Council areas

London boroughs by crime rate

33 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.

Updated October 2026.

All council areas in England and Wales

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 33	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	Islington 216,477 residents	190.7	41,286
5	Kensington and Chelsea 143,419 residents	173.3	24,853
6	Southwark 307,605 residents	162.2	49,888
7	Tower Hamlets 310,386 residents	156.2	48,480
8	Lambeth 317,748 residents	151.8	48,246
9	Hackney 258,858 residents	150.0	38,833
10	Newham 351,030 residents	144.7	50,785
11	Hammersmith and Fulham 183,144 residents	143.4	26,260
12	Haringey 264,766 residents	133.0	35,205
13	Hillingdon 305,892 residents	128.0	39,169
14	Brent 340,009 residents	124.0	42,164
15	Lewisham 300,541 residents	123.2	37,037
16	Ealing 367,117 residents	118.9	43,650
17	Greenwich 289,229 residents	116.1	33,590
18	Hounslow 288,270 residents	113.4	32,700
19	Enfield 329,912 residents	110.9	36,602
20	Barking and Dagenham 218,895 residents	110.6	24,215
21	Croydon 390,843 residents	108.5	42,394
22	Waltham Forest 278,467 residents	105.6	29,404
23	Wandsworth 327,509 residents	101.3	33,190
24	Redbridge 310,236 residents	98.4	30,539
25	Barnet 389,021 residents	96.5	37,534
26	Havering 262,042 residents	92.9	24,344
27	Kingston upon Thames 168,131 residents	89.8	15,106
28	Bromley 329,556 residents	87.4	28,796
29	Harrow 261,051 residents	84.7	22,100
30	Bexley 246,512 residents	82.2	20,271
31	Sutton 209,561 residents	78.8	16,510
32	Merton 215,411 residents	75.6	16,290
33	Richmond upon Thames 195,257 residents	73.6	14,373

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For one council area's months, categories and trend, open its page from the table or from crime by council area. For all 43 forces added up, see England and Wales crime statistics.