Districts with the highest crime rates

The 50 local authority districts with the highest recorded crime rates in the 12 months to August 2026.

Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.7; 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	City of London	London	9,663	639.5	6.62
2	Westminster	London	86,028	409.7	4.24
3	Camden	London	46,679	215.2	2.23
4	Middlesbrough	North East	29,172	186.8	1.93
5	Islington	London	41,297	185.2	1.92
6	Blackpool	North West	26,386	183.0	1.89
7	Kensington and Chelsea	London	24,987	172.9	1.79
8	Hartlepool	North East	16,060	163.6	1.69
9	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	16,704	158.9	1.64
10	Nottingham	East Midlands	52,029	157.2	1.63
11	Southwark	London	49,295	156.6	1.62
12	Lambeth	London	48,809	154.0	1.59
13	Bristol, City of	South West	73,581	148.8	1.54
14	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	10,078	148.5	1.54
15	Hastings	East Sussex	13,338	146.2	1.51
16	Hackney	London	38,918	145.9	1.51
17	Tower Hamlets	London	48,202	145.2	1.50
18	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	29,842	144.3	1.49
19	Burnley	Lancashire	14,031	141.4	1.46
20	Eastbourne	East Sussex	14,639	140.4	1.45
21	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	37,774	139.7	1.45
22	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	26,183	138.8	1.44
23	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	38,015	138.0	1.43
24	Newport	Wales	23,166	138.0	1.43
25	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,976	137.4	1.42
26	Liverpool	North West	69,301	136.2	1.41
27	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	18,954	136.1	1.41
28	Newham	London	50,823	135.7	1.40
29	Southampton	South East	34,688	133.7	1.38
30	Derby	East Midlands	36,654	133.7	1.38
31	Haringey	London	34,981	132.6	1.37
32	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	42,135	131.8	1.36
33	Crawley	West Sussex	16,073	129.6	1.34
34	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	72,631	128.9	1.33
35	Preston	Lancashire	20,756	127.4	1.32
36	Darlington	North East	14,196	126.2	1.31
37	Peterborough	East of England	28,159	125.9	1.30
38	Brighton and Hove	South East	35,519	125.1	1.29
39	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	105,688	125.0	1.29
40	Portsmouth	South East	26,789	125.0	1.29
41	Torfaen	Wales	11,756	124.9	1.29
42	Norwich	Norfolk	18,355	124.7	1.29
43	Hyndburn	Lancashire	10,693	124.3	1.29
44	Birmingham	West Midlands	146,681	123.9	1.28
45	Lewisham	London	36,926	122.6	1.27
46	Leicester	East Midlands	47,488	122.3	1.27
47	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	12,900	121.6	1.26
48	Brent	London	42,565	120.6	1.25
49	County Durham	North East	64,837	120.5	1.25
50	Hillingdon	London	39,254	119.2	1.23

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