Vehicle crime rates by district

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

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Ranked by vehicle crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 4.9; 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	Kensington and Chelsea	London	2,086	14.4	2.93
2	Westminster	London	2,836	13.5	2.74
3	Newham	London	4,682	12.5	2.54
4	City of London	London	184	12.2	2.47
5	Haringey	London	3,090	11.7	2.38
6	Enfield	London	3,772	11.5	2.34
7	Ealing	London	4,264	11.0	2.24
8	Hillingdon	London	3,530	10.7	2.18
9	Bromley	London	3,485	10.4	2.11
10	Birmingham	West Midlands	12,226	10.3	2.10
11	Camden	London	2,209	10.2	2.07
12	Solihull	West Midlands	2,126	9.6	1.95
13	Walsall	West Midlands	2,787	9.4	1.91
14	Barnet	London	3,795	9.4	1.90
15	Slough	South East	1,548	9.2	1.88
16	Barking and Dagenham	London	2,132	9.2	1.86
17	Thurrock	East of England	1,639	9.1	1.84
18	Bristol, City of	South West	4,474	9.0	1.84
19	Croydon	London	3,688	9.0	1.83
20	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,880	9.0	1.83
21	Waltham Forest	London	2,502	8.9	1.82
22	Sandwell	West Midlands	3,149	8.9	1.81
23	Hounslow	London	2,620	8.8	1.78
24	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,637	8.7	1.76
25	Lewisham	London	2,612	8.7	1.76
26	Greenwich	London	2,581	8.6	1.75
27	Wandsworth	London	2,894	8.6	1.74
28	Cardiff	Wales	3,229	8.4	1.71
29	Redbridge	London	2,700	8.4	1.71
30	Lambeth	London	2,653	8.4	1.70
31	Brentwood	Essex	660	8.3	1.69
32	Brent	London	2,892	8.2	1.66
33	Richmond upon Thames	London	1,605	8.2	1.66
34	Havering	London	2,231	8.1	1.64
35	Islington	London	1,800	8.1	1.64
36	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,500	8.0	1.62
37	Hyndburn	Lancashire	685	8.0	1.62
38	Tower Hamlets	London	2,625	7.9	1.61
39	Middlesbrough	North East	1,232	7.9	1.60
40	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	528	7.8	1.58
41	Nottingham	East Midlands	2,551	7.7	1.56
42	Epping Forest	Essex	1,058	7.7	1.56
43	Southwark	London	2,421	7.7	1.56
44	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	513	7.6	1.55
45	Coventry	West Midlands	2,768	7.5	1.52
46	Hastings	East Sussex	677	7.4	1.51
47	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	2,031	7.2	1.47
48	Hackney	London	1,861	7.0	1.42
49	Harrow	London	1,876	6.9	1.41
50	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,713	6.8	1.37
51	Luton	East of England	1,612	6.7	1.37
52	Dudley	West Midlands	2,191	6.6	1.34
53	Milton Keynes	South East	2,000	6.5	1.33
54	Bexley	London	1,626	6.3	1.29
55	Harlow	Essex	622	6.3	1.29
56	Southampton	South East	1,641	6.3	1.28
57	Dartford	Kent	779	6.2	1.27
58	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	871	6.2	1.25
59	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,240	6.1	1.24
60	Newport	Wales	1,015	6.0	1.23
61	Portsmouth	South East	1,294	6.0	1.23
62	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	1,930	6.0	1.22
63	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,505	6.0	1.22
64	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	730	6.0	1.22
65	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	1,239	6.0	1.22
66	Merton	London	1,303	6.0	1.21
67	St Albans	Hertfordshire	898	5.9	1.21
68	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,641	5.9	1.20
69	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	494	5.9	1.20
70	Basildon	Essex	1,145	5.9	1.20
71	Kingston upon Thames	London	1,021	5.9	1.20
72	Burnley	Lancashire	583	5.9	1.19
73	Sutton	London	1,250	5.8	1.18
74	Blackpool	North West	838	5.8	1.18
75	Leicester	East Midlands	2,229	5.7	1.17
76	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	583	5.7	1.16
77	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	712	5.7	1.16
78	Watford	Hertfordshire	609	5.7	1.15
79	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,426	5.7	1.15
