Other theft rates by district

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

About this ranking

Ranked by other theft per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 6.4; 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	2,395	158.5	24.79
2	Westminster	London	15,148	72.1	11.28
3	Camden	London	6,687	30.8	4.82
4	Kensington and Chelsea	London	2,880	19.9	3.12
5	Islington	London	3,722	16.7	2.61
6	Southwark	London	5,041	16.0	2.50
7	Lambeth	London	4,585	14.5	2.26
8	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	2,265	12.0	1.88
9	Hackney	London	3,090	11.6	1.81
10	Newham	London	4,336	11.6	1.81
11	Tower Hamlets	London	3,824	11.5	1.80
12	Bristol, City of	South West	5,552	11.2	1.76
13	Blackpool	North West	1,582	11.0	1.72
14	Nottingham	East Midlands	3,491	10.5	1.65
15	Hillingdon	London	3,159	9.6	1.50
16	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	1,035	9.4	1.47
17	Oxford	Oxfordshire	1,559	9.4	1.47
18	Watford	Hertfordshire	990	9.2	1.44
19	Crawley	West Sussex	1,139	9.2	1.44
20	Haringey	London	2,385	9.0	1.41
21	Reading	South East	1,640	9.0	1.40
22	Brent	London	3,152	8.9	1.40
23	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,424	8.8	1.38
24	St Albans	Hertfordshire	1,316	8.7	1.36
25	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,216	8.5	1.34
26	Brighton and Hove	South East	2,405	8.5	1.32
27	Greenwich	London	2,507	8.4	1.31
28	Waltham Forest	London	2,316	8.3	1.29
29	Wandsworth	London	2,794	8.3	1.29
30	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	843	8.3	1.29
31	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	2,221	8.2	1.28
32	Lewisham	London	2,474	8.2	1.28
33	Enfield	London	2,652	8.1	1.27
34	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	731	8.0	1.25
35	Derby	East Midlands	2,169	7.9	1.24
36	Slough	South East	1,317	7.9	1.23
37	Liverpool	North West	3,984	7.8	1.22
38	Middlesbrough	North East	1,222	7.8	1.22
39	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,377	7.8	1.21
40	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,235	7.7	1.21
41	Leicester	East Midlands	2,996	7.7	1.21
42	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	1,058	7.6	1.19
43	Birmingham	West Midlands	8,999	7.6	1.19
44	Gravesham	Kent	841	7.6	1.19
45	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,398	7.5	1.17
46	Hounslow	London	2,244	7.5	1.17
47	Southampton	South East	1,937	7.5	1.17
48	Ealing	London	2,876	7.5	1.17
49	Plymouth	South West	2,026	7.4	1.16
50	Uttlesford	Essex	706	7.4	1.16
51	Hastings	East Sussex	676	7.4	1.16
52	Torbay	South West	1,035	7.4	1.16
53	Milton Keynes	South East	2,257	7.4	1.15
54	Preston	Lancashire	1,191	7.3	1.14
55	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	722	7.2	1.12
56	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	2,298	7.2	1.12
57	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,633	7.2	1.12
58	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,489	7.1	1.10
59	Thanet	Kent	1,005	7.0	1.10
60	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1,046	7.0	1.10
61	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	474	7.0	1.09
62	Portsmouth	South East	1,489	6.9	1.09
63	Barking and Dagenham	London	1,612	6.9	1.08
64	Canterbury	Kent	1,120	6.9	1.08
65	Medway	South East	2,012	6.9	1.08
66	Burnley	Lancashire	682	6.9	1.07
67	Harlow	Essex	667	6.8	1.06
68	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	1,403	6.8	1.06
69	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	764	6.8	1.06
70	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	702	6.7	1.04
71	Runnymede	Surrey	613	6.7	1.04
72	Dartford	Kent	827	6.6	1.03
73	Hartlepool	North East	648	6.6	1.03
74	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,220	6.6	1.03
75	Thurrock	East of England	1,187	6.6	1.03
76	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	1,053	6.5	1.02
