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 August 2026.

Ranked by violence and sexual offences per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 34.2; 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	1,476	97.7	2.85
2	Blackpool	North West	11,027	76.5	2.23
3	Westminster	London	12,919	61.5	1.80
4	Middlesbrough	North East	9,448	60.5	1.77
5	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,283	55.5	1.62
6	Derby	East Midlands	15,106	55.1	1.61
7	Hartlepool	North East	5,377	54.8	1.60
8	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	30,401	53.9	1.58
9	Birmingham	West Midlands	62,950	53.2	1.55
10	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	5,475	52.1	1.52
11	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	3,494	51.5	1.50
12	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	13,911	51.4	1.50
13	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,208	51.3	1.50
14	Nottingham	East Midlands	16,834	50.8	1.49
15	Bristol, City of	South West	25,105	50.8	1.48
16	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	5,366	50.6	1.48
17	Liverpool	North West	25,661	50.4	1.47
18	Burnley	Lancashire	4,924	49.6	1.45
19	Southampton	South East	12,709	49.0	1.43
20	Plymouth	South West	13,313	48.9	1.43
21	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,946	48.8	1.43
22	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	4,906	48.8	1.43
23	Portsmouth	South East	10,440	48.7	1.42
24	Hyndburn	Lancashire	4,170	48.5	1.42
25	Denbighshire	Wales	4,756	48.4	1.41
26	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	9,961	48.2	1.41
27	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	8,888	48.0	1.40
28	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,044	47.6	1.39
29	Torbay	South West	6,651	47.5	1.39
30	Peterborough	East of England	10,561	47.2	1.38
31	Newport	Wales	7,913	47.1	1.38
32	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	39,816	47.1	1.38
33	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	4,288	46.7	1.37
34	Norwich	Norfolk	6,775	46.0	1.34
35	Thanet	Kent	6,540	45.8	1.34
36	Preston	Lancashire	7,463	45.8	1.34
37	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,585	45.6	1.33
38	Hastings	East Sussex	4,155	45.5	1.33
39	Sandwell	West Midlands	16,098	45.5	1.33
40	Torfaen	Wales	4,213	44.8	1.31
41	Exeter	Devon	6,132	44.3	1.29
42	Harlow	Essex	4,352	44.3	1.29
43	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	12,364	44.0	1.28
44	Leicester	East Midlands	17,043	43.9	1.28
45	Tendring	Essex	6,849	43.7	1.28
46	Conwy	Wales	4,989	43.4	1.27
47	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	6,039	43.4	1.27
48	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	7,034	43.3	1.26
49	Pembrokeshire	Wales	5,416	43.1	1.26
50	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	4,792	42.4	1.24
51	Walsall	West Midlands	12,511	42.3	1.24
52	Eastbourne	East Sussex	4,394	42.1	1.23
53	Worcester	Worcestershire	4,470	41.9	1.22
54	Crawley	West Sussex	5,136	41.4	1.21
55	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	2,442	41.4	1.21
56	Halton	North West	5,434	41.3	1.21
57	County Durham	North East	22,088	41.1	1.20
58	Ipswich	Suffolk	5,726	40.8	1.19
59	Caerphilly	Wales	7,192	40.7	1.19
60	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,205	40.7	1.19
61	Colchester	Essex	8,126	40.6	1.19
62	Coventry	West Midlands	14,873	40.3	1.18
63	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,140	40.3	1.18
64	Boston	Lincolnshire	2,857	40.2	1.17
65	Islington	London	8,920	40.0	1.17
66	Slough	South East	6,671	39.9	1.16
67	Darlington	North East	4,476	39.8	1.16
68	St. Helens	North West	7,509	39.8	1.16
69	Reading	South East	7,256	39.7	1.16
70	Carmarthenshire	Wales	7,517	39.4	1.15
71	Basildon	Essex	7,607	39.3	1.15
72	Milton Keynes	South East	11,963	39.1	1.14
73	Camden	London	8,465	39.0	1.14
74	Cumberland	North West	10,894	38.8	1.13