80	Caerphilly	Wales	1,001	5.7	1.15
81	Warwick	Warwickshire	864	5.6	1.13
82	Bedford	East of England	1,080	5.5	1.12
83	Colchester	Essex	1,108	5.5	1.12
84	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	880	5.5	1.12
85	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	893	5.5	1.12
86	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	1,016	5.5	1.11
87	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	2,231	5.5	1.11
88	Lichfield	Staffordshire	610	5.4	1.11
89	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	599	5.4	1.10
90	Peterborough	East of England	1,205	5.4	1.09
91	Liverpool	North West	2,701	5.3	1.08
92	Hartlepool	North East	513	5.2	1.06
93	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	1,409	5.2	1.06
94	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,432	5.2	1.06
95	Gravesham	Kent	572	5.2	1.05
96	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,086	5.1	1.05
97	Preston	Lancashire	837	5.1	1.04
98	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	2,247	5.1	1.04
99	Tendring	Essex	794	5.1	1.03
100	Reading	South East	913	5.0	1.01
101	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,217	5.0	1.01
102	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	514	4.9	1.00
103	Tamworth	Staffordshire	401	4.9	1.00
104	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	605	4.9	1.00
105	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	780	4.9	1.00
106	Gateshead	North East	984	4.9	0.99
107	Ipswich	Suffolk	672	4.8	0.97
108	Darlington	North East	538	4.8	0.97
109	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	756	4.7	0.95
110	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	276	4.7	0.95
111	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	429	4.7	0.95
112	Charnwood	Leicestershire	876	4.7	0.94
113	Derby	East Midlands	1,262	4.6	0.93
114	Tandridge	Surrey	414	4.6	0.93
115	Oxford	Oxfordshire	752	4.5	0.92
116	Worcester	Worcestershire	477	4.5	0.91
117	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	1,404	4.4	0.90
118	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	502	4.4	0.90
119	Sevenoaks	Kent	538	4.4	0.89
120	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	648	4.3	0.88
121	Uttlesford	Essex	411	4.3	0.88
122	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	600	4.3	0.87
123	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,586	4.2	0.86
124	Bolsover	Derbyshire	353	4.2	0.86
125	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	446	4.2	0.85
126	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	468	4.2	0.85
127	Crawley	West Sussex	514	4.1	0.84
128	Medway	South East	1,208	4.1	0.84
129	Rushmoor	Hampshire	436	4.1	0.84
130	Canterbury	Kent	664	4.1	0.83
131	Swale	Kent	645	4.1	0.83
132	Blaby	Leicestershire	438	4.0	0.82
133	Torfaen	Wales	379	4.0	0.82
134	Buckinghamshire	South East	2,304	4.0	0.81
135	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	629	4.0	0.80
136	County Durham	North East	2,124	3.9	0.80
137	Elmbridge	Surrey	559	3.9	0.80
138	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	540	3.9	0.79
139	Chelmsford	Essex	734	3.9	0.79
140	Eastbourne	East Sussex	405	3.9	0.79
141	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	407	3.9	0.79
142	Sunderland	North East	1,112	3.9	0.78
143	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	602	3.8	0.78
144	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	399	3.8	0.78
145	Spelthorne	Surrey	408	3.8	0.77
146	Bracknell Forest	South East	491	3.8	0.76
147	South Holland	Lincolnshire	371	3.7	0.76
148	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	482	3.7	0.76
149	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	355	3.7	0.75
150	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	538	3.7	0.75
151	Runnymede	Surrey	335	3.6	0.74
152	Arun	West Sussex	616	3.6	0.74
153	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	414	3.6	0.73
