Violence and sexual offences rates by district

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

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Ranked by violence and sexual offences per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 34.2; 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	1,500	99.3	2.90
2	Blackpool	North West	11,093	76.9	2.25
3	Westminster	London	12,949	61.7	1.80
4	Middlesbrough	North East	9,432	60.4	1.76
5	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,275	55.5	1.62
6	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	31,013	55.0	1.61
7	Derby	East Midlands	14,955	54.6	1.59
8	Southampton	South East	14,043	54.1	1.58
9	Hartlepool	North East	5,302	54.0	1.58
10	Birmingham	West Midlands	62,733	53.0	1.55
11	Portsmouth	South East	11,073	51.7	1.51
12	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	3,498	51.5	1.51
13	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	13,896	51.4	1.50
14	Bristol, City of	South West	25,380	51.3	1.50
15	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,193	51.2	1.50
16	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	5,376	51.1	1.49
17	Liverpool	North West	25,632	50.4	1.47
18	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	5,319	50.2	1.47
19	Nottingham	East Midlands	16,578	50.1	1.46
20	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,288	49.7	1.45
21	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	6,850	49.4	1.44
22	Burnley	Lancashire	4,901	49.4	1.44
23	Denbighshire	Wales	4,807	49.0	1.43
24	Plymouth	South West	13,221	48.6	1.42
25	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,217	48.4	1.41
26	Hyndburn	Lancashire	4,159	48.3	1.41
27	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	4,835	48.1	1.40
28	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	40,400	47.8	1.40
29	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	8,813	47.6	1.39
30	Torbay	South West	6,661	47.5	1.39
31	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	9,821	47.5	1.39
32	Peterborough	East of England	10,471	46.8	1.37
33	Newport	Wales	7,806	46.5	1.36
34	Norwich	Norfolk	6,793	46.2	1.35
35	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	4,225	46.0	1.34
36	Thanet	Kent	6,543	45.9	1.34
37	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,648	45.8	1.34
38	Sandwell	West Midlands	15,991	45.2	1.32
39	Hastings	East Sussex	4,102	45.0	1.31
40	Preston	Lancashire	7,320	44.9	1.31
41	Torfaen	Wales	4,225	44.9	1.31
42	Exeter	Devon	6,128	44.3	1.29
43	Conwy	Wales	5,065	44.1	1.29
44	Leicester	East Midlands	17,004	43.8	1.28
45	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	12,279	43.7	1.28
46	Harlow	Essex	4,277	43.5	1.27
47	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	6,052	43.5	1.27
48	Tendring	Essex	6,787	43.3	1.26
49	Pembrokeshire	Wales	5,413	43.0	1.26
50	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	6,981	42.9	1.25
51	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	4,777	42.2	1.23
52	Worcester	Worcestershire	4,456	41.8	1.22
53	Walsall	West Midlands	12,344	41.7	1.22
54	Eastbourne	East Sussex	4,344	41.7	1.22
55	Crawley	West Sussex	5,137	41.4	1.21
56	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,523	41.4	1.21
57	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	2,425	41.1	1.20
58	Havant	Hampshire	5,207	41.0	1.20
59	Halton	North West	5,383	40.9	1.20
60	Caerphilly	Wales	7,237	40.9	1.20
61	Colchester	Essex	8,156	40.7	1.19
62	Ipswich	Suffolk	5,693	40.6	1.19
63	County Durham	North East	21,783	40.5	1.18
64	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,140	40.3	1.18
65	Reading	South East	7,338	40.1	1.17
66	Boston	Lincolnshire	2,850	40.1	1.17
67	St. Helens	North West	7,563	40.0	1.17
68	Coventry	West Midlands	14,772	40.0	1.17
69	Slough	South East	6,656	39.8	1.16
70	Islington	London	8,863	39.7	1.16
71	Basildon	Essex	7,626	39.4	1.15
72	Carmarthenshire	Wales	7,499	39.3	1.15
73	Darlington	North East	4,410	39.2	1.15
74	Milton Keynes	South East	11,986	39.2	1.14
75	Camden	London	8,372	38.6	1.13
