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 July 2026.

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Ranked by criminal damage and arson per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 6.8; 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	Middlesbrough	North East	3,090	19.8	2.92
2	City of London	London	299	19.8	2.92
3	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	1,135	16.7	2.47
4	Hartlepool	North East	1,545	15.7	2.32
5	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	2,168	15.6	2.30
6	County Durham	North East	7,763	14.4	2.13
7	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,263	14.2	2.09
8	Torfaen	Wales	1,202	12.8	1.88
9	Darlington	North East	1,424	12.7	1.87
10	Blackpool	North West	1,815	12.6	1.86
11	Nottingham	East Midlands	4,018	12.1	1.79
12	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	2,452	11.9	1.75
13	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,248	11.8	1.74
14	Newport	Wales	1,933	11.5	1.70
15	Leicester	East Midlands	4,358	11.2	1.65
16	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	2,986	11.0	1.63
17	Caerphilly	Wales	1,949	11.0	1.62
18	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,500	10.9	1.61
19	Burnley	Lancashire	1,076	10.8	1.60
20	Hastings	East Sussex	976	10.7	1.58
21	Bristol, City of	South West	5,186	10.5	1.55
22	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	1,093	10.4	1.53
23	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	1,042	10.4	1.53
24	South Tyneside	North East	1,542	10.2	1.50
25	Thanet	Kent	1,451	10.2	1.50
26	Norwich	Norfolk	1,479	10.0	1.48
27	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,654	10.0	1.48
28	Sunderland	North East	2,888	10.0	1.48
29	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,510	10.0	1.47
30	Wrexham	Wales	1,378	10.0	1.47
31	Liverpool	North West	5,031	9.9	1.46
32	Walsall	West Midlands	2,851	9.6	1.42
33	Canterbury	Kent	1,546	9.5	1.41
34	Preston	Lancashire	1,553	9.5	1.41
35	Birmingham	West Midlands	11,231	9.5	1.40
36	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	1,073	9.5	1.40
37	Peterborough	East of England	2,111	9.4	1.39
38	Swale	Kent	1,476	9.3	1.37
39	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	546	9.3	1.37
40	Plymouth	South West	2,512	9.2	1.36
41	Gravesham	Kent	1,012	9.1	1.35
42	Eastbourne	East Sussex	950	9.1	1.34
43	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,291	9.1	1.34
44	Torbay	South West	1,268	9.0	1.33
45	Hyndburn	Lancashire	776	9.0	1.33
46	Thurrock	East of England	1,627	9.0	1.33
47	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	1,117	8.9	1.32
48	Pembrokeshire	Wales	1,119	8.9	1.31
49	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	2,852	8.9	1.31
50	Worcester	Worcestershire	942	8.8	1.30
51	Knowsley	North West	1,435	8.8	1.30
52	Lancaster	Lancashire	1,277	8.8	1.30
53	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,852	8.8	1.29
54	Dartford	Kent	1,089	8.7	1.28
55	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,331	8.7	1.28
56	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,189	8.7	1.28
57	Medway	South East	2,534	8.7	1.28
58	Harlow	Essex	847	8.6	1.27
59	Gateshead	North East	1,742	8.6	1.27
60	Carmarthenshire	Wales	1,632	8.6	1.26
61	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	1,095	8.5	1.25
62	Dover	Kent	1,012	8.4	1.25
63	Denbighshire	Wales	829	8.4	1.24
64	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,444	8.4	1.24
65	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	1,076	8.4	1.24
66	Westminster	London	1,765	8.4	1.24
67	Derby	East Midlands	2,294	8.4	1.23
68	Exeter	Devon	1,153	8.3	1.23
69	Southampton	South East	2,159	8.3	1.23
70	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,294	8.3	1.22
71	Cumberland	North West	2,308	8.2	1.21
72	Solihull	West Midlands	1,812	8.2	1.21
73	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	1,328	8.2	1.20