75	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	7,580	38.7	1.13
76	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	4,020	38.6	1.13
77	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,707	38.6	1.13
78	Erewash	Derbyshire	4,404	38.5	1.13
79	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	5,535	38.1	1.11
80	Somerset	South West	22,425	38.1	1.11
81	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	9,241	38.1	1.11
82	Wrexham	Wales	5,246	37.9	1.11
83	Havant	Hampshire	4,798	37.8	1.10
84	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,990	37.8	1.10
85	Isle of Wight	South East	5,333	37.6	1.10
86	Medway	South East	10,940	37.4	1.09
87	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,404	37.4	1.09
88	Knowsley	North West	6,068	37.3	1.09
89	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	3,908	37.3	1.09
90	Lewisham	London	11,212	37.2	1.09
91	Pendle	Lancashire	3,689	37.0	1.08
92	Watford	Hertfordshire	3,953	36.9	1.08
93	Redditch	Worcestershire	3,239	36.9	1.08
94	Brighton and Hove	South East	10,366	36.5	1.07
95	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	5,220	36.4	1.06
96	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	4,646	36.4	1.06
97	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	5,145	36.3	1.06
98	Oxford	Oxfordshire	6,031	36.3	1.06
99	Bridgend	Wales	5,357	36.3	1.06
100	Tower Hamlets	London	11,968	36.1	1.05
101	Barking and Dagenham	London	8,377	36.0	1.05
102	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	4,659	36.0	1.05
103	Lambeth	London	11,391	35.9	1.05
104	Canterbury	Kent	5,804	35.8	1.05
105	Sefton	North West	10,211	35.7	1.04
106	North Somerset	South West	8,002	35.6	1.04
107	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	4,631	35.5	1.04
108	Cardiff	Wales	13,553	35.3	1.03
109	Bolsover	Derbyshire	2,957	35.3	1.03
110	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	4,565	35.2	1.03
111	Thurrock	East of England	6,359	35.1	1.03
112	Lancaster	Lancashire	5,077	35.0	1.02
113	Gwynedd	Wales	4,220	34.9	1.02
114	Stafford	Staffordshire	4,928	34.8	1.02
115	Greenwich	London	10,424	34.8	1.02
116	Kensington and Chelsea	London	5,029	34.8	1.02
117	Swale	Kent	5,506	34.8	1.02
118	Rossendale	Lancashire	2,521	34.5	1.01
119	Gosport	Hampshire	2,851	34.4	1.00
120	Chelmsford	Essex	6,475	34.3	1.00
121	Dudley	West Midlands	11,344	34.2	1.00
122	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	6,446	34.2	1.00
123	Haringey	London	8,999	34.1	1.00
124	Westmorland and Furness	North West	7,827	34.0	0.99
125	Warrington	North West	7,319	34.0	0.99
126	Powys	Wales	4,572	33.9	0.99
127	Swansea	Wales	8,504	33.8	0.99
128	Cornwall	South West	19,731	33.8	0.99
129	Bedford	East of England	6,556	33.6	0.98
130	Wirral	North West	11,029	33.5	0.98
131	Dover	Kent	4,009	33.5	0.98
132	Hackney	London	8,927	33.5	0.98
133	Newham	London	12,523	33.4	0.98
134	Hounslow	London	9,996	33.4	0.98
135	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	12,344	33.2	0.97
136	Chorley	Lancashire	4,006	33.2	0.97
137	Tamworth	Staffordshire	2,685	33.1	0.97
138	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	4,064	33.1	0.97
139	Luton	East of England	7,869	32.9	0.96
140	South Tyneside	North East	4,960	32.8	0.96
141	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	10,436	32.6	0.95
142	Southwark	London	10,216	32.5	0.95
143	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	3,367	32.4	0.95
144	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	6,478	32.4	0.95
145	Ceredigion	Wales	2,343	32.3	0.94
146	Gravesham	Kent	3,558	32.1	0.94
147	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	4,790	32.1	0.94
148	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	3,412	32.0	0.93
149	Dartford	Kent	3,994	31.9	0.93
150	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	3,990	31.9	0.93
151	Brent	London	11,246	31.9	0.93
152	Wyre	Lancashire	3,774	31.8	0.93
153	Maidstone	Kent	5,854	31.2	0.91
154	Croydon	London	12,745	31.1	0.91