76	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,711	38.6	1.13
77	Cumberland	North West	10,795	38.5	1.12
78	Somerset	South West	22,602	38.4	1.12
79	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	7,507	38.3	1.12
80	Wrexham	Wales	5,286	38.2	1.12
81	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	3,965	38.1	1.11
82	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	9,234	38.0	1.11
83	Isle of Wight	South East	5,356	37.8	1.10
84	Erewash	Derbyshire	4,313	37.7	1.10
85	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	5,473	37.7	1.10
86	Knowsley	North West	6,111	37.6	1.10
87	Medway	South East	10,974	37.5	1.10
88	Watford	Hertfordshire	4,008	37.4	1.09
89	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,718	37.3	1.09
90	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,374	37.2	1.09
91	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	3,892	37.1	1.08
92	Lewisham	London	11,128	36.9	1.08
93	Pendle	Lancashire	3,673	36.8	1.08
94	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	4,683	36.7	1.07
95	Gosport	Hampshire	3,029	36.5	1.07
96	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	5,214	36.4	1.06
97	Redditch	Worcestershire	3,184	36.2	1.06
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	5,122	36.2	1.06
99	Oxford	Oxfordshire	6,003	36.2	1.06
100	Canterbury	Kent	5,857	36.1	1.06
101	Sefton	North West	10,329	36.1	1.05
102	Brighton and Hove	South East	10,218	36.0	1.05
103	Tower Hamlets	London	11,922	35.9	1.05
104	Bridgend	Wales	5,290	35.9	1.05
105	North Somerset	South West	8,045	35.8	1.05
106	Barking and Dagenham	London	8,333	35.8	1.05
107	Bolsover	Derbyshire	2,986	35.6	1.04
108	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	4,613	35.6	1.04
109	Lambeth	London	11,277	35.6	1.04
110	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	4,627	35.5	1.04
111	Swale	Kent	5,610	35.4	1.03
112	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	4,577	35.3	1.03
113	Kensington and Chelsea	London	5,081	35.2	1.03
114	Lancaster	Lancashire	5,093	35.1	1.03
115	Cardiff	Wales	13,327	34.7	1.01
116	Greenwich	London	10,388	34.7	1.01
117	Gwynedd	Wales	4,184	34.6	1.01
118	Chelmsford	Essex	6,499	34.4	1.01
119	Rossendale	Lancashire	2,511	34.4	1.00
120	Dudley	West Midlands	11,403	34.4	1.00
121	Warrington	North West	7,394	34.3	1.00
122	Thurrock	East of England	6,199	34.3	1.00
123	Westmorland and Furness	North West	7,882	34.2	1.00
124	South Tyneside	North East	5,180	34.2	1.00
125	Stafford	Staffordshire	4,821	34.1	0.99
126	Swansea	Wales	8,523	33.9	0.99
127	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	6,398	33.9	0.99
128	Hackney	London	9,003	33.7	0.99
129	Wirral	North West	11,098	33.7	0.99
130	Haringey	London	8,903	33.7	0.99
131	Powys	Wales	4,551	33.7	0.98
132	Tamworth	Staffordshire	2,732	33.7	0.98
133	Cornwall	South West	19,576	33.6	0.98
134	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	10,753	33.5	0.98
135	Bedford	East of England	6,517	33.4	0.98
136	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	4,087	33.3	0.97
137	Newham	London	12,406	33.1	0.97
138	Hounslow	London	9,915	33.1	0.97
139	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	12,306	33.1	0.97
140	Rushmoor	Hampshire	3,498	33.1	0.97
141	Ceredigion	Wales	2,399	33.0	0.97
142	Dover	Kent	3,947	33.0	0.96
143	Luton	East of England	7,858	32.9	0.96
144	Dartford	Kent	4,107	32.9	0.96
145	Chorley	Lancashire	3,940	32.6	0.95
146	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	3,372	32.5	0.95
147	Gravesham	Kent	3,591	32.4	0.95
148	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	3,457	32.4	0.95
149	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	6,482	32.4	0.95
150	Southwark	London	10,189	32.4	0.95
151	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	6,168	31.9	0.93
152	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	3,870	31.8	0.93
153	Brent	London	11,156	31.6	0.92
154	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	4,712	31.5	0.92
155	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	3,929	31.4	0.92
156	Wyre	Lancashire	3,716	31.3	0.91