74	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	2,284	8.1	1.20
75	Cardiff	Wales	3,114	8.1	1.20
76	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	860	8.1	1.20
77	Tendring	Essex	1,268	8.1	1.19
78	Sandwell	West Midlands	2,829	8.0	1.18
79	Basildon	Essex	1,542	8.0	1.17
80	St. Helens	North West	1,501	7.9	1.17
81	Boston	Lincolnshire	562	7.9	1.17
82	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	886	7.9	1.16
83	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	723	7.9	1.16
84	Ipswich	Suffolk	1,083	7.7	1.14
85	Conwy	Wales	887	7.7	1.14
86	Charnwood	Leicestershire	1,454	7.7	1.14
87	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	764	7.7	1.14
88	Maidstone	Kent	1,444	7.7	1.13
89	Crawley	West Sussex	952	7.7	1.13
90	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	804	7.7	1.13
91	Gwynedd	Wales	924	7.6	1.13
92	North Tyneside	North East	1,640	7.6	1.12
93	Coventry	West Midlands	2,808	7.6	1.12
94	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	1,100	7.6	1.12
95	Bolsover	Derbyshire	632	7.5	1.11
96	Rossendale	Lancashire	551	7.5	1.11
97	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	1,042	7.5	1.11
98	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	770	7.4	1.09
99	Northumberland	North East	2,455	7.4	1.09
100	Monmouthshire	Wales	698	7.4	1.08
101	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,359	7.3	1.08
102	Arun	West Sussex	1,244	7.3	1.08
103	Cornwall	South West	4,264	7.3	1.08
104	Brighton and Hove	South East	2,074	7.3	1.08
105	Portsmouth	South East	1,548	7.2	1.07
106	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	1,021	7.2	1.06
107	Slough	South East	1,202	7.2	1.06
108	Wirral	North West	2,358	7.2	1.06
109	Pendle	Lancashire	709	7.1	1.05
110	Milton Keynes	South East	2,157	7.1	1.04
111	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,118	7.0	1.03
112	Westmorland and Furness	North West	1,597	6.9	1.02
113	Worthing	West Sussex	786	6.9	1.02
114	Watford	Hertfordshire	738	6.9	1.02
115	Powys	Wales	924	6.8	1.01
116	Ashford	Kent	959	6.8	1.00
117	Spelthorne	Surrey	727	6.8	1.00
118	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	925	6.8	1.00
119	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1,006	6.7	0.99
120	Guildford	Surrey	1,018	6.7	0.99
121	Chichester	West Sussex	867	6.7	0.99
122	Sefton	North West	1,925	6.7	0.99
123	Oxford	Oxfordshire	1,100	6.6	0.98
124	Reading	South East	1,201	6.6	0.97
125	Mid Devon	Devon	558	6.6	0.97
126	Rother	East Sussex	631	6.6	0.97
127	Dudley	West Midlands	2,175	6.6	0.97
128	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	733	6.6	0.97
129	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	1,576	6.5	0.96
130	Swansea	Wales	1,627	6.5	0.95
131	Redditch	Worcestershire	568	6.5	0.95
132	Tandridge	Surrey	585	6.5	0.95
133	Somerset	South West	3,782	6.4	0.95
134	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	431	6.4	0.95
135	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	735	6.4	0.95
136	South Holland	Lincolnshire	637	6.4	0.95
137	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	744	6.4	0.94
138	Melton	Leicestershire	344	6.4	0.94
139	North Somerset	South West	1,422	6.3	0.93
140	Lewes	East Sussex	648	6.3	0.93
141	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	526	6.3	0.93
142	Isle of Wight	South East	893	6.3	0.93
143	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	774	6.3	0.93
144	Halton	North West	828	6.3	0.93
145	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	818	6.3	0.92
146	Havant	Hampshire	795	6.3	0.92
147	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	1,222	6.2	0.92
148	Colchester	Essex	1,248	6.2	0.92
149	Ceredigion	Wales	452	6.2	0.92
150	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	891	6.2	0.92
151	South Ribble	Lancashire	717	6.2	0.91
152	Bedford	East of England	1,202	6.2	0.91
153	North Devon	Devon	624	6.2	0.91