155	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	13,677	31.1	0.91
156	Swindon	South West	7,570	31.0	0.91
157	South Gloucestershire	South West	9,475	30.9	0.90
158	Enfield	London	10,109	30.9	0.90
159	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	2,124	30.7	0.90
160	High Peak	Derbyshire	2,824	30.7	0.90
161	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	11,480	30.7	0.90
162	Worthing	West Sussex	3,486	30.6	0.89
163	South Holland	Lincolnshire	3,030	30.5	0.89
164	Hillingdon	London	9,986	30.3	0.89
165	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	3,089	30.3	0.89
166	Ealing	London	11,665	30.2	0.88
167	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	2,998	30.2	0.88
168	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	3,395	30.2	0.88
169	Flintshire	Wales	4,705	30.2	0.88
170	Sunderland	North East	8,709	30.2	0.88
171	Solihull	West Midlands	6,670	30.1	0.88
172	Runnymede	Surrey	2,777	30.1	0.88
173	North Devon	Devon	3,041	30.0	0.88
174	Redbridge	London	9,590	29.9	0.87
175	Rushmoor	Hampshire	3,154	29.8	0.87
176	South Ribble	Lancashire	3,460	29.8	0.87
177	Spelthorne	Surrey	3,167	29.6	0.86
178	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,184	29.5	0.86
179	Cheshire East	North West	12,394	29.4	0.86
180	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	3,238	29.4	0.86
181	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	5,615	29.1	0.85
182	Arun	West Sussex	4,922	28.9	0.85
183	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	3,693	28.9	0.84
184	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	4,915	28.8	0.84
185	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	4,617	28.6	0.84
186	Guildford	Surrey	4,325	28.6	0.83
187	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	4,460	28.6	0.83
188	Ashford	Kent	3,985	28.3	0.83
189	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	2,731	28.3	0.83
190	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	3,306	28.1	0.82
191	Epping Forest	Essex	3,853	28.0	0.82
192	Fylde	Lancashire	2,388	27.9	0.82
193	Monmouthshire	Wales	2,633	27.7	0.81
194	Lichfield	Staffordshire	3,089	27.6	0.81
195	Mid Devon	Devon	2,342	27.6	0.81
196	Teignbridge	Devon	3,811	27.5	0.80
197	Woking	Surrey	2,899	27.4	0.80
198	Braintree	Essex	4,481	27.3	0.80
199	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	11,114	27.2	0.79
200	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	3,682	27.1	0.79
201	Eastleigh	Hampshire	3,861	27.0	0.79
202	Charnwood	Leicestershire	5,082	27.0	0.79
203	West Suffolk	Suffolk	5,066	26.9	0.79
204	Gateshead	North East	5,426	26.8	0.78
205	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,489	26.7	0.78
206	Torridge	Devon	1,861	26.6	0.78
207	Waltham Forest	London	7,426	26.5	0.78
208	Castle Point	Essex	2,404	26.5	0.78
209	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	3,164	26.3	0.77
210	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	2,191	26.3	0.77
211	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	3,867	26.3	0.77
212	Warwick	Warwickshire	4,067	26.3	0.77
213	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	2,999	26.2	0.77
214	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	1,751	26.1	0.76
215	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	4,150	26.1	0.76
216	Breckland	Norfolk	3,795	25.9	0.76
217	North Tyneside	North East	5,522	25.7	0.75
218	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	2,936	25.6	0.75
219	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	2,864	25.6	0.75
220	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	4,875	25.6	0.75
221	Havering	London	7,061	25.6	0.75
222	Shropshire	West Midlands	8,465	25.5	0.74
223	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	2,965	25.4	0.74
224	Lewes	East Sussex	2,598	25.4	0.74
225	Sutton	London	5,438	25.3	0.74
226	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	4,831	25.3	0.74
