Possession of weapons rates by district

Every district in England and Wales ranked by possession of weapons per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to August 2026.

Ranked by possession of weapons per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 1.0; 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	Crawley	West Sussex	740	6.0	6.16
2	Birmingham	West Midlands	3,594	3.0	3.13
3	City of London	London	45	3.0	3.07
4	Blackpool	North West	336	2.3	2.40
5	Sandwell	West Midlands	819	2.3	2.39
6	Nottingham	East Midlands	734	2.2	2.29
7	Westminster	London	451	2.1	2.22
8	Peterborough	East of England	480	2.1	2.21
9	Hastings	East Sussex	185	2.0	2.09
10	Coventry	West Midlands	748	2.0	2.09
11	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	546	1.9	2.00
12	Walsall	West Midlands	566	1.9	1.98
13	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	185	1.8	1.90
14	Middlesbrough	North East	285	1.8	1.88
15	Portsmouth	South East	384	1.8	1.85
16	Southampton	South East	464	1.8	1.85
17	Plymouth	South West	483	1.8	1.83
18	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	473	1.7	1.80
19	Derby	East Midlands	463	1.7	1.74
20	Dudley	West Midlands	556	1.7	1.73
21	Solihull	West Midlands	360	1.6	1.68
22	Eastbourne	East Sussex	168	1.6	1.66
23	Preston	Lancashire	260	1.6	1.65
24	Harlow	Essex	155	1.6	1.63
25	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	178	1.6	1.62
26	Newport	Wales	254	1.5	1.56
27	Norwich	Norfolk	220	1.5	1.54
28	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	219	1.5	1.51
29	Hartlepool	North East	141	1.4	1.48
30	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	186	1.4	1.48
31	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	97	1.4	1.47
32	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	384	1.4	1.44
33	Havant	Hampshire	176	1.4	1.43
34	Liverpool	North West	705	1.4	1.43
35	Luton	East of England	331	1.4	1.43
36	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	802	1.4	1.42
37	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	254	1.4	1.41
38	Ipswich	Suffolk	192	1.4	1.41
39	Hyndburn	Lancashire	117	1.4	1.40
40	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	429	1.3	1.38
41	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	276	1.3	1.38
42	Torbay	South West	186	1.3	1.37
43	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	139	1.3	1.37
44	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	187	1.3	1.36
45	Brighton and Hove	South East	373	1.3	1.36
46	Worthing	West Sussex	149	1.3	1.35
47	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	207	1.3	1.34
48	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	483	1.3	1.33
49	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,059	1.3	1.29
50	Thanet	Kent	177	1.2	1.28
51	Tendring	Essex	194	1.2	1.28
52	Worcester	Worcestershire	132	1.2	1.28
53	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	201	1.2	1.28
54	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	131	1.2	1.27
55	Halton	North West	162	1.2	1.27
56	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	129	1.2	1.27
57	Pembrokeshire	Wales	154	1.2	1.26
58	Burnley	Lancashire	121	1.2	1.26
59	Leicester	East Midlands	471	1.2	1.25
60	Cardiff	Wales	464	1.2	1.25
61	Basildon	Essex	233	1.2	1.24
62	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	133	1.2	1.22
63	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	326	1.2	1.22
64	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	229	1.2	1.21
65	Lewisham	London	350	1.2	1.20
66	Pendle	Lancashire	114	1.1	1.18
67	Medway	South East	333	1.1	1.17
68	Lambeth	London	359	1.1	1.17
69	Exeter	Devon	156	1.1	1.16
70	Runnymede	Surrey	103	1.1	1.15
71	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	491	1.1	1.15
72	West Suffolk	Suffolk	210	1.1	1.15
73	Cumberland	North West	311	1.1	1.14
74	Caerphilly	Wales	196	1.1	1.14
75	Bedford	East of England	216	1.1	1.14
76	Islington	London	247	1.1	1.14
77	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	115	1.1	1.14
78	Spelthorne	Surrey	118	1.1	1.14
79	Dartford	Kent	137	1.1	1.13
80	Arun	West Sussex	185	1.1	1.12
81	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	123	1.1	1.11
82	Redditch	Worcestershire	94	1.1	1.10
83	Darlington	North East	120	1.1	1.10
84	Southwark	London	334	1.1	1.09
85	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	96	1.0	1.08
86	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	144	1.0	1.07
87	Thurrock	East of England	187	1.0	1.07
88	Isle of Wight	South East	146	1.0	1.06
89	Torfaen	Wales	97	1.0	1.06
90	Uttlesford	Essex	98	1.0	1.06
91	Hackney	London	274	1.0	1.06
92	Rugby	Warwickshire	125	1.0	1.05
93	Denbighshire	Wales	100	1.0	1.05
94	Ashford	Kent	143	1.0	1.05
95	Westmorland and Furness	North West	230	1.0	1.03
96	Swale	Kent	158	1.0	1.03
97	Gravesham	Kent	109	1.0	1.02
98	Bristol, City of	South West	483	1.0	1.01
99	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	313	1.0	1.01
