	231	1.9	0.55
270	Dorset	South West	741	1.9	0.54
271	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	197	1.9	0.54
272	Isle of Wight	South East	267	1.9	0.53
273	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	292	1.9	0.53
274	Swindon	South West	454	1.9	0.53
275	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	223	1.9	0.52
276	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	127	1.8	0.52
277	Worthing	West Sussex	209	1.8	0.52
278	Knowsley	North West	296	1.8	0.51
279	Wealden	East Sussex	303	1.8	0.51
280	Lewes	East Sussex	185	1.8	0.51
281	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	242	1.8	0.50
282	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	196	1.8	0.50
283	Swansea	Wales	442	1.8	0.50
284	Eastleigh	Hampshire	250	1.7	0.49
285	Babergh	Suffolk	167	1.7	0.49
286	Torridge	Devon	120	1.7	0.49
287	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	235	1.7	0.49
288	Mid Devon	Devon	145	1.7	0.48
289	Bracknell Forest	South East	223	1.7	0.48
290	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	240	1.7	0.47
291	Teignbridge	Devon	231	1.7	0.47
292	Bridgend	Wales	237	1.6	0.45
293	Cornwall	South West	920	1.6	0.45
294	Breckland	Norfolk	230	1.6	0.44
295	Wokingham	South East	289	1.5	0.44
296	Gosport	Hampshire	127	1.5	0.43
297	Rochford	Essex	136	1.5	0.43
298	Surrey Heath	Surrey	143	1.5	0.43
299	South Hams	Devon	139	1.5	0.43
300	Fareham	Hampshire	173	1.5	0.42
301	Adur	West Sussex	92	1.4	0.40
302	South Norfolk	Norfolk	206	1.4	0.39
303	Hart	Hampshire	138	1.3	0.38
304	East Devon	Devon	202	1.3	0.36
305	Maldon	Essex	88	1.3	0.36
306	North Norfolk	Norfolk	120	1.2	0.33
307	Broadland	Norfolk	155	1.1	0.32
308	West Devon	Devon	62	1.1	0.30

Recorded crime depends on reporting and recording as well as on offending, so small differences between areas should not be over-read. See the methodology.

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