Published crime rates, England and Wales

Postcode districts ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 1,925	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BD1 5,957 residents	1,154.8	6,879
2	L1 11,568 residents	915.2	10,587
3	YO1 6,037 residents	891.8	5,384
4	NE1 13,362 residents	702.9	9,392
5	NG1 16,554 residents	701.0	11,605
6	BS1 18,722 residents	681.2	12,753
7	S1 10,770 residents	633.9	6,827
8	SR1 5,100 residents	627.5	3,200
9	LE1 18,760 residents	622.8	11,684
10	DN1 9,711 residents	614.1	5,964
11	DE1 16,424 residents	579.3	9,515
12	W1H 5,937 residents	573.9	3,407
13	B4 6,976 residents	491.8	3,431
14	DN31 9,310 residents	449.2	4,182
15	CF10 17,423 residents	433.7	7,557
16	TS1 16,694 residents	413.3	6,899
17	WR1 10,413 residents	399.9	4,164
18	LS2 11,906 residents	397.5	4,733
19	FY1 34,442 residents	373.1	12,850
20	B5 13,112 residents	364.7	4,782

Lowest published rates

Rank of 1,925	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1925	RG29 7,075 residents	17.4	123
1924	GL19 9,690 residents	18.4	178
1923	GU52 18,822 residents	19.2	362
1922	SO53 32,014 residents	20.4	654
1921	CF71 9,587 residents	21.4	205
1920	DE72 20,438 residents	22.3	455
1919	RG20 19,886 residents	22.6	449
1918	YO61 14,682 residents	23.1	339
1917	OX44 8,131 residents	23.9	194
1916	RG18 19,998 residents	24.3	486
1915	NR15 16,124 residents	24.4	393
1914	GU47 18,996 residents	24.7	469
1913	RG41 32,111 residents	24.7	793
1912	CH61 17,135 residents	24.8	425
1911	TF5 5,074 residents	25.0	127
1910	DE45 8,049 residents	25.3	204
1909	S32 5,609 residents	25.5	143
1908	DE56 39,392 residents	25.9	1,022
1907	HP27 13,329 residents	26.0	346
1906	BH31 13,642 residents	26.2	357

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How these rates are built: methodology and what a postcode district crime page shows.