154	Epping Forest	Essex	847	6.2	0.91
155	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,287	6.1	0.91
156	Castle Point	Essex	556	6.1	0.91
157	Flintshire	Wales	956	6.1	0.90
158	Luton	East of England	1,459	6.1	0.90
159	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	953	6.1	0.90
160	Erewash	Derbyshire	694	6.1	0.90
161	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	724	6.0	0.89
162	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	2,463	6.0	0.89
163	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	732	6.0	0.89
164	Sevenoaks	Kent	737	6.0	0.89
165	East Suffolk	Suffolk	1,497	6.0	0.88
166	Bridgend	Wales	883	6.0	0.88
167	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	1,187	5.9	0.88
168	Blaby	Leicestershire	633	5.9	0.86
169	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	747	5.8	0.86
170	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,178	5.8	0.86
171	Wyre	Lancashire	691	5.8	0.86
172	Chorley	Lancashire	698	5.8	0.85
173	West Berkshire	South East	939	5.7	0.84
174	Camden	London	1,229	5.7	0.84
175	Wychavon	Worcestershire	781	5.7	0.83
176	Swindon	South West	1,380	5.7	0.83
177	West Suffolk	Suffolk	1,064	5.6	0.83
178	Runnymede	Surrey	518	5.6	0.83
179	Stafford	Staffordshire	793	5.6	0.83
180	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	823	5.6	0.82
181	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	569	5.6	0.82
182	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	901	5.6	0.82
183	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	885	5.6	0.82
184	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	382	5.5	0.82
185	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	534	5.5	0.81
186	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	1,047	5.5	0.81
187	Rugby	Warwickshire	672	5.5	0.81
188	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	603	5.5	0.81
189	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	742	5.5	0.81
190	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	334	5.4	0.80
191	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,376	5.4	0.80
192	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	931	5.4	0.80
193	Wiltshire	South West	2,823	5.4	0.79
194	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	1,036	5.4	0.79
195	Chelmsford	Essex	1,005	5.3	0.78
196	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,380	5.3	0.78
197	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	567	5.3	0.78
198	New Forest	Hampshire	936	5.3	0.78
199	Gosport	Hampshire	440	5.3	0.78
200	Kensington and Chelsea	London	766	5.3	0.78
201	South Gloucestershire	South West	1,622	5.3	0.78
202	Woking	Surrey	558	5.3	0.78
203	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	1,002	5.2	0.77
204	Fylde	Lancashire	448	5.2	0.77
205	St Albans	Hertfordshire	791	5.2	0.77
206	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	545	5.2	0.77
207	Teignbridge	Devon	722	5.2	0.77
208	High Peak	Derbyshire	476	5.2	0.76
209	Islington	London	1,152	5.2	0.76
210	West Lancashire	Lancashire	630	5.2	0.76
211	Adur	West Sussex	335	5.2	0.76
212	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,835	5.2	0.76
213	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	810	5.1	0.75
214	Warwick	Warwickshire	787	5.1	0.75
215	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	609	5.1	0.75
216	Brentwood	Essex	401	5.1	0.75
217	Lambeth	London	1,597	5.0	0.74
218	Breckland	Norfolk	735	5.0	0.74
219	Uttlesford	Essex	474	5.0	0.73
220	Shropshire	West Midlands	1,653	5.0	0.73
221	Hounslow	London	1,478	4.9	0.73
222	Greenwich	London	1,477	4.9	0.73
223	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	442	4.9	0.73
224	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	837	4.9	0.72
225	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	673	4.9	0.72
226	Mole Valley	Surrey	433	4.9	0.72
227	Lewisham	London	1,469	4.9	0.72
228	Torridge	Devon	340	4.9	0.72
