Public order rates by district

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

Ranked by public order per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 6.7; 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	London	631	41.8	6.27
2	Westminster	London	3,822	18.2	2.73
3	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	1,056	15.6	2.34
4	Middlesbrough	North East	2,286	14.6	2.20
5	Newport	Wales	2,393	14.3	2.14
6	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,610	13.1	1.97
7	Torfaen	Wales	1,218	12.9	1.94
8	Bristol, City of	South West	6,256	12.7	1.90
9	Leicester	East Midlands	4,857	12.5	1.88
10	Derby	East Midlands	3,424	12.5	1.87
11	Liverpool	North West	6,328	12.4	1.87
12	Cardiff	Wales	4,622	12.0	1.81
13	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	3,182	11.8	1.77
14	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	1,227	11.7	1.75
15	Camden	London	2,510	11.6	1.74
16	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	677	11.5	1.72
17	Southampton	South East	2,869	11.1	1.66
18	Blackpool	North West	1,576	10.9	1.64
19	Brighton and Hove	South East	3,090	10.9	1.63
20	Hartlepool	North East	1,066	10.9	1.63
21	Caerphilly	Wales	1,919	10.9	1.63
22	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	1,145	10.8	1.62
23	Hastings	East Sussex	982	10.8	1.62
24	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,719	10.7	1.61
25	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	2,581	10.6	1.60
26	Crawley	West Sussex	1,308	10.5	1.58
27	Islington	London	2,340	10.5	1.57
28	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	1,498	10.5	1.57
29	Nottingham	East Midlands	3,462	10.5	1.57
30	Bridgend	Wales	1,536	10.4	1.56
31	Portsmouth	South East	2,218	10.3	1.55
32	Halton	North West	1,339	10.2	1.53
33	Eastbourne	East Sussex	1,055	10.1	1.52
34	Swansea	Wales	2,532	10.1	1.51
35	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,449	9.7	1.45
36	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	1,325	9.5	1.43
37	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,998	9.5	1.42
38	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,812	9.2	1.39
39	Oxford	Oxfordshire	1,513	9.1	1.37
40	Worthing	West Sussex	1,035	9.1	1.36
41	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,307	9.0	1.35
42	Monmouthshire	Wales	847	8.9	1.34
43	Spelthorne	Surrey	951	8.9	1.33
44	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	1,830	8.8	1.33
45	Cumberland	North West	2,472	8.8	1.32
46	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,661	8.8	1.32
47	Reading	South East	1,597	8.7	1.31
48	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	1,180	8.7	1.30
49	Kensington and Chelsea	London	1,232	8.5	1.28
50	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,725	8.5	1.28
51	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	3,163	8.5	1.28
52	St. Helens	North West	1,603	8.5	1.27
53	Slough	South East	1,404	8.4	1.26
54	Hackney	London	2,234	8.4	1.26
55	Harlow	Essex	821	8.4	1.25
56	Warrington	North West	1,799	8.4	1.25
57	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	762	8.3	1.25
58	Knowsley	North West	1,349	8.3	1.25
59	Tower Hamlets	London	2,754	8.3	1.25
60	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	2,658	8.3	1.24
61	Norwich	Norfolk	1,219	8.3	1.24
62	Burnley	Lancashire	821	8.3	1.24
63	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,818	8.3	1.24
64	Erewash	Derbyshire	943	8.3	1.24
65	Sefton	North West	2,355	8.2	1.23
66	Bolsover	Derbyshire	689	8.2	1.23
67	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,400	8.2	1.23
68	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,654	8.2	1.22
69	Runnymede	Surrey	733	8.0	1.19
70	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	794	7.9	1.19
