Council areas

Crime rate by council area in England and Wales

301 council areas ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, September 2025 to August 2026, as each council area's page shows them. 16 more are listed under Not ranked, with the reason each one's page gives.

Updated October 2026.

London boroughs

Ranked by published crime rate

This ranks rates, not safety. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit and few live, which is why the City of London and Westminster lead the table. Each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, so counts near a boundary are indicative, and police locations are approximate. How this ranking is built.

Rank of 301	Council area	Per 1,000	Records
1	City of London 8,582 residents	1,103.4	9,469
2	Westminster 204,152 residents	422.3	86,205
3	Camden 210,149 residents	222.7	46,799
4	Middlesbrough 143,858 residents	203.1	29,217
5	Islington 216,477 residents	190.7	41,286
6	Blackpool 141,106 residents	187.2	26,419
7	Hartlepool 92,336 residents	173.9	16,060
8	Kensington and Chelsea 143,419 residents	173.3	24,853
9	Southwark 307,605 residents	162.2	49,888
10	Lincoln 103,760 residents	160.9	16,697
11	Nottingham 323,553 residents	160.3	51,869
12	Tower Hamlets 310,386 residents	156.2	48,480
13	Bristol 472,809 residents	155.4	73,460
14	Lambeth 317,748 residents	151.8	48,246
15	Stockton-on-Tees 196,590 residents	151.8	29,834
16	Blaenau Gwent 66,895 residents	150.6	10,075
17	Hackney 258,858 residents	150.0	38,833
18	Burnley 94,542 residents	148.4	14,029
19	Stoke-on-Trent 258,305 residents	146.8	37,909
20	Hastings 90,978 residents	146.0	13,282
21	Newport 159,556 residents	145.4	23,197
22	Newham 351,030 residents	144.7	50,785
23	Eastbourne 101,677 residents	143.9	14,630
24	Hammersmith and Fulham 183,144 residents	143.4	26,260
25	Liverpool 485,962 residents	142.5	69,272
26	Kingston upon Hull 266,885 residents	142.2	37,942
27	Preston 147,864 residents	140.4	20,765
28	Derby 261,343 residents	140.3	36,660
29	North East Lincolnshire 156,897 residents	140.0	21,968
30	Southampton 248,878 residents	139.3	34,676
31	Redcar and Cleveland 136,617 residents	138.5	18,918
32	Doncaster 308,113 residents	136.7	42,113
33	Crawley 118,522 residents	135.3	16,038
34	Haringey 264,766 residents	133.0	35,205
35	Bradford 546,505 residents	132.7	72,547
36	Darlington 107,711 residents	131.7	14,185
37	Peterborough 215,748 residents	130.8	28,227
38	Leeds 811,996 residents	130.2	105,729
39	Hyndburn 82,163 residents	130.1	10,691
40	Leicester 368,640 residents	129.0	47,567
41	Portsmouth 207,979 residents	128.9	26,799
42	Birmingham 1,144,664 residents	128.3	146,827
43	Brighton and Hove 277,104 residents	128.1	35,501
44	Hillingdon 305,892 residents	128.0	39,169
45	Torfaen 92,235 residents	127.6	11,770
46	Newcastle upon Tyne 300,132 residents	127.0	38,127
47	Norwich 143,940 residents	126.3	18,186
48	Chesterfield 103,598 residents	125.2	12,966
49	County Durham 521,996 residents	124.3	64,859
50	Brent 340,009 residents	124.0	42,164
51	Lewisham 300,541 residents	123.2	37,037
52	Stevenage 89,485 residents	122.0	10,920
53	Wakefield 353,397 residents	121.5	42,930
54	Mansfield 110,413 residents	120.2	13,277
55	Ealing 367,117 residents	118.9	43,650
56	Sheffield 556,586 residents	118.4	65,925
57	Calderdale 206,660 residents	118.3	24,450
58	Cardiff 362,371 residents	118.1	42,801
59	Reading 174,156 residents	117.8	20,515
60	Southend-on-Sea 180,718 residents	117.6	21,244
61	Harlow 93,242 residents	117.3	10,939
62	Thanet 140,546 residents	117.3	16,482
63	Rotherham 265,836 residents	116.5	30,978
64	Watford 102,174 residents	116.4	11,894