154	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	422	3.6	0.73
155	Rutland	East Midlands	149	3.6	0.73
156	North Tyneside	North East	772	3.6	0.73
157	Rossendale	Lancashire	260	3.6	0.72
158	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	710	3.5	0.72
159	Lancaster	Lancashire	514	3.5	0.72
160	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	604	3.5	0.71
161	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	475	3.5	0.70
162	Maidstone	Kent	649	3.5	0.70
163	St. Helens	North West	650	3.4	0.70
164	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	384	3.4	0.68
165	Rugby	Warwickshire	408	3.3	0.68
166	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	634	3.3	0.68
167	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	337	3.3	0.67
168	Thanet	Kent	472	3.3	0.67
169	Redditch	Worcestershire	287	3.3	0.66
170	Swansea	Wales	820	3.3	0.66
171	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	480	3.3	0.66
172	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	556	3.2	0.66
173	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	438	3.2	0.66
174	Brighton and Hove	South East	912	3.2	0.65
175	Worthing	West Sussex	360	3.2	0.64
176	Dover	Kent	378	3.2	0.64
177	South Gloucestershire	South West	963	3.1	0.64
178	Boston	Lincolnshire	223	3.1	0.64
179	Guildford	Surrey	474	3.1	0.64
180	North Somerset	South West	703	3.1	0.64
181	Rochford	Essex	281	3.1	0.64
182	Norwich	Norfolk	457	3.1	0.63
183	Erewash	Derbyshire	353	3.1	0.63
184	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	423	3.1	0.63
185	Swindon	South West	744	3.1	0.62
186	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	356	3.0	0.62
187	Pendle	Lancashire	302	3.0	0.61
188	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	384	3.0	0.61
189	Torbay	South West	418	3.0	0.61
190	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	712	2.9	0.60
191	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	369	2.9	0.59
192	Braintree	Essex	478	2.9	0.59
193	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	267	2.9	0.58
194	South Tyneside	North East	432	2.9	0.58
195	Plymouth	South West	771	2.8	0.58
196	Wychavon	Worcestershire	389	2.8	0.57
197	Mole Valley	Surrey	249	2.8	0.57
198	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	350	2.7	0.56
199	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	329	2.7	0.56
200	Exeter	Devon	376	2.7	0.55
201	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	273	2.7	0.55
202	Warrington	North West	584	2.7	0.55
203	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	283	2.7	0.55
204	Eastleigh	Hampshire	385	2.7	0.55
205	Melton	Leicestershire	144	2.7	0.54
206	Ashford	Kent	375	2.7	0.54
207	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	282	2.6	0.54
208	West Berkshire	South East	436	2.6	0.54
209	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	344	2.6	0.54
210	Harborough	Leicestershire	276	2.6	0.54
211	New Forest	Hampshire	462	2.6	0.53
212	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	445	2.6	0.53
213	Test Valley	Hampshire	348	2.6	0.52
214	Halton	North West	338	2.6	0.52
215	Castle Point	Essex	231	2.6	0.52
216	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	369	2.5	0.52
217	Stroud	Gloucestershire	318	2.5	0.51
218	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	328	2.5	0.51
219	Fylde	Lancashire	216	2.5	0.51
220	Northumberland	North East	834	2.5	0.51
221	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	299	2.5	0.51
222	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	279	2.5	0.50
223	Chichester	West Sussex	316	2.5	0.50
224	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	151	2.4	0.50
225	Somerset	South West	1,424	2.4	0.49
226	Wokingham	South East	453	2.4	0.49
227	Wyre	Lancashire	287	2.4	0.49
228	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	246	2.4	0.49
