Criminal damage and arson rates by district

Every district in England and Wales ranked by criminal damage and arson per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to August 2026.

Ranked by criminal damage and arson per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 6.7; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). How rates are worked out: methodology.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Middlesbrough	North East	3,139	20.1	2.98
2	City of London	London	282	18.7	2.77
3	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	1,197	17.6	2.61
4	Hartlepool	North East	1,576	16.1	2.38
5	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	2,135	15.3	2.27
6	County Durham	North East	7,905	14.7	2.18
7	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,274	14.2	2.11
8	Blackpool	North West	1,824	12.6	1.88
9	Darlington	North East	1,383	12.3	1.82
10	Torfaen	Wales	1,157	12.3	1.82
11	Nottingham	East Midlands	4,004	12.1	1.79
12	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	2,463	11.9	1.77
13	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,263	11.8	1.76
14	Newport	Wales	1,939	11.5	1.71
15	Caerphilly	Wales	2,009	11.4	1.68
16	Leicester	East Midlands	4,333	11.2	1.65
17	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	3,002	11.1	1.65
18	Hastings	East Sussex	998	10.9	1.62
19	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,481	10.9	1.61
20	Burnley	Lancashire	1,066	10.7	1.59
21	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	1,071	10.7	1.58
22	Bristol, City of	South West	5,263	10.6	1.58
23	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	1,099	10.5	1.55
24	Thanet	Kent	1,462	10.2	1.52
25	Norwich	Norfolk	1,480	10.1	1.49
26	South Tyneside	North East	1,516	10.0	1.48
27	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,639	10.0	1.48
28	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,512	10.0	1.48
29	Sunderland	North East	2,872	10.0	1.48
30	Wrexham	Wales	1,374	9.9	1.47
31	Liverpool	North West	4,977	9.8	1.45
32	Walsall	West Midlands	2,887	9.8	1.45
33	Preston	Lancashire	1,581	9.7	1.44
34	Peterborough	East of England	2,155	9.6	1.43
35	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	567	9.6	1.43
36	Birmingham	West Midlands	11,365	9.6	1.42
37	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	1,080	9.5	1.42
38	Canterbury	Kent	1,529	9.4	1.40
39	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	1,162	9.3	1.38
40	Southampton	South East	2,401	9.3	1.37
41	Plymouth	South West	2,509	9.2	1.37
42	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,329	9.1	1.36
43	Eastbourne	East Sussex	950	9.1	1.35
44	Pembrokeshire	Wales	1,143	9.1	1.35
45	Swale	Kent	1,422	9.0	1.33
46	Gravesham	Kent	993	9.0	1.33
47	Torbay	South West	1,257	9.0	1.33
48	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	2,871	9.0	1.33
49	Worcester	Worcestershire	954	8.9	1.33
50	Thurrock	East of England	1,606	8.9	1.32
51	Hyndburn	Lancashire	763	8.9	1.31
52	Knowsley	North West	1,433	8.8	1.31
53	Lancaster	Lancashire	1,272	8.8	1.30
54	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,222	8.8	1.30
55	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	1,121	8.7	1.28
56	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,310	8.6	1.28
57	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,823	8.6	1.28
58	Medway	South East	2,522	8.6	1.28
59	Solihull	West Midlands	1,905	8.6	1.28
60	Harlow	Essex	845	8.6	1.28
61	Dover	Kent	1,025	8.6	1.27
62	Carmarthenshire	Wales	1,630	8.5	1.27
63	Dartford	Kent	1,065	8.5	1.26
64	Gateshead	North East	1,711	8.4	1.25
65	Exeter	Devon	1,155	8.3	1.24
66	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	1,355	8.3	1.24
67	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,302	8.3	1.23
68	Derby	East Midlands	2,267	8.3	1.23
69	Cardiff	Wales	3,171	8.3	1.22