77	Croydon	London	2,670	6.5	1.02
78	Newport	Wales	1,091	6.5	1.02
79	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	679	6.5	1.01
80	Coventry	West Midlands	2,383	6.5	1.01
81	Redbridge	London	2,066	6.4	1.01
82	Eastbourne	East Sussex	669	6.4	1.00
83	Ipswich	Suffolk	898	6.4	1.00
84	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	887	6.4	1.00
85	Norwich	Norfolk	936	6.4	0.99
86	Barnet	London	2,565	6.3	0.99
87	Exeter	Devon	869	6.3	0.98
88	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,804	6.3	0.98
89	Worcester	Worcestershire	666	6.2	0.98
90	Maidstone	Kent	1,169	6.2	0.97
91	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	1,749	6.2	0.97
92	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	1,009	6.2	0.97
93	North Somerset	South West	1,392	6.2	0.97
94	Peterborough	East of England	1,385	6.2	0.97
95	Hyndburn	Lancashire	532	6.2	0.97
96	Denbighshire	Wales	603	6.1	0.96
97	Colchester	Essex	1,224	6.1	0.96
98	Tendring	Essex	956	6.1	0.95
99	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	645	6.1	0.95
100	Basildon	Essex	1,177	6.1	0.95
101	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,041	6.1	0.95
102	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	882	6.1	0.95
103	Cardiff	Wales	2,313	6.0	0.94
104	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,467	6.0	0.93
105	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	667	5.9	0.93
106	Darlington	North East	667	5.9	0.93
107	Walsall	West Midlands	1,750	5.9	0.93
108	Luton	East of England	1,415	5.9	0.93
109	Sandwell	West Midlands	2,077	5.9	0.92
110	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	346	5.9	0.92
111	Torfaen	Wales	551	5.9	0.92
112	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,593	5.8	0.90
113	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	716	5.7	0.90
114	Lancaster	Lancashire	830	5.7	0.90
115	Swale	Kent	906	5.7	0.89
116	Bedford	East of England	1,109	5.7	0.89
117	Bromley	London	1,907	5.7	0.89
118	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	1,135	5.7	0.89
119	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	734	5.7	0.89
120	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,420	5.6	0.88
121	Monmouthshire	Wales	535	5.6	0.88
122	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	689	5.6	0.88
123	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,465	5.6	0.88
124	Gateshead	North East	1,136	5.6	0.88
125	Gosport	Hampshire	464	5.6	0.88
126	Guildford	Surrey	846	5.6	0.87
127	Conwy	Wales	642	5.6	0.87
128	Spelthorne	Surrey	598	5.6	0.87
129	Wrexham	Wales	772	5.6	0.87
130	Sevenoaks	Kent	683	5.6	0.87
131	Chelmsford	Essex	1,049	5.6	0.87
132	Bolsover	Derbyshire	465	5.6	0.87
133	County Durham	North East	2,980	5.5	0.87
134	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	570	5.5	0.86
135	Havering	London	1,513	5.5	0.86
136	Kingston upon Thames	London	944	5.5	0.85
137	Tandridge	Surrey	492	5.4	0.85
138	Ashford	Kent	761	5.4	0.84
139	Cornwall	South West	3,143	5.4	0.84
140	Merton	London	1,175	5.4	0.84
141	Richmond upon Thames	London	1,057	5.4	0.84
142	Solihull	West Midlands	1,189	5.4	0.84
143	Gwynedd	Wales	648	5.4	0.84
144	Bracknell Forest	South East	698	5.3	0.83
145	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	444	5.3	0.83
146	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	648	5.3	0.83
147	Somerset	South West	3,131	5.3	0.83
148	South Hams	Devon	488	5.3	0.83
149	Buckinghamshire	South East	3,057	5.3	0.83
150	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	899	5.3	0.82
151	Woking	Surrey	553	5.2	0.82
152	Pendle	Lancashire	522	5.2	0.82
153	Boston	Lincolnshire	371	5.2	0.82
154	Dover	Kent	625	5.2	0.82
155	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	2,123	5.2	0.81
156	Redditch	Worcestershire	456	5.2	0.81
157	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	663	5.2	0.81
158	Harrow	London	1,392	5.1	0.80
