Published burglary rates, England and Wales

Postcode districts ranked by published burglary 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 1,928	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BD1 5,957 residents	38.6	230
2	BS1 18,722 residents	25.7	481
3	SR1 5,100 residents	25.5	130
4	S1 10,770 residents	19.0	205
5	NG1 16,554 residents	18.4	305
6	DN1 9,711 residents	17.8	173
7	W1H 5,937 residents	17.0	101
8	L1 11,568 residents	16.4	190
9	DN31 9,310 residents	16.3	152
10	NE1 13,362 residents	16.3	218
11	YO1 6,037 residents	16.1	97
12	LS2 11,906 residents	15.1	180
13	LE1 18,760 residents	14.8	278
14	TS1 16,694 residents	14.0	233
15	BS2 19,435 residents	13.8	269
16	BD4 32,597 residents	13.8	449
17	TS6 30,381 residents	13.4	407
18	W2 44,611 residents	13.2	588
19	BB11 25,004 residents	12.5	313
20	B5 13,112 residents	12.4	163

Lowest published rates

Rank of 1,928	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1928	GU52 18,822 residents	0.2	3
1927	OX44 8,131 residents	0.4	3
1926	SA67 7,495 residents	0.4	3
1925	IP5 19,659 residents	0.5	9
1924	GU47 18,996 residents	0.5	9
1923	TR8 10,896 residents	0.6	6
1922	PL18 5,270 residents	0.6	3
1921	SA3 25,348 residents	0.6	15
1920	LA18 8,312 residents	0.6	5
1919	NR18 21,228 residents	0.6	13
1918	YO42 16,250 residents	0.6	10
1917	SN25 44,354 residents	0.6	28
1916	TR10 12,626 residents	0.6	8
1915	SO53 32,014 residents	0.7	21
1914	DT5 13,548 residents	0.7	9
1913	HP27 13,329 residents	0.7	9
1912	NR25 8,758 residents	0.7	6
1911	PL7 31,336 residents	0.7	22
1910	PL19 17,027 residents	0.7	12
1909	EX38 8,418 residents	0.7	6

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