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 July 2026.

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Ranked by possession of weapons per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 1.0; 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	Crawley	West Sussex	756	6.1	6.28
2	Birmingham	West Midlands	3,545	3.0	3.08
3	City of London	London	44	2.9	3.00
4	Blackpool	North West	342	2.4	2.44
5	Southampton	South East	591	2.3	2.35
6	Nottingham	East Midlands	752	2.3	2.34
7	Sandwell	West Midlands	801	2.3	2.33
8	Peterborough	East of England	483	2.2	2.22
9	Westminster	London	424	2.0	2.08
10	Portsmouth	South East	430	2.0	2.07
11	Coventry	West Midlands	728	2.0	2.03
12	Walsall	West Midlands	574	1.9	2.00
13	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	532	1.9	1.95
14	Hastings	East Sussex	171	1.9	1.93
15	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	490	1.8	1.87
16	Middlesbrough	North East	282	1.8	1.86
17	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	180	1.8	1.84
18	Plymouth	South West	469	1.7	1.78
19	Havant	Hampshire	217	1.7	1.76
20	Derby	East Midlands	462	1.7	1.74
21	Eastbourne	East Sussex	173	1.7	1.71
22	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	228	1.6	1.69
23	Dudley	West Midlands	541	1.6	1.68
24	Harlow	Essex	160	1.6	1.68
25	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	184	1.6	1.67
26	Solihull	West Midlands	353	1.6	1.64
27	Preston	Lancashire	259	1.6	1.64
28	Newport	Wales	248	1.5	1.52
29	Norwich	Norfolk	209	1.4	1.46
30	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	212	1.4	1.46
31	Luton	East of England	337	1.4	1.45
32	Hartlepool	North East	137	1.4	1.44
33	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	442	1.4	1.42
34	Liverpool	North West	698	1.4	1.41
35	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	175	1.4	1.39
36	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	786	1.3	1.39
37	Hyndburn	Lancashire	116	1.3	1.39
38	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	248	1.3	1.38
39	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	214	1.3	1.38
40	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	367	1.3	1.37
41	Brighton and Hove	South East	378	1.3	1.37
42	Ipswich	Suffolk	185	1.3	1.36
43	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	492	1.3	1.36
44	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	138	1.3	1.35
45	Worthing	West Sussex	149	1.3	1.35
46	Torbay	South West	183	1.3	1.34
47	Rushmoor	Hampshire	137	1.3	1.33
48	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	182	1.3	1.32
49	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	87	1.3	1.32
50	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	261	1.3	1.30
51	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,055	1.2	1.29
52	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	345	1.2	1.28
53	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	202	1.2	1.28
54	Burnley	Lancashire	123	1.2	1.28
55	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	129	1.2	1.26
56	Thanet	Kent	175	1.2	1.26
57	Cardiff	Wales	467	1.2	1.25
58	Leicester	East Midlands	470	1.2	1.25
59	Pembrokeshire	Wales	152	1.2	1.24
60	Worcester	Worcestershire	128	1.2	1.24
61	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	233	1.2	1.22
62	Tendring	Essex	186	1.2	1.22
63	Halton	North West	155	1.2	1.21
64	Exeter	Devon	163	1.2	1.21
65	Caerphilly	Wales	208	1.2	1.21
66	Pendle	Lancashire	117	1.2	1.21
67	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	124	1.2	1.20
68	Basildon	Essex	226	1.2	1.20
69	Lewisham	London	351	1.2	1.20
70	Spelthorne	Surrey	124	1.2	1.19
71	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	130	1.2	1.19
72	West Suffolk	Suffolk	211	1.1	1.15
73	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	216	1.1	1.15
74	Denbighshire	Wales	109	1.1	1.14
75	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	486	1.1	1.14
76	Medway	South East	323	1.1	1.14
77	Bedford	East of England	215	1.1	1.14
78	Islington	London	245	1.1	1.13
79	Dartford	Kent	137	1.1	1.13
80	Cumberland	North West	306	1.1	1.12
81	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	113	1.1	1.12
82	Runnymede	Surrey	100	1.1	1.12
83	Isle of Wight	South East	153	1.1	1.11
84	Rugby	Warwickshire	132	1.1	1.11
85	Arun	West Sussex	183	1.1	1.11
86	Thurrock	East of England	194	1.1	1.10
87	Lambeth	London	338	1.1	1.10
88	Torfaen	Wales	100	1.1	1.09
89	Hackney	London	282	1.1	1.09
90	Gosport	Hampshire	87	1.0	1.08
91	Southwark	London	330	1.0	1.08
92	Uttlesford	Essex	98	1.0	1.06
93	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	118	1.0	1.06
94	Westmorland and Furness	North West	237	1.0	1.06
95	Conwy	Wales	118	1.0	1.06
96	Watford	Hertfordshire	109	1.0	1.05
97	Gravesham	Kent	112	1.0	1.04
98	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	372	1.0	1.04
99	Fareham	Hampshire	116	1.0	1.03
100	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	139	1.0	1.03
101	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	320	1.0	1.03
102	Ashford	Kent	139	1.0	1.02
103	Swansea	Wales	247	1.0	1.01
