Robbery rates by district

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

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Ranked by robbery per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 1.4; 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	305	20.2	14.94
2	Westminster	London	2,787	13.3	9.82
3	Camden	London	1,449	6.7	4.94
4	Southwark	London	1,995	6.3	4.69
5	Lambeth	London	1,888	6.0	4.41
6	Islington	London	1,309	5.9	4.34
7	Hackney	London	1,485	5.6	4.12
8	Newham	London	1,712	4.6	3.38
9	Haringey	London	1,191	4.5	3.34
10	Middlesbrough	North East	631	4.0	2.99
11	Tower Hamlets	London	1,297	3.9	2.89
12	Barking and Dagenham	London	870	3.7	2.77
13	Brent	London	1,314	3.7	2.76
14	Kensington and Chelsea	London	515	3.6	2.64
15	Lewisham	London	1,037	3.4	2.55
16	Nottingham	East Midlands	1,133	3.4	2.53
17	Birmingham	West Midlands	3,694	3.1	2.31
18	Greenwich	London	907	3.0	2.24
19	Bristol, City of	South West	1,497	3.0	2.24
20	Enfield	London	988	3.0	2.23
21	Hartlepool	North East	271	2.8	2.04
22	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	516	2.7	2.02
23	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	356	2.6	1.90
24	Waltham Forest	London	715	2.6	1.89
25	Croydon	London	1,002	2.4	1.81
26	Ealing	London	927	2.4	1.78
27	Wandsworth	London	781	2.3	1.71
28	Redbridge	London	742	2.3	1.71
29	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,945	2.3	1.70
30	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	467	2.3	1.67
31	Hillingdon	London	712	2.2	1.60
32	Havering	London	581	2.1	1.56
33	Harrow	London	566	2.1	1.55
34	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	216	2.1	1.52
35	Hounslow	London	612	2.0	1.51
36	Barnet	London	808	2.0	1.48
37	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	538	2.0	1.47
38	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	637	2.0	1.47
39	Coventry	West Midlands	708	1.9	1.42
40	Southampton	South East	496	1.9	1.42
41	Reading	South East	349	1.9	1.41
42	Bromley	London	624	1.9	1.38
43	Portsmouth	South East	398	1.9	1.37
44	Eastbourne	East Sussex	187	1.8	1.33
45	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	491	1.8	1.32
46	Slough	South East	294	1.8	1.30
47	Hastings	East Sussex	160	1.8	1.30
48	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	560	1.8	1.30
49	Sandwell	West Midlands	616	1.7	1.29
50	Brighton and Hove	South East	483	1.7	1.26
51	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	235	1.7	1.25
52	Walsall	West Midlands	499	1.7	1.25
53	Worcester	Worcestershire	174	1.6	1.21
54	Liverpool	North West	826	1.6	1.20
55	Blackpool	North West	233	1.6	1.20
56	Derby	East Midlands	438	1.6	1.18
57	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	687	1.6	1.16
58	Bexley	London	396	1.5	1.14
59	Cardiff	Wales	588	1.5	1.13
60	Leicester	East Midlands	590	1.5	1.12
61	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	419	1.5	1.12
62	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	847	1.5	1.11
63	Luton	East of England	356	1.5	1.10
64	Merton	London	325	1.5	1.10
65	Oxford	Oxfordshire	245	1.5	1.09
66	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	852	1.5	1.08
67	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	206	1.5	1.08
68	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	162	1.4	1.06
69	Solihull	West Midlands	313	1.4	1.05
70	Watford	Hertfordshire	151	1.4	1.04
71	Kingston upon Thames	London	243	1.4	1.04
72	Sunderland	North East	403	1.4	1.03
73	Sutton	London	292	1.4	1.01
74	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	176	1.4	1.01
75	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	217	1.4	1.00
76	Gateshead	North East	274	1.4	1.00
77	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	247	1.3	0.99
78	Preston	Lancashire	216	1.3	0.98
79	Norwich	Norfolk	193	1.3	0.97
80	Burnley	Lancashire	130	1.3	0.97
81	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	148	1.3	0.96
82	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	190	1.3	0.94
83	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	253	1.3	0.94
84	Harlow	Essex	123	1.3	0.93
85	Crawley	West Sussex	154	1.2	0.92
86	Boston	Lincolnshire	88	1.2	0.92
87	North Tyneside	North East	264	1.2	0.91
88	Newport	Wales	206	1.2	0.91
89	Worthing	West Sussex	138	1.2	0.90
90	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	340	1.2	0.89
91	Bedford	East of England	231	1.2	0.88
92	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	433	1.2	0.87
93	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	120	1.2	0.87
94	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	248	1.2	0.87
95	Milton Keynes	South East	359	1.2	0.87
96	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	124	1.2	0.87
97	Richmond upon Thames	London	229	1.2	0.86
98	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	198	1.2	0.86
99	Arun	West Sussex	195	1.1	0.85
100	Canterbury	Kent	185	1.1	0.84
101	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	426	1.1	0.84
102	South Tyneside	North East	172	1.1	0.84
103	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	139	1.1	0.84
