Police force areas ranked by crime rate
All police force areas in England and Wales ranked by recorded crime rate in the 12 months to August 2026. The City of London Police area ranks first with 639.5 per 1,000 residents and the Suffolk Police area ranks 41st with 61.9, against 96.7 for England and Wales.
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 | England | 9,663 | 639.5 | 6.62 |
| 2 | Cleveland | England | 94,028 | 156.6 | 1.62 |
| 3 | Metropolitan Police | England | 1,117,214 | 123.1 | 1.27 |
| 4 | Durham | England | 79,033 | 121.5 | 1.26 |
| 5 | West Yorkshire | England | 289,490 | 118.9 | 1.23 |
| 6 | Gwent | Wales | 71,512 | 118.9 | 1.23 |
| 7 | South Yorkshire | England | 166,072 | 116.1 | 1.20 |
| 8 | West Midlands | England | 323,754 | 106.6 | 1.10 |
| 9 | Nottinghamshire | England | 125,603 | 105.7 | 1.09 |
| 10 | Avon and Somerset | England | 188,310 | 103.8 | 1.07 |
| 11 | Merseyside | England | 152,610 | 103.4 | 1.07 |
| 12 | Lancashire | England | 163,902 | 102.3 | 1.06 |
| 13 | Humberside | England | 98,416 | 102.2 | 1.06 |
| 14 | Northumbria | England | 146,228 | 96.9 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Derbyshire | England | 103,143 | 94.1 | 0.97 |
| 16 | Sussex | England | 163,298 | 92.8 | 0.96 |
| 17 | North Wales | Wales | 64,680 | 92.8 | 0.96 |
| 18 | South Wales | Wales | 126,013 | 92.4 | 0.96 |
| 19 | Lincolnshire | England | 72,613 | 92.0 | 0.95 |
| 20 | Staffordshire | England | 107,433 | 91.2 | 0.94 |
| 21 | Kent | England | 175,741 | 91.0 | 0.94 |
| 22 | Northamptonshire | England | 73,722 | 90.6 | 0.94 |
| 23 | Cambridgeshire | England | 83,024 | 88.9 | 0.92 |
| 24 | Hertfordshire | England | 106,430 | 86.1 | 0.89 |
| 25 | Essex | England | 165,544 | 85.8 | 0.89 |
| 26 | Leicestershire | England | 100,535 | 85.5 | 0.88 |
| 27 | Dyfed-Powys | Wales | 44,753 | 85.4 | 0.88 |
| 28 | Warwickshire | England | 51,630 | 81.7 | 0.84 |
| 29 | Hampshire | England | 166,958 | 80.9 | 0.84 |
| 30 | Bedfordshire | England | 60,036 | 80.1 | 0.83 |
| 31 | Cumbria | England | 39,623 | 77.6 | 0.80 |
| 32 | Devon & Cornwall | England | 140,138 | 76.2 | 0.79 |
| 33 | Thames Valley | England | 193,726 | 73.4 | 0.76 |
| 34 | Cheshire | England | 83,476 | 73.2 | 0.76 |
| 35 | North Yorkshire | England | 61,097 | 72.3 | 0.75 |
| 36 | West Mercia | England | 96,831 | 72.2 | 0.75 |
| 37 | Dorset | England | 57,002 | 71.3 | 0.74 |
| 38 | Norfolk | England | 66,675 | 70.9 | 0.73 |
| 39 | Surrey | England | 87,794 | 70.3 | 0.73 |
| 40 | Wiltshire | England | 51,659 | 67.3 | 0.70 |
| 41 | Suffolk | England | 48,655 | 61.9 | 0.64 |