104	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	247	1.0	1.01
105	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	90	1.0	1.01
106	Darlington	North East	109	1.0	1.00
107	Redditch	Worcestershire	85	1.0	1.00
108	Swale	Kent	153	1.0	0.99
109	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	123	1.0	0.99
110	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	183	1.0	0.99
111	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	541	1.0	0.99
112	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	119	1.0	0.98
113	West Lancashire	Lancashire	116	1.0	0.98
114	Slough	South East	159	1.0	0.98
115	Canterbury	Kent	154	1.0	0.98
116	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	115	0.9	0.96
117	Warwick	Warwickshire	145	0.9	0.96
118	Bristol, City of	South West	462	0.9	0.96
119	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	418	0.9	0.96
120	Mid Devon	Devon	79	0.9	0.96
121	Newham	London	347	0.9	0.95
122	Rother	East Sussex	89	0.9	0.95
123	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	94	0.9	0.95
124	Winchester	Hampshire	125	0.9	0.95
125	Dover	Kent	110	0.9	0.95
126	Tamworth	Staffordshire	74	0.9	0.94
127	Test Valley	Hampshire	123	0.9	0.94
128	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	109	0.9	0.93
129	Haringey	London	238	0.9	0.93
130	County Durham	North East	485	0.9	0.93
131	Chichester	West Sussex	116	0.9	0.93
132	Knowsley	North West	146	0.9	0.92
133	Brent	London	315	0.9	0.92
134	Eastleigh	Hampshire	126	0.9	0.91
135	Stafford	Staffordshire	124	0.9	0.90
136	Woking	Surrey	92	0.9	0.90
137	Lancaster	Lancashire	126	0.9	0.89
138	Erewash	Derbyshire	99	0.9	0.89
139	Carmarthenshire	Wales	165	0.9	0.89
140	Camden	London	186	0.9	0.88
141	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	89	0.9	0.88
142	Swindon	South West	208	0.9	0.88
143	Tower Hamlets	London	283	0.9	0.88
144	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	146	0.9	0.88
145	South Tyneside	North East	128	0.8	0.87
146	Boston	Lincolnshire	60	0.8	0.87
147	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	159	0.8	0.87
148	St. Helens	North West	159	0.8	0.87
149	Croydon	London	344	0.8	0.87
150	Colchester	Essex	168	0.8	0.86
151	Breckland	Norfolk	123	0.8	0.86
152	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	56	0.8	0.86
153	Powys	Wales	112	0.8	0.85
154	Gwynedd	Wales	100	0.8	0.85
155	North Devon	Devon	83	0.8	0.84
156	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	79	0.8	0.84
157	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	106	0.8	0.84
158	Chorley	Lancashire	98	0.8	0.84
159	Chelmsford	Essex	152	0.8	0.83
160	Sunderland	North East	232	0.8	0.83
161	New Forest	Hampshire	141	0.8	0.82
162	Kensington and Chelsea	London	114	0.8	0.81
163	Enfield	London	258	0.8	0.81
164	Brentwood	Essex	62	0.8	0.80
165	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	99	0.8	0.80
166	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	188	0.8	0.80
167	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	85	0.8	0.79
168	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	162	0.8	0.79
169	Greenwich	London	230	0.8	0.79
170	Wrexham	Wales	106	0.8	0.79
171	Warrington	North West	165	0.8	0.79
172	Ceredigion	Wales	55	0.8	0.78
173	Wirral	North West	249	0.8	0.78
174	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	118	0.8	0.78
175	Reading	South East	138	0.8	0.78
176	Cornwall	South West	436	0.7	0.77
177	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	44	0.7	0.77
178	Lewes	East Sussex	76	0.7	0.76
179	South Ribble	Lancashire	86	0.7	0.76
180	Maidstone	Kent	139	0.7	0.76
181	Adur	West Sussex	48	0.7	0.76
182	Sefton	North West	210	0.7	0.76
183	Cheshire East	North West	308	0.7	0.75
184	East Hampshire	Hampshire	95	0.7	0.75
185	East Suffolk	Suffolk	181	0.7	0.75
186	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	106	0.7	0.75
187	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	88	0.7	0.74
188	Hart	Hampshire	74	0.7	0.74
189	Bolsover	Derbyshire	59	0.7	0.73
190	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	91	0.7	0.72
191	Rossendale	Lancashire	51	0.7	0.72
192	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	82	0.7	0.72
193	Monmouthshire	Wales	66	0.7	0.72
194	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	145	0.7	0.71
195	Oxford	Oxfordshire	115	0.7	0.71
196	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	110	0.7	0.71
197	North Somerset	South West	155	0.7	0.71
198	North Tyneside	North East	148	0.7	0.71
199	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	111	0.7	0.71
200	Ealing	London	265	0.7	0.71
201	Barking and Dagenham	London	159	0.7	0.70
202	Wyre	Lancashire	81	0.7	0.70
203	Babergh	Suffolk	66	0.7	0.70
204	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	117	0.7	0.70
205	Hounslow	London	201	0.7	0.69
206	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	62	0.7	0.69
207	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	91	0.7	0.68
208	Elmbridge	Surrey	94	0.7	0.68
209	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	126	0.7	0.68
210	Havering	London	182	0.7	0.68