104	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	283	1.1	0.83
105	Peterborough	East of England	247	1.1	0.82
106	Somerset	South West	642	1.1	0.81
107	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	98	1.1	0.79
108	Dudley	West Midlands	351	1.1	0.78
109	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	128	1.1	0.78
110	Redditch	Worcestershire	92	1.0	0.78
111	Colchester	Essex	209	1.0	0.77
112	Thanet	Kent	148	1.0	0.77
113	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	215	1.0	0.76
114	Medway	South East	298	1.0	0.75
115	North Somerset	South West	225	1.0	0.74
116	Tamworth	Staffordshire	81	1.0	0.74
117	Gravesham	Kent	110	1.0	0.74
118	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	191	1.0	0.72
119	Thurrock	East of England	176	1.0	0.72
120	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	97	0.9	0.69
121	Exeter	Devon	128	0.9	0.68
122	Dartford	Kent	115	0.9	0.68
123	Ipswich	Suffolk	129	0.9	0.68
124	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	114	0.9	0.68
125	Basildon	Essex	176	0.9	0.67
126	Warwick	Warwickshire	140	0.9	0.67
127	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	75	0.9	0.67
128	Spelthorne	Surrey	95	0.9	0.66
129	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	115	0.9	0.66
130	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	113	0.9	0.65
131	South Gloucestershire	South West	269	0.9	0.65
132	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	387	0.9	0.64
133	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	95	0.9	0.64
134	Darlington	North East	94	0.8	0.62
135	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	100	0.8	0.62
136	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	340	0.8	0.62
137	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	55	0.8	0.61
138	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	85	0.8	0.61
139	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	80	0.8	0.59
140	Plymouth	South West	216	0.8	0.59
141	Sefton	North West	225	0.8	0.58
142	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	127	0.8	0.58
143	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	46	0.8	0.58
144	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	79	0.8	0.58
145	Tendring	Essex	121	0.8	0.57
146	Rushmoor	Hampshire	81	0.8	0.57
147	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	86	0.8	0.57
148	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	127	0.7	0.55
149	Chelmsford	Essex	140	0.7	0.55
150	Hyndburn	Lancashire	63	0.7	0.54
151	Adur	West Sussex	47	0.7	0.54
152	Epping Forest	Essex	98	0.7	0.53
153	Chichester	West Sussex	90	0.7	0.52
154	Torfaen	Wales	65	0.7	0.51
155	Swale	Kent	108	0.7	0.50
156	Woking	Surrey	72	0.7	0.50
157	Havant	Hampshire	86	0.7	0.50
158	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	109	0.7	0.50
159	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	213	0.7	0.50
160	Erewash	Derbyshire	77	0.7	0.50
161	Knowsley	North West	109	0.7	0.50
162	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	90	0.7	0.49
163	Wirral	North West	218	0.7	0.49
164	Runnymede	Surrey	61	0.7	0.49
165	St. Helens	North West	125	0.7	0.49
166	Lichfield	Staffordshire	74	0.7	0.49
167	Buckinghamshire	South East	381	0.7	0.49
168	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	95	0.7	0.48
169	Guildford	Surrey	97	0.6	0.47
170	Swindon	South West	156	0.6	0.47
171	Dover	Kent	76	0.6	0.47
172	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	81	0.6	0.47
173	Torbay	South West	88	0.6	0.46
174	County Durham	North East	336	0.6	0.46
175	Wychavon	Worcestershire	86	0.6	0.46
176	West Lancashire	Lancashire	75	0.6	0.46
177	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	41	0.6	0.45
178	St Albans	Hertfordshire	91	0.6	0.45
179	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	59	0.6	0.44
180	Lancaster	Lancashire	86	0.6	0.44
181	Elmbridge	Surrey	84	0.6	0.44
182	Pendle	Lancashire	59	0.6	0.44
183	Halton	North West	77	0.6	0.43
184	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	85	0.6	0.43
185	Bracknell Forest	South East	75	0.6	0.42
186	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	91	0.6	0.42
187	Stafford	Staffordshire	81	0.6	0.42
188	Gosport	Hampshire	47	0.6	0.42
189	Isle of Wight	South East	80	0.6	0.42
190	North Devon	Devon	57	0.6	0.42
191	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	71	0.6	0.41
192	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	64	0.6	0.41
193	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	88	0.6	0.41
194	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	106	0.5	0.41
195	Braintree	Essex	90	0.5	0.41
196	Charnwood	Leicestershire	103	0.5	0.40
197	West Berkshire	South East	89	0.5	0.40
198	Caerphilly	Wales	92	0.5	0.39
199	Rother	East Sussex	50	0.5	0.39
200	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	71	0.5	0.38
201	Ashford	Kent	73	0.5	0.38
202	Swansea	Wales	129	0.5	0.38
203	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	49	0.5	0.38
204	Bolsover	Derbyshire	42	0.5	0.37
205	South Ribble	Lancashire	58	0.5	0.37
