Drugs rates by district

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

About this ranking

Ranked by drugs per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 3.3; 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	461	30.5	9.33
2	Liverpool	North West	7,552	14.8	4.54
3	Westminster	London	3,072	14.6	4.47
4	Islington	London	1,849	8.3	2.54
5	Knowsley	North West	1,324	8.1	2.49
6	Kensington and Chelsea	London	1,143	7.9	2.42
7	Tower Hamlets	London	2,596	7.8	2.39
8	Hackney	London	2,037	7.6	2.34
9	Brent	London	2,627	7.4	2.28
10	Camden	London	1,597	7.4	2.25
11	Derby	East Midlands	1,989	7.3	2.22
12	Middlesbrough	North East	1,121	7.2	2.20
13	St. Helens	North West	1,316	7.0	2.13
14	Newham	London	2,413	6.4	1.97
15	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,161	6.2	1.88
16	Nottingham	East Midlands	1,972	6.0	1.82
17	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,344	5.9	1.81
18	Southwark	London	1,842	5.9	1.79
19	Haringey	London	1,528	5.8	1.77
20	Waltham Forest	London	1,608	5.7	1.76
21	Barking and Dagenham	London	1,329	5.7	1.75
22	Enfield	London	1,849	5.6	1.73
23	Harlow	Essex	551	5.6	1.72
24	Lambeth	London	1,774	5.6	1.71
25	Lewisham	London	1,686	5.6	1.71
26	Greenwich	London	1,642	5.5	1.68
27	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,007	5.4	1.66
28	Sefton	North West	1,545	5.4	1.65
29	Peterborough	East of England	1,203	5.4	1.65
30	Crawley	West Sussex	650	5.2	1.60
31	Hartlepool	North East	512	5.2	1.60
32	Croydon	London	2,130	5.2	1.59
33	Southampton	South East	1,334	5.1	1.57
34	Eastbourne	East Sussex	528	5.1	1.55
35	Halton	North West	665	5.1	1.55
36	Blackpool	North West	721	5.0	1.53
37	Brighton and Hove	South East	1,364	4.8	1.47
38	Thanet	Kent	685	4.8	1.47
39	Thurrock	East of England	850	4.7	1.44
40	Leicester	East Midlands	1,812	4.7	1.43
41	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	696	4.7	1.43
42	Portsmouth	South East	984	4.6	1.40
43	Hillingdon	London	1,507	4.6	1.40
44	Luton	East of England	1,091	4.6	1.40
45	Ealing	London	1,753	4.5	1.39
46	Basildon	Essex	874	4.5	1.38
47	Wirral	North West	1,463	4.4	1.36
48	Havering	London	1,229	4.4	1.36
49	Watford	Hertfordshire	475	4.4	1.36
50	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,708	4.4	1.34
51	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	915	4.3	1.33
52	Hounslow	London	1,284	4.3	1.31
53	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	388	4.2	1.29
54	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	461	4.2	1.28
55	Kingston upon Thames	London	717	4.2	1.27
56	Preston	Lancashire	676	4.2	1.27
57	Oxford	Oxfordshire	683	4.1	1.26
58	Birmingham	West Midlands	4,841	4.1	1.25
59	Barnet	London	1,631	4.0	1.23
60	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	453	4.0	1.22
61	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	1,077	4.0	1.22
62	Hastings	East Sussex	362	4.0	1.21
63	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	446	4.0	1.21
64	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	625	3.9	1.20
65	Chelmsford	Essex	735	3.9	1.19
66	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	804	3.9	1.19
67	Norwich	Norfolk	566	3.8	1.18
68	Wandsworth	London	1,298	3.8	1.18
69	Slough	South East	641	3.8	1.17
70	Sandwell	West Midlands	1,341	3.8	1.16
71	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,697	3.8	1.16
72	Ceredigion	Wales	274	3.8	1.15
73	Epping Forest	Essex	518	3.8	1.15
74	Canterbury	Kent	608	3.8	1.15
75	Harrow	London	1,009	3.7	1.14
76	Westmorland and Furness	North West	852	3.7	1.13
77	Brentwood	Essex	292	3.7	1.13
78	Runnymede	Surrey	337	3.7	1.12
79	Cumberland	North West	1,026	3.7	1.12
80	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	508	3.6	1.12
81	Redbridge	London	1,170	3.6	1.11
82	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,120	3.6	1.11
83	Bromley	London	1,220	3.6	1.11
84	Bedford	East of England	709	3.6	1.11
85	Warrington	North West	775	3.6	1.10
86	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	434	3.5	1.08
87	Medway	South East	1,032	3.5	1.08
88	Dartford	Kent	436	3.5	1.07
89	Bexley	London	890	3.5	1.06
90	Swansea	Wales	869	3.5	1.06
91	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,253	3.4	1.04
92	Burnley	Lancashire	336	3.4	1.04
93	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	928	3.4	1.03
94	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	543	3.3	1.02
95	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	278	3.3	1.02
96	Newport	Wales	553	3.3	1.01
97	Gravesham	Kent	362	3.3	1.00
98	Cheshire East	North West	1,368	3.2	0.99
99	Maidstone	Kent	608	3.2	0.99
100	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,034	3.2	0.99
101	Torbay	South West	451	3.2	0.98
102	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	189	3.2	0.98
103	Cardiff	Wales	1,218	3.2	0.97
104	Plymouth	South West	863	3.2	0.97
105	Denbighshire	Wales	311	3.2	0.97
106	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	318	3.1	0.95
107	Bristol, City of	South West	1,506	3.0	0.93
108	Spelthorne	Surrey	323	3.0	0.92
109	Walsall	West Midlands	891	3.0	0.92
110	Sutton	London	646	3.0	0.92