70	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	2,322	8.3	1.22
71	Sandwell	West Midlands	2,877	8.1	1.21
72	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	1,039	8.1	1.20
73	Denbighshire	Wales	797	8.1	1.20
74	Cumberland	North West	2,264	8.1	1.20
75	Tendring	Essex	1,263	8.1	1.19
76	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,380	8.1	1.19
77	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	887	7.9	1.17
78	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	836	7.9	1.17
79	St. Helens	North West	1,486	7.9	1.17
80	Maidstone	Kent	1,473	7.8	1.16
81	Basildon	Essex	1,518	7.8	1.16
82	Boston	Lincolnshire	555	7.8	1.16
83	Coventry	West Midlands	2,877	7.8	1.16
84	Ipswich	Suffolk	1,090	7.8	1.15
85	Crawley	West Sussex	958	7.7	1.15
86	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	810	7.7	1.14
87	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	708	7.7	1.14
88	Conwy	Wales	885	7.7	1.14
89	Charnwood	Leicestershire	1,445	7.7	1.14
90	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	1,111	7.7	1.13
91	Portsmouth	South East	1,636	7.6	1.13
92	Gwynedd	Wales	922	7.6	1.13
93	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	757	7.6	1.13
94	North Tyneside	North East	1,634	7.6	1.13
95	Rossendale	Lancashire	547	7.5	1.11
96	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	774	7.4	1.10
97	Monmouthshire	Wales	706	7.4	1.10
98	Westminster	London	1,555	7.4	1.10
99	Bolsover	Derbyshire	619	7.4	1.10
100	Brighton and Hove	South East	2,076	7.3	1.08
101	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	1,032	7.3	1.08
102	Arun	West Sussex	1,236	7.3	1.08
103	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,343	7.2	1.07
104	Cornwall	South West	4,222	7.2	1.07
105	Slough	South East	1,210	7.2	1.07
106	Wirral	North West	2,351	7.1	1.06
107	Northumberland	North East	2,366	7.1	1.06
108	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,168	7.1	1.05
109	Pendle	Lancashire	700	7.0	1.04
110	Milton Keynes	South East	2,132	7.0	1.03
111	Ashford	Kent	978	6.9	1.03
112	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1,034	6.9	1.03
113	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	944	6.9	1.02
114	Chichester	West Sussex	885	6.9	1.02
115	Powys	Wales	925	6.8	1.02
116	Spelthorne	Surrey	730	6.8	1.01
117	Worthing	West Sussex	776	6.8	1.01
118	Westmorland and Furness	North West	1,567	6.8	1.01
119	Havant	Hampshire	857	6.7	1.00
120	Watford	Hertfordshire	719	6.7	0.99
121	Sefton	North West	1,909	6.7	0.99
122	Oxford	Oxfordshire	1,101	6.6	0.98
123	Reading	South East	1,211	6.6	0.98
124	Melton	Leicestershire	357	6.6	0.98
125	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	756	6.6	0.98
126	Dudley	West Midlands	2,189	6.6	0.98
127	Guildford	Surrey	992	6.6	0.97
128	Tandridge	Surrey	592	6.5	0.97
129	Swansea	Wales	1,630	6.5	0.96
130	Mid Devon	Devon	551	6.5	0.96
131	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	435	6.5	0.96
132	Rother	East Sussex	621	6.5	0.96
133	Somerset	South West	3,781	6.4	0.95
134	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	787	6.4	0.95
135	North Somerset	South West	1,437	6.4	0.95
136	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,339	6.4	0.95
137	North Devon	Devon	647	6.4	0.95
138	Redditch	Worcestershire	560	6.4	0.95
139	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	1,548	6.4	0.95
140	Lewes	East Sussex	652	6.4	0.94
141	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	1,246	6.4	0.94
142	Isle of Wight	South East	900	6.4	0.94
143	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	709	6.3	0.94
144	Halton	North West	828	6.3	0.93
145	South Holland	Lincolnshire	625	6.3	0.93
146	Colchester	Essex	1,256	6.3	0.93
147	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	896	6.3	0.93
148	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	729	6.2	0.93