206	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	77	0.5	0.36
207	Maidstone	Kent	91	0.5	0.36
208	Fareham	Hampshire	55	0.5	0.35
209	Brentwood	Essex	37	0.5	0.35
210	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	75	0.5	0.34
211	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	71	0.5	0.34
212	Northumberland	North East	149	0.4	0.33
213	Rugby	Warwickshire	55	0.4	0.33
214	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	58	0.4	0.33
215	Warrington	North West	95	0.4	0.33
216	Bridgend	Wales	65	0.4	0.33
217	Rossendale	Lancashire	32	0.4	0.32
218	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	63	0.4	0.32
219	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	59	0.4	0.32
220	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	45	0.4	0.32
221	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	104	0.4	0.32
222	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	41	0.4	0.32
223	Horsham	West Sussex	64	0.4	0.31
224	Chorley	Lancashire	51	0.4	0.31
225	Eastleigh	Hampshire	60	0.4	0.31
226	West Suffolk	Suffolk	79	0.4	0.31
227	Castle Point	Essex	37	0.4	0.30
228	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	150	0.4	0.30
229	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	36	0.4	0.29
230	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	47	0.4	0.29
231	Lewes	East Sussex	40	0.4	0.29
232	Mole Valley	Surrey	34	0.4	0.28
233	Shropshire	West Midlands	127	0.4	0.28
234	New Forest	Hampshire	67	0.4	0.28
235	Blaby	Leicestershire	41	0.4	0.28
236	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	64	0.4	0.27
237	Test Valley	Hampshire	50	0.4	0.27
238	Sevenoaks	Kent	45	0.4	0.27
239	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	42	0.4	0.27
240	Monmouthshire	Wales	34	0.4	0.27
241	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	126	0.4	0.26
242	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	66	0.3	0.26
243	Rochford	Essex	31	0.3	0.26
244	South Holland	Lincolnshire	34	0.3	0.25
245	Tandridge	Surrey	31	0.3	0.25
246	Flintshire	Wales	53	0.3	0.25
247	Wyre	Lancashire	39	0.3	0.24
248	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	207	0.3	0.24
249	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	27	0.3	0.24
250	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	46	0.3	0.24
251	Cheshire East	North West	135	0.3	0.24
252	Wokingham	South East	59	0.3	0.23
253	Cornwall	South West	182	0.3	0.23
254	Cumberland	North West	87	0.3	0.23
255	Winchester	Hampshire	42	0.3	0.23
256	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	19	0.3	0.23
257	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	37	0.3	0.23
258	Stroud	Gloucestershire	38	0.3	0.22
259	Wrexham	Wales	41	0.3	0.22
260	Fylde	Lancashire	25	0.3	0.22
261	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	26	0.3	0.21
262	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	45	0.3	0.21
263	Westmorland and Furness	North West	66	0.3	0.21
264	Surrey Heath	Surrey	27	0.3	0.21
265	Gwynedd	Wales	34	0.3	0.21
266	Harborough	Leicestershire	29	0.3	0.21
267	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	28	0.3	0.20
268	East Suffolk	Suffolk	67	0.3	0.20
269	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	29	0.3	0.19
270	Mid Devon	Devon	22	0.3	0.19
271	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	38	0.3	0.19
272	East Hampshire	Hampshire	33	0.3	0.19
273	Conwy	Wales	29	0.3	0.19
274	High Peak	Derbyshire	23	0.3	0.19
275	Dorset	South West	96	0.2	0.18
276	Wealden	East Sussex	41	0.2	0.18
277	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	30	0.2	0.18
278	Denbighshire	Wales	24	0.2	0.18
279	Waverley	Surrey	32	0.2	0.18
280	Teignbridge	Devon	33	0.2	0.18
281	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	45	0.2	0.17
282	Hart	Hampshire	23	0.2	0.17
283	North Norfolk	Norfolk	23	0.2	0.16
284	Torridge	Devon	15	0.2	0.16
285	Carmarthenshire	Wales	39	0.2	0.15
286	Pembrokeshire	Wales	25	0.2	0.15
287	Breckland	Norfolk	29	0.2	0.15
288	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	20	0.2	0.14
289	Powys	Wales	25	0.2	0.14
290	Wiltshire	South West	95	0.2	0.13
291	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	21	0.2	0.13
292	East Devon	Devon	28	0.2	0.13
293	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	19	0.2	0.13
294	South Hams	Devon	14	0.2	0.11
295	South Norfolk	Norfolk	21	0.1	0.10
296	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	13	0.1	0.10
297	West Devon	Devon	8	0.1	0.10
298	Maldon	Essex	9	0.1	0.10
299	Melton	Leicestershire	7	0.1	0.10
300	Uttlesford	Essex	12	0.1	0.09
301	Babergh	Suffolk	12	0.1	0.09
302	Broadland	Norfolk	15	0.1	0.08
303	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	7	0.1	0.08
304	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	6	0.1	0.06
305	Ceredigion	Wales	6	0.1	0.06
306	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	4	0.1	0.04
307	Rutland	East Midlands	2	0.0	0.04
308	Isles of Scilly	South West	0	0.0	0.00

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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