157	Croydon	London	12,788	31.2	0.91
158	Sunderland	North East	8,991	31.2	0.91
159	Maidstone	Kent	5,837	31.1	0.91
160	Swindon	South West	7,581	31.1	0.91
161	South Gloucestershire	South West	9,514	31.1	0.91
162	Flintshire	Wales	4,839	31.0	0.91
163	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	13,645	31.0	0.91
164	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	11,473	30.7	0.90
165	Worthing	West Sussex	3,492	30.7	0.90
166	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	2,119	30.7	0.90
167	High Peak	Derbyshire	2,812	30.6	0.89
168	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	3,427	30.5	0.89
169	Enfield	London	9,945	30.4	0.89
170	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	2,993	30.2	0.88
171	South Holland	Lincolnshire	2,993	30.1	0.88
172	Hillingdon	London	9,876	30.0	0.88
173	Ealing	London	11,569	30.0	0.88
174	Runnymede	Surrey	2,759	30.0	0.87
175	Solihull	West Midlands	6,611	29.9	0.87
176	North Devon	Devon	3,024	29.9	0.87
177	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	3,042	29.9	0.87
178	Cheshire East	North West	12,526	29.7	0.87
179	Redbridge	London	9,518	29.6	0.87
180	Spelthorne	Surrey	3,171	29.6	0.86
181	South Ribble	Lancashire	3,426	29.5	0.86
182	Eastleigh	Hampshire	4,202	29.4	0.86
183	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	3,235	29.4	0.86
184	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	4,980	29.2	0.85
185	Arun	West Sussex	4,951	29.1	0.85
186	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,093	29.1	0.85
187	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	2,785	28.8	0.84
188	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	3,674	28.7	0.84
189	Guildford	Surrey	4,327	28.6	0.83
190	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	4,456	28.5	0.83
191	Ashford	Kent	4,002	28.4	0.83
192	Epping Forest	Essex	3,889	28.3	0.83
193	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	4,553	28.2	0.82
194	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	3,293	28.0	0.82
195	Winchester	Hampshire	3,795	28.0	0.82
196	Fylde	Lancashire	2,379	27.8	0.81
197	Fareham	Hampshire	3,184	27.6	0.81
198	Braintree	Essex	4,530	27.6	0.81
199	Monmouthshire	Wales	2,610	27.5	0.80
200	Lichfield	Staffordshire	3,070	27.4	0.80
201	Teignbridge	Devon	3,798	27.4	0.80
202	Gateshead	North East	5,548	27.4	0.80
203	West Suffolk	Suffolk	5,147	27.3	0.80
204	Woking	Surrey	2,870	27.2	0.79
205	Mid Devon	Devon	2,296	27.0	0.79
206	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	11,029	27.0	0.79
207	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	3,654	26.9	0.79
208	Charnwood	Leicestershire	5,051	26.8	0.78
209	Test Valley	Hampshire	3,608	26.7	0.78
210	North Tyneside	North East	5,716	26.6	0.78
211	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	2,210	26.5	0.78
212	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,419	26.5	0.77
213	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	4,198	26.4	0.77
214	Waltham Forest	London	7,359	26.3	0.77
215	Castle Point	Essex	2,381	26.3	0.77
216	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	3,153	26.2	0.77
217	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	1,758	26.2	0.77
218	Torridge	Devon	1,828	26.2	0.76
219	Warwick	Warwickshire	4,044	26.1	0.76
220	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	3,028	26.0	0.76
221	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	3,804	25.9	0.76
222	Rugby	Warwickshire	3,152	25.8	0.75
223	Breckland	Norfolk	3,761	25.7	0.75
224	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	2,927	25.5	0.75
225	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	2,850	25.5	0.74
226	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	2,913	25.5	0.74
227	Havering	London	7,024	25.4	0.74
228	Bracknell Forest	South East	3,320	25.4	0.74
229	Shropshire	West Midlands	8,438	25.4	0.74
230	Wandsworth	London	8,566	25.4	0.74
231	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	4,835	25.4	0.74
232	New Forest	Hampshire	4,450	25.3	0.74
233	Lewes	East Sussex	2,570	25.1	0.73