111	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	319	3.0	0.92
112	Milton Keynes	South East	919	3.0	0.92
113	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	416	3.0	0.92
114	Powys	Wales	405	3.0	0.92
115	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,111	3.0	0.91
116	Merton	London	647	3.0	0.91
117	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	297	3.0	0.90
118	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	943	2.9	0.90
119	Coventry	West Midlands	1,085	2.9	0.90
120	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	498	2.9	0.89
121	Isle of Wight	South East	411	2.9	0.89
122	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	546	2.9	0.88
123	Carmarthenshire	Wales	546	2.9	0.88
124	Exeter	Devon	396	2.9	0.88
125	Reading	South East	523	2.9	0.87
126	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	1,046	2.8	0.86
127	Caerphilly	Wales	489	2.8	0.85
128	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	289	2.7	0.84
129	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	287	2.7	0.84
130	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	532	2.7	0.83
131	Torfaen	Wales	255	2.7	0.83
132	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	681	2.7	0.83
133	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	429	2.7	0.82
134	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,162	2.6	0.81
135	Ipswich	Suffolk	369	2.6	0.80
136	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	343	2.6	0.80
137	Winchester	Hampshire	355	2.6	0.80
138	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	339	2.6	0.80
139	Wrexham	Wales	360	2.6	0.80
140	Dover	Kent	311	2.6	0.79
141	Pembrokeshire	Wales	325	2.6	0.79
142	Gosport	Hampshire	213	2.6	0.79
143	Worthing	West Sussex	291	2.6	0.78
144	Stafford	Staffordshire	361	2.6	0.78
145	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	409	2.5	0.77
146	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	709	2.5	0.77
147	Pendle	Lancashire	251	2.5	0.77
148	Colchester	Essex	503	2.5	0.77
149	Hyndburn	Lancashire	216	2.5	0.77
150	Lancaster	Lancashire	362	2.5	0.76
151	Erewash	Derbyshire	284	2.5	0.76
152	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	317	2.5	0.76
153	Guildford	Surrey	372	2.5	0.75
154	Ashford	Kent	345	2.4	0.75
155	Conwy	Wales	280	2.4	0.75
156	Worcester	Worcestershire	257	2.4	0.74
157	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	382	2.4	0.74
158	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	230	2.4	0.73
159	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	376	2.4	0.73
160	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	247	2.4	0.73
161	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	247	2.4	0.73
162	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	160	2.4	0.72
163	Swale	Kent	373	2.4	0.72
164	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	302	2.3	0.71
165	Gwynedd	Wales	280	2.3	0.71
166	Buckinghamshire	South East	1,340	2.3	0.71
167	St Albans	Hertfordshire	348	2.3	0.70
168	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	359	2.3	0.70
169	Arun	West Sussex	387	2.3	0.70
170	Boston	Lincolnshire	160	2.3	0.69
171	Wyre	Lancashire	267	2.2	0.69
172	Elmbridge	Surrey	318	2.2	0.69
173	Braintree	Essex	366	2.2	0.68
174	Tendring	Essex	348	2.2	0.68
175	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	611	2.2	0.68
176	Maldon	Essex	152	2.2	0.67
177	Bolsover	Derbyshire	183	2.2	0.67
178	Bridgend	Wales	322	2.2	0.67
179	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	529	2.2	0.67
180	County Durham	North East	1,168	2.2	0.66
181	High Peak	Derbyshire	198	2.2	0.66
182	Tamworth	Staffordshire	174	2.1	0.66
183	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	675	2.1	0.65
184	Richmond upon Thames	London	417	2.1	0.65
185	Sevenoaks	Kent	256	2.1	0.64
186	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	436	2.1	0.64
187	Swindon	South West	507	2.1	0.64
188	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	141	2.0	0.62
189	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	279	2.0	0.62
190	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	252	2.0	0.62
191	Bracknell Forest	South East	263	2.0	0.61
192	Lewes	East Sussex	203	2.0	0.61
193	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	808	2.0	0.60
194	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	226	2.0	0.60
195	Rochford	Essex	176	2.0	0.60
196	Rushmoor	Hampshire	206	1.9	0.60
197	Uttlesford	Essex	185	1.9	0.59
198	West Suffolk	Suffolk	366	1.9	0.59
199	West Berkshire	South East	319	1.9	0.59
200	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	276	1.9	0.59
201	East Hampshire	Hampshire	250	1.9	0.59
202	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	272	1.9	0.59
203	Dudley	West Midlands	636	1.9	0.59
204	Havant	Hampshire	243	1.9	0.59
205	Redditch	Worcestershire	168	1.9	0.58
206	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	136	1.9	0.58
207	Castle Point	Essex	171	1.9	0.58
208	Sunderland	North East	543	1.9	0.58
209	Breckland	Norfolk	274	1.9	0.57
210	Melton	Leicestershire	101	1.9	0.57
211	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	256	1.9	0.57