100	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	358	1.0	1.00
101	Swansea	Wales	244	1.0	1.00
102	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	185	1.0	1.00
103	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	124	1.0	1.00
104	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	121	1.0	1.00
105	Tamworth	Staffordshire	78	1.0	0.99
106	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	242	1.0	0.99
107	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	430	1.0	0.99
108	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	538	1.0	0.99
109	Watford	Hertfordshire	102	1.0	0.98
110	Haringey	London	250	0.9	0.98
111	Chichester	West Sussex	121	0.9	0.97
112	Slough	South East	157	0.9	0.97
113	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	115	0.9	0.97
114	West Lancashire	Lancashire	113	0.9	0.96
115	Conwy	Wales	106	0.9	0.95
116	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	110	0.9	0.94
117	Brent	London	323	0.9	0.94
118	Knowsley	North West	148	0.9	0.94
119	Canterbury	Kent	147	0.9	0.94
120	Rother	East Sussex	87	0.9	0.93
121	Gosport	Hampshire	75	0.9	0.93
122	County Durham	North East	486	0.9	0.93
123	Dover	Kent	108	0.9	0.93
124	Newham	London	336	0.9	0.93
125	Mid Devon	Devon	76	0.9	0.92
126	Warwick	Warwickshire	138	0.9	0.92
127	Stafford	Staffordshire	125	0.9	0.91
128	Woking	Surrey	92	0.9	0.90
129	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	168	0.9	0.90
130	Rushmoor	Hampshire	92	0.9	0.90
131	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	88	0.9	0.89
132	Tower Hamlets	London	286	0.9	0.89
133	Carmarthenshire	Wales	164	0.9	0.89
134	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	147	0.9	0.89
135	St. Helens	North West	162	0.9	0.89
136	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	89	0.9	0.88
137	Croydon	London	350	0.9	0.88
138	Camden	London	185	0.9	0.88
139	Chorley	Lancashire	103	0.9	0.88
140	Colchester	Essex	169	0.8	0.87
141	Swindon	South West	205	0.8	0.87
142	Erewash	Derbyshire	96	0.8	0.87
143	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	81	0.8	0.86
144	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	56	0.8	0.86
145	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	156	0.8	0.85
146	Chelmsford	Essex	156	0.8	0.85
147	Lancaster	Lancashire	119	0.8	0.85
148	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	107	0.8	0.85
149	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	173	0.8	0.85
150	Adur	West Sussex	53	0.8	0.84
151	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	48	0.8	0.84
152	Powys	Wales	109	0.8	0.83
153	North Devon	Devon	81	0.8	0.83
154	Enfield	London	262	0.8	0.83
155	Gwynedd	Wales	96	0.8	0.82
156	Breckland	Norfolk	116	0.8	0.82
157	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	191	0.8	0.81
158	Greenwich	London	235	0.8	0.81
159	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	86	0.8	0.81
160	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	99	0.8	0.80
161	Brentwood	Essex	61	0.8	0.79
162	Sefton	North West	220	0.8	0.79
163	Wrexham	Wales	106	0.8	0.79
164	South Ribble	Lancashire	89	0.8	0.79
165	South Tyneside	North East	116	0.8	0.79
166	Sunderland	North East	221	0.8	0.79
167	Boston	Lincolnshire	54	0.8	0.78
168	Maidstone	Kent	142	0.8	0.78
169	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	98	0.8	0.78
170	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	120	0.8	0.78
171	Lewes	East Sussex	77	0.8	0.78
172	Cornwall	South West	437	0.7	0.77
173	East Suffolk	Suffolk	185	0.7	0.76
174	Warrington	North West	159	0.7	0.76
175	Kensington and Chelsea	London	106	0.7	0.76
176	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	153	0.7	0.75
177	Ceredigion	Wales	53	0.7	0.75
178	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	117	0.7	0.75
179	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	113	0.7	0.75
180	Reading	South East	132	0.7	0.74
181	Cheshire East	North West	304	0.7	0.74
182	Ealing	London	277	0.7	0.74
183	Wirral	North West	236	0.7	0.74
184	Test Valley	Hampshire	97	0.7	0.74
185	Fylde	Lancashire	61	0.7	0.74
186	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	142	0.7	0.73
187	North Somerset	South West	159	0.7	0.73
188	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	103	0.7	0.73
189	Rossendale	Lancashire	51	0.7	0.72
190	Barking and Dagenham	London	162	0.7	0.72
191	Fareham	Hampshire	80	0.7	0.72
192	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	81	0.7	0.71
193	Hounslow	London	205	0.7	0.71
194	Waltham Forest	London	191	0.7	0.70
195	Bolsover	Derbyshire	57	0.7	0.70
196	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	93	0.7	0.70
197	Oxford	Oxfordshire	112	0.7	0.70
198	Lichfield	Staffordshire	75	0.7	0.69
199	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	62	0.7	0.69
200	Havering	London	184	0.7	0.69
201	Monmouthshire	Wales	63	0.7	0.68
202	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	90	0.7	0.68
203	Castle Point	Essex	60	0.7	0.68
