Districts with the highest crime rates

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

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Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.4; 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	9,805	648.9	6.73
2	Westminster	London	87,349	416.0	4.32
3	Camden	London	46,860	216.0	2.24
4	Middlesbrough	North East	29,175	186.8	1.94
5	Blackpool	North West	26,857	186.3	1.93
6	Islington	London	41,000	183.8	1.91
7	Kensington and Chelsea	London	25,550	176.8	1.83
8	Hartlepool	North East	15,999	163.0	1.69
9	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	16,440	156.4	1.62
10	Nottingham	East Midlands	51,573	155.8	1.62
11	Southwark	London	49,003	155.7	1.62
12	Lambeth	London	48,559	153.2	1.59
13	Bristol, City of	South West	73,545	148.8	1.54
14	Hackney	London	39,179	146.9	1.52
15	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	9,956	146.7	1.52
16	Tower Hamlets	London	48,015	144.7	1.50
17	Hastings	East Sussex	13,034	142.9	1.48
18	Burnley	Lancashire	14,110	142.2	1.48
19	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	29,300	141.7	1.47
20	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	26,219	139.0	1.44
21	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	37,571	138.9	1.44
22	Eastbourne	East Sussex	14,399	138.1	1.43
23	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	37,897	137.6	1.43
24	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,982	137.5	1.43
25	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	18,994	136.4	1.42
26	Liverpool	North West	69,358	136.3	1.41
27	Newham	London	50,890	135.9	1.41
28	Newport	Wales	22,735	135.4	1.41
29	Derby	East Midlands	36,488	133.1	1.38
30	Haringey	London	35,064	132.9	1.38
31	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	18,390	132.7	1.38
32	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	42,218	132.0	1.37
33	Southampton	South East	34,149	131.6	1.37
34	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	73,156	129.8	1.35
35	Crawley	West Sussex	16,076	129.6	1.35
36	Preston	Lancashire	20,865	128.1	1.33
37	Hyndburn	Lancashire	10,835	125.9	1.31
38	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	106,410	125.9	1.31
39	Torfaen	Wales	11,796	125.3	1.30
40	Norwich	Norfolk	18,420	125.2	1.30
41	Darlington	North East	14,033	124.7	1.29
42	Peterborough	East of England	27,869	124.6	1.29
43	Portsmouth	South East	26,665	124.4	1.29
44	Birmingham	West Midlands	146,625	123.9	1.29
45	Brighton and Hove	South East	35,086	123.6	1.28
46	Lewisham	London	36,975	122.7	1.27
47	Leicester	East Midlands	47,587	122.5	1.27
48	Brent	London	43,138	122.2	1.27
49	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	12,820	120.9	1.25
50	Hillingdon	London	39,446	119.8	1.24

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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