65	Greenwich 289,229 residents	116.1	33,590
66	Worcester 103,930 residents	115.5	12,000
67	Blackburn with Darwen 154,818 residents	115.4	17,863
68	Exeter 130,669 residents	114.8	15,004
69	Dartford 116,756 residents	114.4	13,358
70	Cambridge 145,511 residents	114.0	16,589
71	Great Yarmouth 99,720 residents	113.8	11,352
72	Nuneaton and Bedworth 134,217 residents	113.7	15,260
73	Hounslow 288,270 residents	113.4	32,700
74	Denbighshire 95,747 residents	113.4	10,855
75	Plymouth 264,467 residents	112.8	29,824
76	Enfield 329,912 residents	110.9	36,602
77	Canterbury 157,343 residents	110.9	17,455
78	Barnsley 244,388 residents	110.7	27,048
79	Barking and Dagenham 218,895 residents	110.6	24,215
80	Boston 70,487 residents	110.4	7,782
81	Oxford 162,085 residents	109.9	17,813
82	Merthyr Tydfil 58,898 residents	109.6	6,453
83	Torbay 139,378 residents	109.3	15,238
84	Slough 158,465 residents	109.2	17,304
85	Croydon 390,843 residents	108.5	42,394
86	Walsall 284,307 residents	108.2	30,765
87	Caerphilly 175,984 residents	107.3	18,881
88	Medway 279,820 residents	107.1	29,958
89	Milton Keynes 287,056 residents	106.9	30,691
90	Sandwell 341,607 residents	106.5	36,398
91	Wolverhampton 263,860 residents	106.0	27,967
92	Conwy 114,732 residents	105.7	12,130
93	Waltham Forest 278,467 residents	105.6	29,404
94	South Tyneside 147,758 residents	105.4	15,579
95	Thurrock 175,965 residents	104.1	18,321
96	Coventry 346,177 residents	104.0	35,989
97	Worthing 111,378 residents	103.7	11,553
98	Swale 151,809 residents	103.6	15,728
99	Wrexham 134,976 residents	102.9	13,894
100	Ashfield 126,341 residents	102.9	13,002
101	Sunderland 274,254 residents	102.8	28,194
102	Bassetlaw 117,819 residents	102.6	12,084
103	Basildon 187,551 residents	101.4	19,010
104	Wandsworth 327,509 residents	101.3	33,190
105	Kirklees 433,261 residents	101.2	43,843
106	Welwyn Hatfield 119,883 residents	101.2	12,130
107	Tendring 148,373 residents	100.7	14,945
108	Ipswich 139,691 residents	100.7	14,067
109	East Lindsey 142,318 residents	100.5	14,298
110	Bedford 185,201 residents	100.5	18,606
111	Colchester 192,707 residents	98.5	18,981
112	Lancaster 142,852 residents	98.5	14,068
113	Redbridge 310,236 residents	98.4	30,539
114	Gateshead 196,054 residents	98.3	19,280
115	Luton 225,332 residents	98.1	22,095
116	Broxbourne 98,908 residents	97.8	9,673
117	St. Helens 183,140 residents	97.7	17,898
118	Knowsley 154,593 residents	96.9	14,985
119	Barnet 389,021 residents	96.5	37,534
120	Pendle 95,837 residents	96.2	9,224
121	West Northamptonshire 425,614 residents	96.1	40,912
122	York 202,829 residents	96.0	19,466
123	North Lincolnshire 169,607 residents	95.9	16,268
124	Gravesham 106,925 residents	95.9	10,250
125	Telford and Wrekin 185,603 residents	93.8	17,415
126	Halton 128,509 residents	93.5	12,019
127	Somerset 571,339 residents	93.4	53,362
128	Fenland 102,556 residents	93.3	9,571
129	Maidstone 175,740 residents	93.3	16,400
130	Bath and North East Somerset 193,452 residents	93.1	18,015
131	Erewash 112,836 residents	93.0	10,492
132	Havering 262,042 residents	92.9	24,344
133	Ceredigion 71,498 residents	92.5	6,617
134	North Tyneside 208,937 residents	92.3	19,276
135	Pembrokeshire 123,307 residents	91.9	11,329
136	Arun 164,850 residents	91.8	15,129
137	Newcastle-under-Lyme 123,460 residents	91.3	11,271
138	North Northamptonshire 359,559 residents	91.2	32,788
139	Swansea 238,447 residents	91.2	21,742
140	Hertsmere 107,835 residents	91.0	9,810
141	Gwynedd 117,463 residents	90.9	10,672
142	Dover 116,386 residents	90.4	10,516
143	Runnymede 88,007 residents	90.2	7,940
144	Havant 124,104 residents	90.1	11,182
145	Spelthorne 102,986 residents	90.0	9,269