211	Epping Forest	Essex	90	0.7	0.67
212	Castle Point	Essex	59	0.7	0.67
213	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	129	0.6	0.66
214	Lichfield	Staffordshire	71	0.6	0.65
215	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	86	0.6	0.65
216	Waltham Forest	London	177	0.6	0.65
217	Northumberland	North East	209	0.6	0.65
218	Sevenoaks	Kent	77	0.6	0.65
219	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	56	0.6	0.64
220	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	89	0.6	0.64
221	Braintree	Essex	102	0.6	0.64
222	Teignbridge	Devon	86	0.6	0.64
223	Fylde	Lancashire	53	0.6	0.64
224	Hillingdon	London	204	0.6	0.64
225	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	74	0.6	0.64
226	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	100	0.6	0.64
227	Wandsworth	London	207	0.6	0.63
228	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	89	0.6	0.63
229	Gateshead	North East	124	0.6	0.63
230	Bridgend	Wales	90	0.6	0.63
231	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	62	0.6	0.63
232	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	226	0.6	0.63
233	Milton Keynes	South East	186	0.6	0.63
234	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	386	0.6	0.63
235	Shropshire	West Midlands	200	0.6	0.62
236	Wychavon	Worcestershire	83	0.6	0.62
237	North Norfolk	Norfolk	62	0.6	0.62
238	Maldon	Essex	41	0.6	0.61
239	East Devon	Devon	93	0.6	0.61
240	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	42	0.6	0.60
241	Tandridge	Surrey	53	0.6	0.60
242	Guildford	Surrey	88	0.6	0.60
243	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	62	0.6	0.60
244	Somerset	South West	342	0.6	0.60
245	High Peak	Derbyshire	53	0.6	0.59
246	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	57	0.6	0.59
247	Melton	Leicestershire	31	0.6	0.59
248	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	72	0.6	0.59
249	Charnwood	Leicestershire	106	0.6	0.58
250	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	64	0.6	0.58
251	Stroud	Gloucestershire	70	0.6	0.57
252	Kingston upon Thames	London	96	0.6	0.57
253	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	46	0.6	0.57
254	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	46	0.6	0.57
255	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	38	0.5	0.57
256	South Norfolk	Norfolk	80	0.5	0.55
257	South Gloucestershire	South West	161	0.5	0.54
258	Wealden	East Sussex	87	0.5	0.54
259	Bromley	London	172	0.5	0.53
260	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	80	0.5	0.53
261	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	75	0.5	0.52
262	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	206	0.5	0.52
263	St Albans	Hertfordshire	75	0.5	0.51
264	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	67	0.5	0.50
265	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	154	0.5	0.50
266	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	30	0.5	0.50
267	Mole Valley	Surrey	43	0.5	0.50
268	Rutland	East Midlands	20	0.5	0.50
269	Redbridge	London	154	0.5	0.49
270	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	53	0.5	0.49
271	Rochford	Essex	42	0.5	0.48
272	Bexley	London	119	0.5	0.48
273	South Holland	Lincolnshire	46	0.5	0.48
274	Merton	London	101	0.5	0.48
275	Flintshire	Wales	72	0.5	0.48
276	Harborough	Leicestershire	48	0.5	0.47
277	West Devon	Devon	27	0.5	0.47
278	Barnet	London	185	0.5	0.47
279	South Hams	Devon	42	0.5	0.47
280	Surrey Heath	Surrey	43	0.5	0.47
281	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	161	0.5	0.47
282	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	77	0.5	0.47
283	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	46	0.5	0.46
284	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	42	0.4	0.45
285	Sutton	London	94	0.4	0.45
286	Broadland	Norfolk	59	0.4	0.44
287	Isles of Scilly	South West	1	0.4	0.44
288	Horsham	West Sussex	64	0.4	0.43
289	Wiltshire	South West	221	0.4	0.43
290	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	36	0.4	0.40
291	Torridge	Devon	27	0.4	0.40
292	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	44	0.4	0.39
293	Bracknell Forest	South East	49	0.4	0.39
294	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	41	0.4	0.38
295	Waverley	Surrey	49	0.4	0.38
296	Harrow	London	98	0.4	0.37
297	Buckinghamshire	South East	204	0.4	0.36
298	Blaby	Leicestershire	38	0.4	0.36
299	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	54	0.3	0.35
300	Dorset	South West	130	0.3	0.34
301	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	48	0.3	0.33
302	West Berkshire	South East	50	0.3	0.31
303	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	37	0.3	0.31
304	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	17	0.3	0.27
305	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	39	0.2	0.26
306	Richmond upon Thames	London	44	0.2	0.23
307	Wokingham	South East	38	0.2	0.21
308	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	18	0.1	0.15

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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