149	Ceredigion	Wales	452	6.2	0.92
150	Flintshire	Wales	967	6.2	0.92
151	Erewash	Derbyshire	708	6.2	0.92
152	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	804	6.2	0.91
153	Gosport	Hampshire	511	6.2	0.91
154	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	509	6.1	0.91
155	East Suffolk	Suffolk	1,523	6.1	0.90
156	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	2,493	6.1	0.90
157	Bedford	East of England	1,186	6.1	0.90
158	Epping Forest	Essex	833	6.1	0.90
159	Luton	East of England	1,447	6.1	0.90
160	South Ribble	Lancashire	701	6.0	0.90
161	Bridgend	Wales	889	6.0	0.89
162	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	1,205	6.0	0.89
163	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	933	6.0	0.89
164	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	711	5.9	0.88
165	Sevenoaks	Kent	729	5.9	0.88
166	Blaby	Leicestershire	639	5.9	0.88
167	Chorley	Lancashire	708	5.9	0.87
168	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	744	5.8	0.86
169	Castle Point	Essex	526	5.8	0.86
170	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	1,116	5.8	0.86
171	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	588	5.8	0.86
172	New Forest	Hampshire	1,015	5.8	0.85
173	Runnymede	Surrey	528	5.7	0.85
174	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,142	5.7	0.85
175	Wychavon	Worcestershire	787	5.7	0.85
176	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	838	5.7	0.84
177	Swindon	South West	1,373	5.6	0.83
178	West Berkshire	South East	927	5.6	0.83
179	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	386	5.6	0.83
180	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	899	5.6	0.83
181	Wyre	Lancashire	658	5.5	0.82
182	Stafford	Staffordshire	783	5.5	0.82
183	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	340	5.5	0.82
184	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	532	5.5	0.82
185	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	949	5.5	0.82
186	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	1,048	5.5	0.82
187	West Suffolk	Suffolk	1,033	5.5	0.81
188	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	602	5.5	0.81
189	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	867	5.4	0.81
190	Wiltshire	South West	2,832	5.4	0.80
191	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	733	5.4	0.80
192	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	572	5.4	0.80
193	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,357	5.4	0.79
194	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	557	5.4	0.79
195	South Gloucestershire	South West	1,636	5.3	0.79
196	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	636	5.3	0.78
197	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	1,011	5.3	0.78
198	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,354	5.3	0.78
199	Chelmsford	Essex	995	5.3	0.78
200	St Albans	Hertfordshire	794	5.3	0.78
201	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,853	5.2	0.77
202	Teignbridge	Devon	720	5.2	0.77
203	High Peak	Derbyshire	477	5.2	0.77
204	Adur	West Sussex	335	5.2	0.77
205	Brentwood	Essex	409	5.2	0.76
206	Rugby	Warwickshire	628	5.1	0.76
207	Woking	Surrey	542	5.1	0.76
208	West Lancashire	Lancashire	623	5.1	0.76
209	Fylde	Lancashire	436	5.1	0.76
210	Warwick	Warwickshire	788	5.1	0.75
211	Camden	London	1,094	5.0	0.75
212	Breckland	Norfolk	734	5.0	0.74
213	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	794	5.0	0.74
214	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	684	5.0	0.74
215	Rushmoor	Hampshire	523	4.9	0.73
216	Shropshire	West Midlands	1,640	4.9	0.73
217	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	792	4.9	0.73
218	Harborough	Leicestershire	508	4.9	0.72
219	Uttlesford	Essex	461	4.8	0.72
220	Surrey Heath	Surrey	455	4.8	0.71
221	Mole Valley	Surrey	426	4.8	0.71