146	Kingston upon Thames 168,131 residents	89.8	15,106
147	Rossendale 70,813 residents	89.8	6,357
148	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 400,227 residents	89.7	35,917
149	Solihull 216,308 residents	89.4	19,347
150	North Somerset 216,703 residents	89.4	19,368
151	Cannock Chase 100,618 residents	89.1	8,968
152	Wyre Forest 101,570 residents	88.9	9,025
153	Dacorum 155,069 residents	88.8	13,769
154	Redditch 87,061 residents	88.6	7,715
155	Bolsover 80,252 residents	88.1	7,069
156	Folkestone and Hythe 109,851 residents	87.8	9,648
157	Carmarthenshire 187,894 residents	87.7	16,481
158	Chelmsford 181,602 residents	87.6	15,911
159	Rhondda Cynon Taf 237,673 residents	87.5	20,803
160	Warwick 147,409 residents	87.5	12,897
161	Sefton 279,305 residents	87.4	24,422
162	Bromley 329,556 residents	87.4	28,796
163	Newark and Sherwood 123,051 residents	86.9	10,697
164	Epsom and Ewell 80,830 residents	86.8	7,017
165	West Lindsey 95,074 residents	86.3	8,208
166	Bridgend 145,448 residents	85.7	12,467
167	Swindon 233,438 residents	85.4	19,944
168	Guildford 143,694 residents	85.2	12,247
169	Stafford 136,767 residents	85.0	11,627
170	Harrow 261,051 residents	84.7	22,100
171	Cumberland 273,263 residents	84.4	23,068
172	Chichester 124,187 residents	84.3	10,466
173	Amber Valley 126,194 residents	84.2	10,624
174	Isle of Wight 140,577 residents	84.2	11,831
175	Broxtowe 110,922 residents	83.5	9,262
176	South Holland 95,058 residents	83.0	7,890
177	Rushmoor 99,716 residents	83.0	8,274
178	Neath Port Talbot 142,321 residents	82.9	11,795
179	Tamworth 78,698 residents	82.9	6,522
180	Wyre 111,772 residents	82.6	9,230
181	South Gloucestershire 290,088 residents	82.6	23,950
182	Dudley 323,602 residents	82.3	26,643
183	Bexley 246,512 residents	82.2	20,271
184	East Staffordshire 123,966 residents	82.1	10,182
185	Ashford 132,753 residents	82.1	10,894
186	Charnwood 183,831 residents	81.9	15,054
187	Monmouthshire 92,939 residents	81.5	7,578
188	Wirral 320,132 residents	81.3	26,027
189	North Warwickshire 64,912 residents	81.0	5,258
190	St Albans 148,141 residents	80.7	11,949
191	Chorley 117,674 residents	80.5	9,477
192	Northumberland 320,575 residents	80.3	25,757
193	Gosport 81,980 residents	80.3	6,581
194	South Ribble 110,971 residents	80.1	8,884
195	Sutton 209,561 residents	78.8	16,510
196	Powys 133,243 residents	77.7	10,351
197	Epping Forest 135,006 residents	77.2	10,417
198	Flintshire 155,025 residents	76.8	11,905
199	South Kesteven 143,473 residents	76.7	11,002
200	Brentwood 76,991 residents	76.4	5,879
201	Cheshire West and Chester 357,059 residents	76.3	27,252
202	Rugby 114,295 residents	76.3	8,715
203	Warrington 210,943 residents	76.2	16,069
204	Cherwell 161,020 residents	75.8	12,206
205	Merton 215,411 residents	75.6	16,290
206	Lewes 99,761 residents	75.5	7,530
207	Vale of Glamorgan 131,937 residents	75.3	9,932
208	North West Leicestershire 104,778 residents	75.1	7,872
209	Rother 93,119 residents	75.0	6,982
210	Reigate and Banstead 150,929 residents	74.4	11,224
211	Fylde 81,359 residents	74.1	6,025
212	Blaby 102,897 residents	73.7	7,585
213	Woking 103,909 residents	73.6	7,649
214	Richmond upon Thames 195,257 residents	73.6	14,373
215	Isle of Anglesey 68,836 residents	73.4	5,053
216	Westmorland and Furness 226,571 residents	73.1	16,566
217	Basingstoke and Deane 185,122 residents	73.1	13,535
218	High Peak 90,913 residents	73.0	6,638
219	Cornwall 570,238 residents	72.7	41,483
220	North East Derbyshire 102,132 residents	72.4	7,397
221	North Devon 98,637 residents	72.1	7,114
222	Gedling 117,410 residents	71.8	8,428
223	East Hertfordshire 150,328 residents	71.4	10,729