212	Stroud	Gloucestershire	232	1.8	0.56
213	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	318	1.8	0.56
214	Mole Valley	Surrey	163	1.8	0.56
215	Chorley	Lancashire	222	1.8	0.56
216	Tandridge	Surrey	166	1.8	0.56
217	Solihull	West Midlands	402	1.8	0.56
218	South Tyneside	North East	274	1.8	0.55
219	Rossendale	Lancashire	132	1.8	0.55
220	Lichfield	Staffordshire	202	1.8	0.55
221	Woking	Surrey	190	1.8	0.55
222	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	211	1.8	0.55
223	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	305	1.8	0.55
224	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	211	1.8	0.54
225	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	209	1.7	0.53
226	West Lancashire	Lancashire	212	1.7	0.53
227	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	199	1.7	0.53
228	Warwick	Warwickshire	269	1.7	0.53
229	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,092	1.7	0.53
230	Fareham	Hampshire	197	1.7	0.52
231	Rugby	Warwickshire	207	1.7	0.52
232	Darlington	North East	190	1.7	0.52
233	Gateshead	North East	342	1.7	0.52
234	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	320	1.7	0.51
235	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	250	1.7	0.51
236	North Devon	Devon	169	1.7	0.51
237	Test Valley	Hampshire	225	1.7	0.51
238	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	321	1.7	0.51
239	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	202	1.7	0.51
240	Charnwood	Leicestershire	312	1.7	0.51
241	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	101	1.6	0.50
242	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	233	1.6	0.49
243	North Tyneside	North East	337	1.6	0.48
244	Flintshire	Wales	242	1.6	0.47
245	Shropshire	West Midlands	513	1.5	0.47
246	Monmouthshire	Wales	144	1.5	0.46
247	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	160	1.5	0.46
248	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	145	1.5	0.46
249	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	240	1.5	0.45
250	Surrey Heath	Surrey	140	1.5	0.45
251	Eastleigh	Hampshire	211	1.5	0.45
252	Wychavon	Worcestershire	202	1.5	0.45
253	Cornwall	South West	850	1.5	0.45
254	North Somerset	South West	325	1.4	0.44
255	South Gloucestershire	South West	437	1.4	0.44
256	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	180	1.4	0.43
257	Adur	West Sussex	92	1.4	0.43
258	South Ribble	Lancashire	163	1.4	0.43
259	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	155	1.4	0.42
260	Northumberland	North East	455	1.4	0.42
261	Chichester	West Sussex	175	1.4	0.42
262	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	184	1.4	0.41
263	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	171	1.3	0.41
264	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	89	1.3	0.41
265	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	154	1.3	0.40
266	East Suffolk	Suffolk	322	1.3	0.39
267	Wiltshire	South West	672	1.3	0.39
268	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	452	1.3	0.39
269	Rother	East Sussex	119	1.2	0.38
270	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	244	1.2	0.37
271	Babergh	Suffolk	115	1.2	0.36
272	Teignbridge	Devon	164	1.2	0.36
273	East Devon	Devon	187	1.2	0.36
274	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	106	1.2	0.36
275	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	117	1.2	0.36
276	Wokingham	South East	218	1.2	0.36
277	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	128	1.2	0.35
278	North Norfolk	Norfolk	117	1.1	0.35
279	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	105	1.1	0.35
280	Somerset	South West	661	1.1	0.34
281	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	113	1.1	0.34
282	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	162	1.1	0.34
283	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	172	1.1	0.34
284	South Holland	Lincolnshire	108	1.1	0.33
285	Rutland	East Midlands	45	1.1	0.33
286	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	110	1.1	0.33
287	Horsham	West Sussex	163	1.1	0.33
288	Fylde	Lancashire	91	1.1	0.33
289	Blaby	Leicestershire	115	1.1	0.33
290	Wealden	East Sussex	175	1.0	0.32
291	New Forest	Hampshire	182	1.0	0.32
292	Harborough	Leicestershire	106	1.0	0.31
293	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	121	1.0	0.31
294	Hart	Hampshire	102	1.0	0.30
295	Torridge	Devon	67	1.0	0.29
296	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	63	1.0	0.29
297	Waverley	Surrey	127	0.9	0.29
298	Mid Devon	Devon	75	0.9	0.27
299	Dorset	South West	341	0.9	0.27
300	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	80	0.9	0.27
301	South Norfolk	Norfolk	129	0.9	0.27
302	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	105	0.9	0.26
303	Isles of Scilly	South West	2	0.8	0.26
304	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	121	0.8	0.25
305	West Devon	Devon	47	0.8	0.24
306	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	59	0.7	0.22
307	South Hams	Devon	62	0.7	0.21
308	Broadland	Norfolk	83	0.6	0.18

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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