71	Darlington	North East	886	7.9	1.18
72	Guildford	Surrey	1,191	7.9	1.18
73	Birmingham	West Midlands	9,174	7.8	1.16
74	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,143	7.7	1.16
75	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,933	7.7	1.15
76	Conwy	Wales	873	7.6	1.14
77	Pembrokeshire	Wales	954	7.6	1.14
78	Isle of Wight	South East	1,072	7.6	1.14
79	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	983	7.5	1.13
80	Peterborough	East of England	1,682	7.5	1.13
81	Preston	Lancashire	1,220	7.5	1.12
82	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	1,498	7.5	1.12
83	Somerset	South West	4,404	7.5	1.12
84	County Durham	North East	4,027	7.5	1.12
85	Havant	Hampshire	949	7.5	1.12
86	Denbighshire	Wales	733	7.5	1.12
87	Lambeth	London	2,364	7.5	1.12
88	Lewisham	London	2,240	7.4	1.12
89	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	948	7.4	1.11
90	Milton Keynes	South East	2,265	7.4	1.11
91	Wirral	North West	2,433	7.4	1.11
92	Cheshire East	North West	3,089	7.3	1.10
93	North Somerset	South West	1,645	7.3	1.10
94	Worcester	Worcestershire	771	7.2	1.08
95	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,329	7.2	1.08
96	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	741	7.1	1.07
97	Westmorland and Furness	North West	1,628	7.1	1.06
98	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	917	7.1	1.06
99	Exeter	Devon	976	7.1	1.06
100	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	1,146	7.1	1.06
101	Plymouth	South West	1,909	7.0	1.05
102	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	580	7.0	1.05
103	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	787	7.0	1.04
104	Haringey	London	1,832	6.9	1.04
105	Rushmoor	Hampshire	732	6.9	1.04
106	Stafford	Staffordshire	976	6.9	1.03
107	Hyndburn	Lancashire	592	6.9	1.03
108	Hounslow	London	2,051	6.8	1.03
109	Greenwich	London	2,046	6.8	1.03
110	Swindon	South West	1,648	6.8	1.01
111	Southwark	London	2,127	6.8	1.01
112	Colchester	Essex	1,352	6.8	1.01
113	High Peak	Derbyshire	620	6.7	1.01
114	Sunderland	North East	1,925	6.7	1.00
115	Brent	London	2,353	6.7	1.00
116	South Tyneside	North East	1,007	6.7	1.00
117	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	1,048	6.6	0.99
118	Tamworth	Staffordshire	533	6.6	0.99
119	Carmarthenshire	Wales	1,247	6.5	0.98
120	Watford	Hertfordshire	700	6.5	0.98
121	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	924	6.5	0.98
122	Hillingdon	London	2,145	6.5	0.98
123	Bedford	East of England	1,268	6.5	0.98
124	Chichester	West Sussex	837	6.5	0.97
125	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	969	6.5	0.97
126	Sandwell	West Midlands	2,290	6.5	0.97
127	Gosport	Hampshire	536	6.5	0.97
128	Wrexham	Wales	893	6.5	0.97
129	Basildon	Essex	1,245	6.4	0.96
130	Gateshead	North East	1,296	6.4	0.96
131	South Gloucestershire	South West	1,949	6.4	0.95
132	Woking	Surrey	672	6.4	0.95
133	Newham	London	2,357	6.3	0.94
134	Ealing	London	2,393	6.2	0.93
135	Gwynedd	Wales	749	6.2	0.93
136	Ipswich	Suffolk	863	6.2	0.92
137	Arun	West Sussex	1,044	6.1	0.92
138	North Tyneside	North East	1,320	6.1	0.92
139	Boston	Lincolnshire	436	6.1	0.92
140	Luton	East of England	1,455	6.1	0.91
141	Charnwood	Leicestershire	1,146	6.1	0.91
142	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	644	6.0	0.91
143	Thurrock	East of England	1,086	6.0	0.90
144	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,134	6.0	0.90
145	Walsall	West Midlands	1,769	6.0	0.90
146	Tendring	Essex	931	5.9	0.89
147	Rother	East Sussex	567	5.9	0.89
148	Mole Valley	Surrey	520	5.9	0.88
149	Croydon	London	2,392	5.8	0.88
150	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	1,125	5.8	0.87
151	Tandridge	Surrey	527	5.8	0.87
152	Torbay	South West	813	5.8	0.87
153	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	922	5.8	0.87