224	Huntingdonshire 180,876 residents	71.3	12,895
225	Lichfield 106,537 residents	71.2	7,589
226	Adur 64,541 residents	71.1	4,591
227	Tandridge 87,840 residents	71.0	6,234
228	Cheshire East 398,900 residents	70.5	28,134
229	Tonbridge and Malling 132,057 residents	70.1	9,262
230	Tunbridge Wells 115,369 residents	70.0	8,075
231	Melton 51,724 residents	69.6	3,600
232	Stratford-on-Avon 134,704 residents	69.6	9,370
233	Eastleigh 136,400 residents	69.1	9,430
234	Three Rivers 93,900 residents	69.0	6,483
235	Bracknell Forest 124,453 residents	68.9	8,579
236	North Hertfordshire 133,208 residents	68.8	9,161
237	Hinckley and Bosworth 113,652 residents	68.0	7,725
238	Wychavon 132,364 residents	67.9	8,983
239	Staffordshire Moorlands 95,829 residents	67.7	6,485
240	South Derbyshire 107,256 residents	67.7	7,257
241	North Yorkshire 615,651 residents	67.5	41,549
242	Windsor and Maidenhead 153,557 residents	67.4	10,348
243	King's Lynn and West Norfolk 154,114 residents	66.7	10,272
244	Mole Valley 87,370 residents	66.6	5,820
245	West Berkshire 161,476 residents	66.5	10,733
246	Winchester 127,436 residents	65.8	8,387
247	Central Bedfordshire 294,171 residents	65.6	19,291
248	Braintree 155,330 residents	65.5	10,175
249	Oadby and Wigston 57,855 residents	64.9	3,755
250	East Riding of Yorkshire 342,236 residents	64.8	22,170
251	Buckinghamshire 553,137 residents	64.7	35,778
252	Mid Sussex 152,598 residents	64.5	9,841
253	Surrey Heath 90,420 residents	64.5	5,828
254	Uttlesford 91,353 residents	64.4	5,881
255	West Lancashire 117,347 residents	64.0	7,509
256	Sevenoaks 120,582 residents	63.9	7,711
257	East Cambridgeshire 87,845 residents	63.8	5,607
258	Test Valley 130,598 residents	63.4	8,274
259	Castle Point 89,519 residents	63.1	5,652
260	South Cambridgeshire 162,261 residents	62.8	10,184
261	Herefordshire 187,092 residents	62.7	11,737
262	Elmbridge 138,733 residents	62.7	8,702
263	West Suffolk 179,849 residents	62.4	11,227
264	Wiltshire 510,110 residents	62.2	31,713
265	Bromsgrove 99,134 residents	62.0	6,143
266	Fareham 114,489 residents	61.6	7,057
267	South Staffordshire 110,507 residents	61.2	6,760
268	Teignbridge 134,763 residents	60.9	8,202
269	Breckland 141,398 residents	60.3	8,529
270	Mid Devon 82,934 residents	59.6	4,939
271	Shropshire 323,674 residents	59.4	19,220
272	Horsham 146,747 residents	58.7	8,615
273	Rushcliffe 119,069 residents	58.6	6,973
274	New Forest 175,789 residents	58.4	10,269
275	Malvern Hills 79,615 residents	58.3	4,644
276	East Suffolk 246,066 residents	58.2	14,330
277	Vale of White Horse 139,027 residents	57.1	7,938
278	North Kesteven 118,173 residents	56.9	6,725
279	Wealden 160,201 residents	56.8	9,096
280	Torridge 68,115 residents	56.6	3,857
281	Derbyshire Dales 71,530 residents	55.9	3,999
282	Harborough 97,674 residents	55.6	5,426
283	Dorset 379,618 residents	55.5	21,081
284	Ribble Valley 61,757 residents	54.1	3,338
285	Rochford 85,707 residents	53.8	4,615
286	Maldon 66,230 residents	53.3	3,527
287	South Norfolk 141,911 residents	52.0	7,373
288	West Oxfordshire 114,236 residents	51.9	5,930
289	North Norfolk 103,003 residents	51.8	5,334
290	South Oxfordshire 149,017 residents	49.7	7,410
291	East Devon 150,752 residents	49.3	7,434
292	South Hams 88,693 residents	48.8	4,330
293	East Hampshire 125,774 residents	48.6	6,109
294	Babergh 92,223 residents	48.5	4,470
295	Rutland 41,013 residents	47.6	1,952
296	Wokingham 177,770 residents	47.5	8,448
297	Waverley 128,032 residents	46.3	5,925
298	West Devon 57,074 residents	46.0	2,625
299	Hart 99,485 residents	45.8	4,558
300	Mid Suffolk 102,661 residents	44.4	4,563
301	Broadland 131,673 residents	42.5	5,594