227	Wandsworth	London	8,525	25.2	0.74
228	Rugby	Warwickshire	3,088	25.2	0.74
229	Fareham	Hampshire	2,901	25.1	0.73
230	Bracknell Forest	South East	3,285	25.1	0.73
231	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,921	25.1	0.73
232	Maldon	Essex	1,728	25.0	0.73
233	East Suffolk	Suffolk	6,234	25.0	0.73
234	Kingston upon Thames	London	4,312	25.0	0.73
235	Chichester	West Sussex	3,214	24.9	0.73
236	West Lancashire	Lancashire	3,030	24.8	0.73
237	Rother	East Sussex	2,378	24.7	0.72
238	Wychavon	Worcestershire	3,401	24.6	0.72
239	Melton	Leicestershire	1,330	24.6	0.72
240	Brentwood	Essex	1,937	24.4	0.71
241	Blaby	Leicestershire	2,640	24.4	0.71
242	Test Valley	Hampshire	3,282	24.3	0.71
243	Bexley	London	6,210	24.2	0.71
244	Northumberland	North East	7,992	24.1	0.70
245	Winchester	Hampshire	3,257	24.0	0.70
246	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	3,766	24.0	0.70
247	Buckinghamshire	South East	13,767	23.8	0.69
248	West Berkshire	South East	3,902	23.6	0.69
249	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	2,264	23.6	0.69
250	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	3,237	23.6	0.69
251	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	3,734	23.5	0.69
252	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	1,439	23.3	0.68
253	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	2,365	23.3	0.68
254	Wiltshire	South West	12,168	23.2	0.68
255	Rochford	Essex	2,083	23.2	0.68
256	Bromley	London	7,754	23.1	0.68
257	New Forest	Hampshire	4,070	23.1	0.68
258	Barnet	London	9,356	23.1	0.67
259	St Albans	Hertfordshire	3,458	22.9	0.67
260	East Devon	Devon	3,622	22.9	0.67
261	North Norfolk	Norfolk	2,351	22.8	0.67
262	Merton	London	4,939	22.6	0.66
263	Adur	West Sussex	1,464	22.6	0.66
264	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	1,866	22.4	0.66
265	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	2,659	22.2	0.65
266	South Norfolk	Norfolk	3,289	22.2	0.65
267	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	1,584	22.1	0.64
268	Elmbridge	Surrey	3,113	21.9	0.64
269	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	3,252	21.8	0.64
270	Harrow	London	5,883	21.7	0.63
271	Babergh	Suffolk	2,095	21.6	0.63
272	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	2,948	21.5	0.63
273	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	2,634	21.5	0.63
274	South Hams	Devon	1,973	21.4	0.63
275	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	2,586	21.4	0.62
276	Uttlesford	Essex	2,033	21.4	0.62
277	Tandridge	Surrey	1,928	21.3	0.62
278	West Devon	Devon	1,254	21.3	0.62
279	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	3,103	21.2	0.62
280	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	6,665	21.1	0.62
281	Surrey Heath	Surrey	1,970	20.8	0.61
282	Mole Valley	Surrey	1,843	20.8	0.61
283	Isles of Scilly	South West	49	20.7	0.61
284	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	1,342	20.4	0.60
285	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	3,475	20.1	0.59
286	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	1,863	20.1	0.59
287	Sevenoaks	Kent	2,440	19.9	0.58
288	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	2,182	19.7	0.58
289	Dorset	South West	7,666	19.7	0.57
290	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	3,031	19.4	0.57
291	East Hampshire	Hampshire	2,462	18.9	0.55
292	Wealden	East Sussex	3,122	18.7	0.55
293	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	3,012	18.6	0.54
294	Horsham	West Sussex	2,795	18.4	0.54
295	Broadland	Norfolk	2,522	18.3	0.53
296	Harborough	Leicestershire	1,905	18.2	0.53
297	Richmond upon Thames	London	3,553	18.1	0.53
298	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	2,284	18.0	0.53
299	Hart	Hampshire	1,787	17.3	0.51
300	Wokingham	South East	3,227	17.2	0.50
301	Rutland	East Midlands	701	16.9	0.49
302	Waverley	Surrey	2,257	16.8	0.49

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