154	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	642	5.7	0.86
155	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	737	5.7	0.85
156	Powys	Wales	768	5.7	0.85
157	Northumberland	North East	1,880	5.7	0.85
158	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	963	5.7	0.85
159	Coventry	West Midlands	2,074	5.6	0.84
160	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	583	5.6	0.84
161	Barking and Dagenham	London	1,300	5.6	0.84
162	Chelmsford	Essex	1,047	5.5	0.83
163	Sutton	London	1,184	5.5	0.83
164	Lichfield	Staffordshire	616	5.5	0.83
165	Wandsworth	London	1,856	5.5	0.82
166	Ceredigion	Wales	399	5.5	0.82
167	Bromley	London	1,839	5.5	0.82
168	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	1,541	5.5	0.82
169	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	391	5.4	0.82
170	Lewes	East Sussex	557	5.4	0.82
171	Redditch	Worcestershire	478	5.4	0.82
172	Epping Forest	Essex	747	5.4	0.82
173	Elmbridge	Surrey	768	5.4	0.81
174	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	1,057	5.4	0.81
175	Solihull	West Midlands	1,191	5.4	0.81
176	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,120	5.4	0.80
177	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,353	5.4	0.80
178	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	776	5.3	0.80
179	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	618	5.3	0.79
180	Surrey Heath	Surrey	494	5.2	0.78
181	Enfield	London	1,709	5.2	0.78
182	Kingston upon Thames	London	900	5.2	0.78
183	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	635	5.2	0.78
184	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	498	5.2	0.77
185	Lancaster	Lancashire	747	5.2	0.77
186	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	524	5.1	0.77
187	Eastleigh	Hampshire	735	5.1	0.77
188	Waltham Forest	London	1,436	5.1	0.77
189	Flintshire	Wales	800	5.1	0.77
190	Adur	West Sussex	333	5.1	0.77
191	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	641	5.1	0.77
192	Winchester	Hampshire	693	5.1	0.77
193	Fareham	Hampshire	589	5.1	0.77
194	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	314	5.1	0.76
195	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	818	5.1	0.76
196	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	348	5.0	0.76
197	Bexley	London	1,282	5.0	0.75
198	Havering	London	1,379	5.0	0.75
199	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	582	5.0	0.75
200	Bracknell Forest	South East	651	5.0	0.75
201	Redbridge	London	1,595	5.0	0.75
202	Barnet	London	2,006	5.0	0.74
203	North Devon	Devon	500	4.9	0.74
204	West Berkshire	South East	813	4.9	0.74
205	Dudley	West Midlands	1,628	4.9	0.74
206	Pendle	Lancashire	489	4.9	0.74
207	Test Valley	Hampshire	661	4.9	0.73
208	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	535	4.9	0.73
209	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	713	4.8	0.73
210	Warwick	Warwickshire	749	4.8	0.73
211	Thanet	Kent	689	4.8	0.72
212	Buckinghamshire	South East	2,786	4.8	0.72
213	Rossendale	Lancashire	349	4.8	0.72
214	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,774	4.7	0.71
215	Blaby	Leicestershire	513	4.7	0.71
216	New Forest	Hampshire	834	4.7	0.71
217	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	315	4.7	0.70
218	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	689	4.6	0.69
219	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	527	4.6	0.69
220	Rugby	Warwickshire	556	4.5	0.68
221	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	708	4.5	0.68
222	Braintree	Essex	740	4.5	0.68
223	Medway	South East	1,315	4.5	0.67
224	Cornwall	South West	2,606	4.5	0.67
225	Wiltshire	South West	2,312	4.4	0.66
226	Harborough	Leicestershire	456	4.4	0.65
227	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	431	4.3	0.65
