Published crime rates, London (Metropolitan Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors 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 212	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	W1H 5,937 residents	573.5	3,405
2	WC1H 7,247 residents	330.8	2,397
3	SE1 73,148 residents	320.3	23,429
4	SW1W 6,886 residents	288.7	1,988
5	NW1 55,740 residents	268.3	14,953
6	WC1X 7,260 residents	262.9	1,909
7	EC1V 15,294 residents	253.3	3,874
8	W2 44,611 residents	234.7	10,468
9	WC1N 5,836 residents	232.0	1,354
10	KT1 23,657 residents	220.7	5,222
11	SW1P 13,062 residents	211.2	2,759
12	W11 29,183 residents	209.1	6,102
13	E1 79,009 residents	206.6	16,322
14	RM1 23,035 residents	199.8	4,602
15	E8 42,312 residents	197.1	8,341
16	SW9 47,998 residents	194.7	9,347
17	SW3 18,980 residents	192.0	3,644
18	W6 36,370 residents	187.3	6,813
19	SW7 15,131 residents	186.1	2,816
20	N19 35,034 residents	185.4	6,496

Lowest published rates

Rank of 212	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
212	CR5 31,965 residents	43.6	1,393
211	DA5 21,284 residents	45.3	964
210	KT4 29,940 residents	48.6	1,455
209	CR8 33,394 residents	49.5	1,653
208	BR4 19,784 residents	50.0	990
207	DA15 29,732 residents	52.7	1,568
206	SW20 30,524 residents	54.7	1,670
205	KT5 21,084 residents	57.2	1,207
204	TW11 24,426 residents	57.4	1,403
203	RM14 28,048 residents	58.0	1,627
202	N21 24,280 residents	58.2	1,413
201	HA6 23,478 residents	58.4	1,372
200	SM2 31,280 residents	58.9	1,841
199	RM2 13,846 residents	59.0	817
198	TW2 31,666 residents	59.2	1,874
197	TW10 20,172 residents	59.2	1,195
196	UB10 39,173 residents	59.3	2,322
195	DA7 36,111 residents	59.9	2,163
194	HA7 39,330 residents	61.0	2,400
193	IG8 38,085 residents	61.5	2,341

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 720	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	SE1 7 6,984 residents	589.8	4,119
2	SW9 8 6,516 residents	567.4	3,697
3	N1 9 6,224 residents	508.2	3,163
4	CR0 1 11,052 residents	394.9	4,364
5	W2 1 7,618 residents	388.7	2,961
6	SE1 6 7,854 residents	371.0	2,914
7	NW10 7 5,984 residents	332.6	1,990
8	N7 6 7,115 residents	324.2	2,307
9	IG11 8 11,452 residents	309.7	3,547
10	SE15 5 9,614 residents	296.8	2,853
11	E1 1 7,005 residents	294.9	2,066
12	W12 8 9,268 residents	294.6	2,730
13	HA9 0 8,662 residents	291.5	2,525
14	SW4 7 8,860 residents	291.0	2,578
15	NW1 7 5,440 residents	288.6	1,570
16	W5 5 5,094 residents	287.8	1,466
17	NW10 4 9,623 residents	287.7	2,769
18	NW1 0 6,799 residents	287.5	1,955
19	W12 7 12,597 residents	280.9	3,539
20	W2 2 5,383 residents	272.9	1,469

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 720	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
720	BR3 6 5,664 residents	21.5	122
719	SE16 5 6,163 residents	24.8	153
718	BR3 5 6,976 residents	26.5	185
717	SM2 7 6,159 residents	30.4	187
716	SM4 4 14,628 residents	33.5	490
715	BR6 9 15,059 residents	34.8	524
714	CR8 1 5,135 residents	34.9	179
713	UB10 8 13,436 residents	36.4	489
712	CR5 1 10,450 residents	37.1	388
711	BR4 9 10,319 residents	37.5	387
710	DA5 3 8,406 residents	38.5	324
709	N12 7 6,121 residents	38.9	238
708	CR8 4 6,328 residents	39.5	250
707	CR5 3 11,371 residents	39.9	454
706	DA14 4 10,441 residents	39.9	417
705	DA16 2 14,336 residents	40.0	574
704	CR8 5 8,158 residents	40.1	327
703	HA2 7 8,578 residents	40.2	345
702	SM5 4 6,524 residents	40.3	263
701	BR6 6 6,523 residents	40.3	263

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