204	Epping Forest	Essex	91	0.7	0.68
205	North Tyneside	North East	142	0.7	0.68
206	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	125	0.7	0.68
207	Hillingdon	London	214	0.7	0.67
208	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	112	0.6	0.67
209	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	54	0.6	0.67
210	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	94	0.6	0.67
211	Wyre	Lancashire	76	0.6	0.66
212	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	402	0.6	0.65
213	Bridgend	Wales	93	0.6	0.65
214	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	67	0.6	0.65
215	Braintree	Essex	103	0.6	0.65
216	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	75	0.6	0.65
217	Shropshire	West Midlands	208	0.6	0.65
218	Wychavon	Worcestershire	86	0.6	0.64
219	North Norfolk	Norfolk	64	0.6	0.64
220	Babergh	Suffolk	60	0.6	0.64
221	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	88	0.6	0.63
222	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	228	0.6	0.63
223	Tandridge	Surrey	55	0.6	0.63
224	East Devon	Devon	96	0.6	0.63
225	Elmbridge	Surrey	86	0.6	0.63
226	Sevenoaks	Kent	74	0.6	0.62
227	Northumberland	North East	199	0.6	0.62
228	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	37	0.6	0.62
229	High Peak	Derbyshire	55	0.6	0.62
230	Guildford	Surrey	90	0.6	0.61
231	Melton	Leicestershire	32	0.6	0.61
232	Milton Keynes	South East	181	0.6	0.61
233	New Forest	Hampshire	104	0.6	0.61
234	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	60	0.6	0.61
235	Gateshead	North East	119	0.6	0.61
236	Teignbridge	Devon	81	0.6	0.60
237	Wandsworth	London	197	0.6	0.60
238	Winchester	Hampshire	79	0.6	0.60
239	Somerset	South West	342	0.6	0.60
240	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	94	0.6	0.60
241	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	66	0.6	0.60
242	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	72	0.6	0.59
243	Kingston upon Thames	London	98	0.6	0.59
244	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	56	0.6	0.58
245	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	40	0.6	0.58
246	Charnwood	Leicestershire	104	0.6	0.57
247	South Gloucestershire	South West	169	0.6	0.57
248	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	38	0.5	0.57
249	Hart	Hampshire	56	0.5	0.56
250	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	45	0.5	0.56
251	Eastleigh	Hampshire	77	0.5	0.56
252	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	215	0.5	0.54
253	East Hampshire	Hampshire	68	0.5	0.54
254	Bromley	London	175	0.5	0.54
255	Wealden	East Sussex	87	0.5	0.54
256	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	71	0.5	0.54
257	Surrey Heath	Surrey	49	0.5	0.54
258	South Norfolk	Norfolk	76	0.5	0.53
259	Maldon	Essex	35	0.5	0.52
260	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	79	0.5	0.52
261	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	159	0.5	0.52
262	St Albans	Hertfordshire	75	0.5	0.51
263	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	73	0.5	0.51
264	Barnet	London	196	0.5	0.50
265	South Holland	Lincolnshire	48	0.5	0.50
266	Rutland	East Midlands	20	0.5	0.50
267	Bexley	London	123	0.5	0.49
268	South Hams	Devon	44	0.5	0.49
269	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	169	0.5	0.49
270	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	53	0.5	0.49
271	Mole Valley	Surrey	42	0.5	0.49
272	Redbridge	London	152	0.5	0.49
273	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	79	0.5	0.48
274	Flintshire	Wales	72	0.5	0.48
275	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	44	0.5	0.47
276	West Devon	Devon	27	0.5	0.47
277	Broadland	Norfolk	63	0.5	0.47
278	Merton	London	99	0.5	0.47
279	Horsham	West Sussex	67	0.4	0.46
280	Rochford	Essex	39	0.4	0.45
281	Harborough	Leicestershire	45	0.4	0.44
282	Sutton	London	92	0.4	0.44
283	Isles of Scilly	South West	1	0.4	0.44
284	Wiltshire	South West	221	0.4	0.44
285	Torridge	Devon	27	0.4	0.40
286	Bracknell Forest	South East	49	0.4	0.39
287	Blaby	Leicestershire	40	0.4	0.38
288	Buckinghamshire	South East	210	0.4	0.37
289	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	40	0.4	0.37
290	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	41	0.4	0.36
291	Harrow	London	95	0.4	0.36
292	Waverley	Surrey	47	0.4	0.36
293	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	52	0.3	0.36
294	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	42	0.3	0.35
295	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	53	0.3	0.34
296	Dorset	South West	129	0.3	0.34
297	West Berkshire	South East	48	0.3	0.30
298	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	15	0.2	0.24
299	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	35	0.2	0.23
300	Richmond upon Thames	London	43	0.2	0.23
301	Wokingham	South East	39	0.2	0.21
302	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	20	0.2	0.17

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