229	Wrexham	Wales	333	2.4	0.49
230	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	220	2.4	0.49
231	Chorley	Lancashire	290	2.4	0.49
232	Sefton	North West	687	2.4	0.49
233	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	237	2.4	0.49
234	High Peak	Derbyshire	218	2.4	0.48
235	South Ribble	Lancashire	273	2.4	0.48
236	East Suffolk	Suffolk	581	2.3	0.47
237	Monmouthshire	Wales	218	2.3	0.47
238	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	221	2.3	0.46
239	West Suffolk	Suffolk	430	2.3	0.46
240	West Lancashire	Lancashire	276	2.3	0.46
241	Havant	Hampshire	286	2.3	0.46
242	Woking	Surrey	238	2.3	0.46
243	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	358	2.2	0.45
244	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	144	2.2	0.44
245	Knowsley	North West	355	2.2	0.44
246	Stafford	Staffordshire	309	2.2	0.44
247	Bridgend	Wales	314	2.1	0.43
248	Rother	East Sussex	204	2.1	0.43
249	Hart	Hampshire	215	2.1	0.42
250	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	407	2.1	0.42
251	Surrey Heath	Surrey	196	2.1	0.42
252	Winchester	Hampshire	280	2.1	0.42
253	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	248	2.1	0.42
254	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	429	2.0	0.42
255	Adur	West Sussex	133	2.0	0.42
256	Wiltshire	South West	1,062	2.0	0.41
257	Gosport	Hampshire	168	2.0	0.41
258	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	721	2.0	0.41
259	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	287	2.0	0.41
260	Babergh	Suffolk	194	2.0	0.41
261	Wirral	North West	650	2.0	0.40
262	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	295	1.9	0.38
263	Carmarthenshire	Wales	357	1.9	0.38
264	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	348	1.8	0.37
265	Dorset	South West	692	1.8	0.36
266	Wealden	East Sussex	296	1.8	0.36
267	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	215	1.8	0.36
268	Cumberland	North West	492	1.8	0.36
269	Maldon	Essex	121	1.8	0.36
270	Cheshire East	North West	729	1.7	0.35
271	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	257	1.7	0.35
272	East Hampshire	Hampshire	223	1.7	0.35
273	Horsham	West Sussex	259	1.7	0.35
274	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	142	1.7	0.35
275	Fareham	Hampshire	195	1.7	0.34
276	West Devon	Devon	96	1.6	0.33
277	Powys	Wales	220	1.6	0.33
278	Denbighshire	Wales	159	1.6	0.33
279	Waverley	Surrey	214	1.6	0.32
280	Flintshire	Wales	247	1.6	0.32
281	Lewes	East Sussex	162	1.6	0.32
282	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	113	1.6	0.32
283	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	985	1.6	0.31
284	Cornwall	South West	901	1.5	0.31
285	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	138	1.5	0.31
286	Conwy	Wales	176	1.5	0.31
287	North Devon	Devon	151	1.5	0.30
288	Shropshire	West Midlands	493	1.5	0.30
289	Breckland	Norfolk	207	1.4	0.29
290	East Devon	Devon	223	1.4	0.29
291	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	522	1.4	0.29
292	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	154	1.4	0.28
293	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	216	1.4	0.28
294	Mid Devon	Devon	115	1.4	0.27
295	Westmorland and Furness	North West	310	1.3	0.27
296	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	257	1.3	0.27
297	Gwynedd	Wales	162	1.3	0.27
298	Pembrokeshire	Wales	160	1.3	0.26
299	Torridge	Devon	86	1.2	0.25
300	Teignbridge	Devon	161	1.2	0.24
301	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	74	1.1	0.22
302	Ceredigion	Wales	77	1.1	0.22
303	Isle of Wight	South East	147	1.0	0.21
304	South Hams	Devon	87	0.9	0.19
305	South Norfolk	Norfolk	140	0.9	0.19
306	Isles of Scilly	South West	2	0.8	0.17
307	Broadland	Norfolk	100	0.7	0.15
308	North Norfolk	Norfolk	72	0.7	0.14

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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