229	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	786	4.9	0.72
230	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	630	4.9	0.72
231	Croydon	London	1,939	4.7	0.70
232	South Norfolk	Norfolk	701	4.7	0.70
233	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	430	4.7	0.69
234	East Devon	Devon	741	4.7	0.69
235	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	435	4.7	0.69
236	Warrington	North West	1,004	4.7	0.69
237	Harborough	Leicestershire	488	4.7	0.69
238	Buckinghamshire	South East	2,693	4.7	0.69
239	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	1,468	4.6	0.69
240	Tower Hamlets	London	1,542	4.6	0.69
241	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	588	4.6	0.68
242	Southwark	London	1,460	4.6	0.68
243	Hackney	London	1,235	4.6	0.68
244	Surrey Heath	Surrey	436	4.6	0.68
245	Horsham	West Sussex	698	4.6	0.68
246	West Devon	Devon	271	4.6	0.68
247	Elmbridge	Surrey	652	4.6	0.68
248	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	1,706	4.6	0.68
249	Rushmoor	Hampshire	485	4.6	0.68
250	Bracknell Forest	South East	599	4.6	0.68
251	Wealden	East Sussex	761	4.6	0.67
252	Bromley	London	1,523	4.5	0.67
253	Hillingdon	London	1,493	4.5	0.67
254	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	853	4.5	0.67
255	North Norfolk	Norfolk	466	4.5	0.67
256	Bexley	London	1,157	4.5	0.67
257	Babergh	Suffolk	437	4.5	0.66
258	Enfield	London	1,464	4.5	0.66
259	Brent	London	1,568	4.4	0.66
260	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	520	4.4	0.65
261	Haringey	London	1,153	4.4	0.64
262	Barking and Dagenham	London	1,012	4.3	0.64
263	South Hams	Devon	400	4.3	0.64
264	Cheshire East	North West	1,827	4.3	0.64
265	Braintree	Essex	708	4.3	0.64
266	Ealing	London	1,655	4.3	0.63
267	Rutland	East Midlands	177	4.3	0.63
268	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	619	4.2	0.62
269	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	429	4.2	0.62
270	Newham	London	1,580	4.2	0.62
271	Tamworth	Staffordshire	341	4.2	0.62
272	Stroud	Gloucestershire	526	4.2	0.62
273	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	477	4.2	0.61
274	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	297	4.1	0.61
275	Maldon	Essex	286	4.1	0.61
276	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	648	4.1	0.61
277	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	644	4.1	0.61
278	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	614	4.1	0.61
279	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	340	4.1	0.60
280	Dorset	South West	1,590	4.1	0.60
281	Waltham Forest	London	1,139	4.1	0.60
282	Winchester	Hampshire	549	4.0	0.60
283	Havering	London	1,117	4.0	0.60
284	Broadland	Norfolk	555	4.0	0.59
285	Lichfield	Staffordshire	443	4.0	0.58
286	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	377	3.9	0.58
287	Richmond upon Thames	London	773	3.9	0.58
288	Eastleigh	Hampshire	556	3.9	0.57
289	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	396	3.9	0.57
290	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	470	3.8	0.57
291	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	464	3.8	0.57
292	Test Valley	Hampshire	518	3.8	0.56
293	Rochford	Essex	344	3.8	0.56
294	Fareham	Hampshire	442	3.8	0.56
295	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	239	3.6	0.54
296	Redbridge	London	1,129	3.5	0.52
297	East Hampshire	Hampshire	456	3.5	0.52
298	Wandsworth	London	1,182	3.5	0.52
299	Kingston upon Thames	London	604	3.5	0.52
300	Barnet	London	1,413	3.5	0.51
301	Hart	Hampshire	351	3.4	0.50
302	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	366	3.3	0.49
303	Merton	London	717	3.3	0.48
304	Sutton	London	696	3.2	0.48
305	Wokingham	South East	595	3.2	0.47
306	Harrow	London	801	3.0	0.44
307	Waverley	Surrey	383	2.9	0.42
308	Isles of Scilly	South West	6	2.5	0.37

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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