228	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	1,758	4.3	0.65
229	South Holland	Lincolnshire	426	4.3	0.64
230	Brentwood	Essex	338	4.3	0.64
231	Merton	London	929	4.3	0.64
232	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	444	4.2	0.64
233	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	481	4.2	0.63
234	Wyre	Lancashire	496	4.2	0.63
235	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	794	4.2	0.62
236	Wealden	East Sussex	691	4.1	0.62
237	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	526	4.1	0.62
238	Melton	Leicestershire	222	4.1	0.62
239	Harrow	London	1,109	4.1	0.61
240	Richmond upon Thames	London	805	4.1	0.61
241	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	598	4.1	0.61
242	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	407	4.0	0.60
243	Chorley	Lancashire	480	4.0	0.60
244	Horsham	West Sussex	598	3.9	0.59
245	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	473	3.9	0.59
246	Rutland	East Midlands	162	3.9	0.59
247	Wychavon	Worcestershire	539	3.9	0.59
248	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	630	3.9	0.59
249	West Suffolk	Suffolk	728	3.9	0.58
250	Breckland	Norfolk	565	3.9	0.58
251	Waverley	Surrey	514	3.8	0.57
252	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	365	3.8	0.57
253	Uttlesford	Essex	362	3.8	0.57
254	Dartford	Kent	475	3.8	0.57
255	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	424	3.8	0.57
256	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	1,187	3.8	0.56
257	Fylde	Lancashire	318	3.7	0.56
258	East Hampshire	Hampshire	480	3.7	0.55
259	North Norfolk	Norfolk	381	3.7	0.55
260	Castle Point	Essex	329	3.6	0.55
261	Swale	Kent	575	3.6	0.54
262	Canterbury	Kent	587	3.6	0.54
263	Maldon	Essex	250	3.6	0.54
264	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	684	3.6	0.54
265	South Ribble	Lancashire	415	3.6	0.54
266	Teignbridge	Devon	494	3.6	0.54
267	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	428	3.6	0.53
268	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,235	3.5	0.53
269	West Devon	Devon	207	3.5	0.53
270	Gravesham	Kent	381	3.4	0.52
271	St Albans	Hertfordshire	512	3.4	0.51
272	Shropshire	West Midlands	1,122	3.4	0.51
273	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	526	3.4	0.50
274	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	524	3.3	0.50
275	Torridge	Devon	232	3.3	0.50
276	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	452	3.3	0.49
277	Mid Devon	Devon	279	3.3	0.49
278	South Hams	Devon	302	3.3	0.49
279	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	398	3.2	0.49
280	Maidstone	Kent	610	3.2	0.49
281	Wokingham	South East	605	3.2	0.49
282	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	268	3.2	0.48
283	West Lancashire	Lancashire	384	3.1	0.47
284	Dover	Kent	371	3.1	0.46
285	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	392	3.1	0.46
286	Rochford	Essex	274	3.1	0.46
287	Ashford	Kent	429	3.0	0.46
288	South Norfolk	Norfolk	448	3.0	0.45
289	Hart	Hampshire	311	3.0	0.45
290	East Devon	Devon	470	3.0	0.45
291	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	511	3.0	0.44
292	East Suffolk	Suffolk	735	2.9	0.44
293	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	345	2.9	0.43
294	Babergh	Suffolk	278	2.9	0.43
295	Broadland	Norfolk	391	2.8	0.42
296	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	292	2.6	0.40
297	Dorset	South West	1,014	2.6	0.39
298	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	232	2.5	0.37
299	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	163	2.5	0.37
300	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	323	2.4	0.35
301	Isles of Scilly	South West	5	2.1	0.32
302	Sevenoaks	Kent	203	1.7	0.25

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