222	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	618	4.8	0.71
223	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	442	4.8	0.71
224	East Devon	Devon	752	4.8	0.70
225	South Norfolk	Norfolk	705	4.7	0.70
226	North Norfolk	Norfolk	487	4.7	0.70
227	Warrington	North West	1,016	4.7	0.70
228	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	596	4.7	0.70
229	West Devon	Devon	277	4.7	0.70
230	Wealden	East Sussex	783	4.7	0.70
231	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	796	4.7	0.69
232	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	1,475	4.7	0.69
233	Torridge	Devon	326	4.7	0.69
234	Islington	London	1,039	4.7	0.69
235	Buckinghamshire	South East	2,689	4.6	0.69
236	Babergh	Suffolk	450	4.6	0.69
237	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	1,717	4.6	0.68
238	Bracknell Forest	South East	603	4.6	0.68
239	Elmbridge	Surrey	652	4.6	0.68
240	Kensington and Chelsea	London	658	4.6	0.67
241	Winchester	Hampshire	612	4.5	0.67
242	Lambeth	London	1,430	4.5	0.67
243	Horsham	West Sussex	681	4.5	0.67
244	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	519	4.4	0.65
245	Hounslow	London	1,317	4.4	0.65
246	Braintree	Essex	720	4.4	0.65
247	South Hams	Devon	401	4.4	0.65
248	Eastleigh	Hampshire	620	4.3	0.64
249	Lewisham	London	1,306	4.3	0.64
250	Tamworth	Staffordshire	350	4.3	0.64
251	Greenwich	London	1,288	4.3	0.64
252	Rutland	East Midlands	178	4.3	0.64
253	Cheshire East	North West	1,803	4.3	0.63
254	Test Valley	Hampshire	576	4.3	0.63
255	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	635	4.3	0.63
256	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	663	4.2	0.63
257	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	483	4.2	0.63
258	Fareham	Hampshire	483	4.2	0.62
259	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	348	4.2	0.62
260	Tower Hamlets	London	1,382	4.2	0.62
261	Croydon	London	1,704	4.2	0.62
262	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	298	4.2	0.62
263	Maldon	Essex	287	4.2	0.62
264	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	422	4.2	0.62
265	Dorset	South West	1,616	4.1	0.61
266	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	648	4.1	0.61
267	Southwark	London	1,298	4.1	0.61
268	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	600	4.1	0.61
269	Hackney	London	1,088	4.1	0.60
270	Hillingdon	London	1,337	4.1	0.60
271	Lichfield	Staffordshire	453	4.0	0.60
272	Enfield	London	1,319	4.0	0.60
273	Brent	London	1,419	4.0	0.60
274	Bexley	London	1,029	4.0	0.59
275	Broadland	Norfolk	552	4.0	0.59
276	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	747	4.0	0.59
277	Bromley	London	1,311	3.9	0.58
278	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	476	3.9	0.58
279	Ealing	London	1,488	3.9	0.57
280	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	368	3.8	0.57
281	East Hampshire	Hampshire	496	3.8	0.57
282	Barking and Dagenham	London	887	3.8	0.56
283	Haringey	London	1,000	3.8	0.56
284	Rochford	Essex	340	3.8	0.56
285	Newham	London	1,408	3.8	0.56
286	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	453	3.7	0.56
287	Waltham Forest	London	1,029	3.7	0.55
288	Havering	London	1,006	3.6	0.54
289	Hart	Hampshire	374	3.6	0.54
290	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	233	3.5	0.53
291	Richmond upon Thames	London	684	3.5	0.52
292	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	376	3.4	0.50
293	Wokingham	South East	607	3.2	0.48
294	Kingston upon Thames	London	547	3.2	0.47
295	Redbridge	London	1,012	3.2	0.47
296	Barnet	London	1,257	3.1	0.46
297	Wandsworth	London	1,043	3.1	0.46
298	Waverley	Surrey	392	2.9	0.43
299	Sutton	London	624	2.9	0.43
300	Merton	London	616	2.8	0.42
301	Harrow	London	718	2.7	0.39
302	Isles of Scilly	South West	6	2.5	0.38

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