234	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	4,788	25.1	0.73
235	Melton	Leicestershire	1,353	25.0	0.73
236	Northumberland	North East	8,278	25.0	0.73
237	Sutton	London	5,342	24.9	0.73
238	Rother	East Sussex	2,386	24.8	0.72
239	Brentwood	Essex	1,966	24.8	0.72
240	Wychavon	Worcestershire	3,415	24.7	0.72
241	East Suffolk	Suffolk	6,177	24.7	0.72
242	West Lancashire	Lancashire	3,007	24.6	0.72
243	Blaby	Leicestershire	2,661	24.6	0.72
244	Chichester	West Sussex	3,159	24.5	0.72
245	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,557	24.5	0.72
246	Maldon	Essex	1,688	24.4	0.71
247	Kingston upon Thames	London	4,213	24.4	0.71
248	West Berkshire	South East	4,008	24.3	0.71
249	Bexley	London	6,200	24.2	0.71
250	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	3,787	24.1	0.71
251	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	2,297	24.0	0.70
252	Buckinghamshire	South East	13,838	23.9	0.70
253	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	3,775	23.8	0.69
254	Stroud	Gloucestershire	2,980	23.7	0.69
255	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	2,098	23.4	0.68
256	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	3,198	23.3	0.68
257	Wiltshire	South West	12,190	23.3	0.68
258	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	2,358	23.2	0.68
259	St Albans	Hertfordshire	3,492	23.1	0.68
260	Rochford	Essex	2,070	23.0	0.67
261	Bromley	London	7,659	22.8	0.67
262	Barnet	London	9,244	22.8	0.67
263	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	1,406	22.8	0.67
264	East Devon	Devon	3,587	22.7	0.66
265	North Norfolk	Norfolk	2,333	22.6	0.66
266	Merton	London	4,926	22.5	0.66
267	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	1,863	22.4	0.65
268	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	2,674	22.3	0.65
269	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	2,264	22.2	0.65
270	Adur	West Sussex	1,435	22.1	0.65
271	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	3,286	22.0	0.64
272	Elmbridge	Surrey	3,100	21.8	0.64
273	West Devon	Devon	1,286	21.8	0.64
274	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	1,563	21.8	0.64
275	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	2,632	21.8	0.64
276	South Norfolk	Norfolk	3,222	21.7	0.63
277	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	2,958	21.6	0.63
278	Tandridge	Surrey	1,944	21.5	0.63
279	Babergh	Suffolk	2,081	21.4	0.63
280	Harrow	London	5,806	21.4	0.63
281	South Hams	Devon	1,969	21.4	0.62
282	Uttlesford	Essex	2,023	21.3	0.62
283	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	2,593	21.2	0.62
284	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	3,086	21.1	0.62
285	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	6,658	21.1	0.62
286	Surrey Heath	Surrey	1,989	21.0	0.61
287	East Hampshire	Hampshire	2,733	21.0	0.61
288	Mole Valley	Surrey	1,858	20.9	0.61
289	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	1,870	20.4	0.60
290	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	1,878	20.2	0.59
291	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	1,329	20.2	0.59
292	Sevenoaks	Kent	2,443	19.9	0.58
293	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	3,416	19.8	0.58
294	Hart	Hampshire	1,998	19.4	0.57
295	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	2,134	19.3	0.56
296	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	3,014	19.3	0.56
297	Dorset	South West	7,510	19.3	0.56
298	Isles of Scilly	South West	45	19.0	0.56
299	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	3,010	18.6	0.54
300	Wealden	East Sussex	3,081	18.5	0.54
301	Horsham	West Sussex	2,775	18.3	0.53
302	Broadland	Norfolk	2,502	18.1	0.53
303	Richmond upon Thames	London	3,546	18.0	0.53
304	Harborough	Leicestershire	1,885	18.0	0.53
305	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	2,238	17.7	0.52
306	Rutland	East Midlands	718	17.3	0.51
307	Wokingham	South East	3,229	17.2	0.50
308	Waverley	Surrey	2,265	16.9	0.49

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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