159	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	816	5.1	0.80
160	Surrey Heath	Surrey	484	5.1	0.80
161	Epping Forest	Essex	703	5.1	0.80
162	Winchester	Hampshire	692	5.1	0.80
163	Arun	West Sussex	867	5.1	0.80
164	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	607	5.1	0.79
165	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	987	5.0	0.79
166	Halton	North West	661	5.0	0.79
167	Stafford	Staffordshire	711	5.0	0.79
168	Rossendale	Lancashire	366	5.0	0.78
169	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	572	5.0	0.78
170	Brentwood	Essex	396	5.0	0.78
171	South Tyneside	North East	748	4.9	0.77
172	Charnwood	Leicestershire	929	4.9	0.77
173	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	629	4.9	0.77
174	St. Helens	North West	926	4.9	0.77
175	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	329	4.9	0.77
176	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	691	4.9	0.76
177	Erewash	Derbyshire	557	4.9	0.76
178	South Gloucestershire	South West	1,488	4.9	0.76
179	Wychavon	Worcestershire	662	4.8	0.75
180	Pembrokeshire	Wales	600	4.8	0.75
181	Warwick	Warwickshire	738	4.8	0.75
182	Bexley	London	1,219	4.8	0.74
183	Sunderland	North East	1,365	4.7	0.74
184	Cumberland	North West	1,319	4.7	0.74
185	Warrington	North West	1,011	4.7	0.73
186	Braintree	Essex	771	4.7	0.73
187	Rushmoor	Hampshire	495	4.7	0.73
188	Carmarthenshire	Wales	893	4.7	0.73
189	Chichester	West Sussex	602	4.7	0.73
190	Flintshire	Wales	727	4.7	0.73
191	South Holland	Lincolnshire	461	4.6	0.73
192	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	600	4.6	0.72
193	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	424	4.6	0.72
194	Westmorland and Furness	North West	1,058	4.6	0.72
195	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,713	4.6	0.72
196	Melton	Leicestershire	247	4.6	0.71
197	South Ribble	Lancashire	530	4.6	0.71
198	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	716	4.6	0.71
199	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	626	4.6	0.71
200	Ceredigion	Wales	331	4.6	0.71
201	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	326	4.5	0.71
202	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	377	4.5	0.71
203	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	590	4.5	0.71
204	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	527	4.5	0.71
205	North Tyneside	North East	971	4.5	0.71
206	West Suffolk	Suffolk	850	4.5	0.71
207	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	504	4.5	0.70
208	Teignbridge	Devon	624	4.5	0.70
209	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	616	4.5	0.70
210	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	713	4.5	0.70
211	Dudley	West Midlands	1,486	4.5	0.70
212	North Devon	Devon	453	4.5	0.70
213	Mole Valley	Surrey	397	4.5	0.70
214	Knowsley	North West	726	4.5	0.70
215	Isle of Wight	South East	632	4.5	0.70
216	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	648	4.4	0.69
217	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	450	4.4	0.69
218	Elmbridge	Surrey	628	4.4	0.69
219	Sutton	London	946	4.4	0.69
220	Adur	West Sussex	286	4.4	0.69
221	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,566	4.4	0.69
222	Tamworth	Staffordshire	355	4.4	0.68
223	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	466	4.4	0.68
224	Worthing	West Sussex	497	4.4	0.68
225	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	912	4.4	0.68
226	Caerphilly	Wales	769	4.3	0.68
227	Havant	Hampshire	552	4.3	0.68
228	Blaby	Leicestershire	469	4.3	0.68
229	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	414	4.3	0.68
230	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	672	4.3	0.67
231	Chorley	Lancashire	519	4.3	0.67
232	Sefton	North West	1,229	4.3	0.67
233	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	1,591	4.3	0.67
234	Swansea	Wales	1,067	4.2	0.66
