England and Wales

England and Wales crime statistics

Published street-crime records from the 43 police forces of England and Wales, on data.police.uk. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not included.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 5,718,033 street-crime records for England and Wales from September 2025 to August 2026, an incomplete total with 2 of 43 forces missing months. Police locations are approximate.

Our tables hold no street-level crime records from Gloucestershire Constabulary for February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026, August 2026, so its area is not counted in those months. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026, so its area is not counted. No England and Wales rate is shown, because these figures do not cover every force for every month of this window. The methodology lists the months each force is missing.

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Month by month

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Month	Street-crime records	Forces with no records
September 2025	468,997	Greater Manchester Police
October 2025	488,336	Greater Manchester Police
November 2025	461,874	Greater Manchester Police
December 2025	443,767	Greater Manchester Police
January 2026	429,757	Greater Manchester Police
February 2026	415,788	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
March 2026	479,300	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
April 2026	473,324	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
May 2026	503,429	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
June 2026	501,996	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
July 2026	541,349	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police
August 2026	510,116	Gloucestershire Constabulary, Greater Manchester Police

Crime categories

Each category's share of the street-crime records above.

Category	Records	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,030,789	35.5%
Anti-social behaviour	900,456	15.7%
Shoplifting	500,091	8.7%
Criminal damage and arson	399,472	7.0%
Public order	395,181	6.9%
Other theft	381,921	6.7%
Vehicle crime	292,883	5.1%
Burglary	210,250	3.7%
Drugs	194,239	3.4%
Other crime	126,756	2.2%
Theft from the person	98,850	1.7%
Robbery	80,623	1.4%
Possession of weapons	57,625	1.0%
Bicycle theft	48,897	0.9%

Police force areas ranked by published crime rate

Published street-crime records per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, each force's last 12 published months, as each force's page shows them. This ranks rates, not safety: a residents-only rate reads high where many people visit and few live, such as a city centre. How this ranking is built. For every force in alphabetical order, see crime by police force area.

Rank of 42	Police force area	Per 1,000	Records
1	City of London Police 8,582 residents	1,041.5	8,938
2	Cleveland Police 569,401 residents	164.7	93,793
3	Metropolitan Police 8,791,196 residents	127.5	1,120,687
4	South Yorkshire Police 1,374,923 residents	127.4	175,097
5	Durham Constabulary 629,707 residents	126.7	79,799
6	West Yorkshire Police 2,351,819 residents	123.8	291,060
7	Gwent Police 587,609 residents	123.5	72,570
8	Avon and Somerset Police 1,744,391 residents	113.1	197,239
9	Nottinghamshire Police 1,148,578 residents	111.0	127,538
10	Lancashire Constabulary 1,530,875 residents	110.7	169,448
11	West Midlands Police 2,920,525 residents	110.5	322,592
12	Merseyside Police 1,423,132 residents	107.1	152,440
13	Humberside Police 935,625 residents	105.2	98,444
14	Northumbria Police 1,447,710 residents	104.1	150,757
15	Sussex Police 1,705,663 residents	99.4	169,546
16	Derbyshire Constabulary 1,056,054 residents	98.8	104,296
17	South Wales Police 1,317,095 residents	97.9	128,910
18	Staffordshire Police 1,134,687 residents	95.8	108,651
19	Cambridgeshire Constabulary 894,797 residents	95.7	85,663
20	Kent Police 1,855,937 residents	95.4	176,993
21	Northamptonshire Police 785,173 residents	95.3	74,789
22	Lincolnshire Police 768,343 residents	93.9	72,131
23	North Wales Police 686,779 residents	93.7	64,341
24	Leicestershire Police 1,122,064 residents	92.6	103,860
25	Hertfordshire Constabulary 1,198,931 residents	91.4	109,603
26	Gloucestershire Constabulary 645,117 residents	90.7	58,485
27	Essex Police 1,860,294 residents	89.7	166,778
28	Bedfordshire Police 704,704 residents	88.9	62,619
29	Warwickshire Police 595,537 residents	87.2	51,943
30	Dyfed-Powys Police 515,942 residents	84.9	43,805
31	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary 1,998,327 residents	83.4	166,681
32	Devon and Cornwall Police 1,787,771 residents	81.8	146,269
33	Cumbria Constabulary 499,834 residents	79.6	39,765
34	Thames Valley Police 2,515,455 residents	78.4	197,321
35	West Mercia Police 1,300,043 residents	78.1	101,482
36	Cheshire Constabulary 1,095,411 residents	76.1	83,314
37	North Yorkshire Police 818,480 residents	74.8	61,231
38	Norfolk Constabulary 915,759 residents	74.3	68,068
39	Surrey Police 1,202,750 residents	73.6	88,515
40	Dorset Police 779,845 residents	73.1	56,996
41	Wiltshire Police 743,548 residents	69.6	51,761
42	Suffolk Constabulary 760,490 residents	64.8	49,261
–	Greater Manchester Police	Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026, so no rate is shown.

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How these figures differ from official crime statistics

The figures on this page cover September 2025 to August 2026. For the official statistics, see the Office for National Statistics' latest Crime in England and Wales bulletin. It counts crime differently, over a year that can end in a different month, so its totals will not match these. Its two main measures are:

Police recorded crime: the crimes recorded by the 43 forces and British Transport Police, grouped by offence. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately from the crime total, while the figures on this page include it.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales, which asks people about crimes they experienced, whether or not they reported them. ONS calls it the best way to track long-term trends in common crimes such as theft.

The bulletin also reports fraud and computer misuse, from Report Fraud (formerly Action Fraud). data.police.uk publishes no fraud or computer misuse offences, so the figures on this page include none.

Limits to keep in mind

Police locations are approximate.
These figures add up the 43 police forces of England and Wales. British Transport Police and Northern Ireland are left out.
Our tables hold no street-level crime records from Gloucestershire Constabulary for February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026, August 2026, so its area is not counted in those months.
Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026, so its area is not counted.
No England and Wales rate is shown, because these figures do not cover every force for every month of this window.
Street-crime records are recorded crime and anti-social behaviour published by the police, not all crime experienced. Recent months may be revised.

Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How these figures are built.

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