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These council areas' pages show no rate, for the reason each page gives:

Bolton: The Bolton council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Bury: The Bury council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Cheltenham: At least one month is missing from the last 12 months of published records here, so no rate is shown for a full year.
Cotswold: Cotswold council area is policed by Gloucestershire Constabulary, and our tables hold its records for only 5 of these 12 months. Counted against all of Cotswold council area's residents, its records would understate the rate, so no rate is shown.
Forest of Dean: Forest of Dean council area is policed by Gloucestershire Constabulary, and our tables hold its records for only 5 of these 12 months. Counted against all of Forest of Dean council area's residents, its records would understate the rate, so no rate is shown.
Gloucester: Gloucester council area is policed by Gloucestershire Constabulary, and our tables hold its records for only 5 of these 12 months. Counted against all of Gloucester council area's residents, its records would understate the rate, so no rate is shown.
Manchester: The Manchester council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Oldham: The Oldham council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Rochdale: The Rochdale council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Salford: The Salford council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Stockport: The Stockport council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Stroud: Stroud council area is policed by Gloucestershire Constabulary, and our tables hold its records for only 5 of these 12 months. Counted against all of Stroud council area's residents, its records would understate the rate, so no rate is shown.
Tameside: The Tameside council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Tewkesbury: Tewkesbury council area is policed by Gloucestershire Constabulary, and our tables hold its records for only 5 of these 12 months. Counted against all of Tewkesbury council area's residents, its records would understate the rate, so no rate is shown.
Trafford: The Trafford council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.
Wigan: The Wigan council area is policed by Greater Manchester Police. Greater Manchester Police published no street-level crime records on data.police.uk for September 2025 to August 2026.

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