235	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	421	4.2	0.66
236	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	802	4.2	0.66
237	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	390	4.2	0.66
238	Rugby	Warwickshire	511	4.2	0.65
239	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	529	4.2	0.65
240	West Berkshire	South East	689	4.2	0.65
241	Eastleigh	Hampshire	595	4.2	0.65
242	Powys	Wales	562	4.2	0.65
243	Harborough	Leicestershire	435	4.2	0.65
244	Wyre	Lancashire	493	4.2	0.65
245	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	710	4.1	0.64
246	Cheshire East	North West	1,725	4.1	0.64
247	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	395	4.1	0.64
248	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	553	4.1	0.64
249	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	583	4.1	0.64
250	Test Valley	Hampshire	549	4.1	0.64
251	Mid Devon	Devon	344	4.0	0.63
252	Fylde	Lancashire	344	4.0	0.63
253	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	600	4.0	0.63
254	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	462	3.9	0.61
255	High Peak	Derbyshire	360	3.9	0.61
256	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	576	3.9	0.61
257	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	633	3.9	0.61
258	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	407	3.9	0.61
259	Wirral	North West	1,285	3.9	0.61
260	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	241	3.9	0.61
261	Shropshire	West Midlands	1,298	3.9	0.61
262	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	752	3.9	0.61
263	Stroud	Gloucestershire	486	3.9	0.60
264	Swindon	South West	941	3.9	0.60
265	New Forest	Hampshire	678	3.8	0.60
266	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	927	3.8	0.60
267	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	456	3.8	0.59
268	Rother	East Sussex	361	3.8	0.59
269	Bridgend	Wales	545	3.7	0.58
270	East Suffolk	Suffolk	921	3.7	0.58
271	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	419	3.7	0.57
272	Lichfield	Staffordshire	409	3.7	0.57
273	Torridge	Devon	255	3.7	0.57
274	Northumberland	North East	1,208	3.6	0.57
275	Castle Point	Essex	330	3.6	0.57
276	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	1,148	3.6	0.57
277	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	324	3.6	0.56
278	Wokingham	South East	674	3.6	0.56
279	West Lancashire	Lancashire	438	3.6	0.56
280	Lewes	East Sussex	366	3.6	0.56
281	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	364	3.6	0.56
282	Breckland	Norfolk	523	3.6	0.56
283	East Devon	Devon	559	3.5	0.55
284	Rutland	East Midlands	146	3.5	0.55
285	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	667	3.5	0.55
286	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	230	3.5	0.55
287	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,216	3.5	0.55
288	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	542	3.5	0.54
289	Wiltshire	South West	1,789	3.4	0.53
290	West Devon	Devon	201	3.4	0.53
291	East Hampshire	Hampshire	442	3.4	0.53
292	Dorset	South West	1,321	3.4	0.53
293	Horsham	West Sussex	513	3.4	0.53
294	Isles of Scilly	South West	8	3.4	0.53
295	Maldon	Essex	232	3.4	0.52
296	Wealden	East Sussex	560	3.4	0.52
297	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	231	3.3	0.52
298	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	402	3.3	0.52
299	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	399	3.3	0.51
300	Fareham	Hampshire	375	3.2	0.51
301	Waverley	Surrey	435	3.2	0.51
302	Babergh	Suffolk	314	3.2	0.51
303	South Norfolk	Norfolk	476	3.2	0.50
304	Rochford	Essex	286	3.2	0.50
305	North Norfolk	Norfolk	328	3.2	0.50
306	Hart	Hampshire	319	3.1	0.48
307	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	326	2.9	0.46
308	Broadland	Norfolk	330	2.4	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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