Published violence and sexual offences rates, London (Metropolitan Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	78.3	465
2	SE13 46,352 residents	55.8	2,587
3	RM1 23,035 residents	55.5	1,278
4	KT1 23,657 residents	55.0	1,301
5	NW1 55,740 residents	54.9	3,059
6	WC1X 7,260 residents	53.7	390
7	SE1 73,148 residents	51.4	3,761
8	EC1V 15,294 residents	51.1	782
9	UB8 38,792 residents	50.4	1,957
10	E1 79,009 residents	49.5	3,907
11	WC1N 5,836 residents	49.3	288
12	IG3 40,314 residents	48.9	1,972
13	N19 35,034 residents	48.6	1,702
14	SW9 47,998 residents	47.9	2,301
15	UB7 36,964 residents	47.5	1,756
16	W6 36,370 residents	47.0	1,711
17	SW1P 13,062 residents	45.9	600
18	DA6 11,069 residents	45.4	503
19	W12 49,515 residents	45.0	2,229
20	W2 44,611 residents	44.9	2,002

Lowest published rates

Rank of 212	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
212	BR4 19,784 residents	10.9	215
211	DA5 21,284 residents	13.7	291
210	SW14 17,471 residents	13.9	243
209	N21 24,280 residents	14.3	348
208	SW20 30,524 residents	14.6	447
207	CR5 31,965 residents	14.7	469
206	E18 20,623 residents	14.9	308
205	CR8 33,394 residents	15.1	503
204	RM14 28,048 residents	15.1	423
203	TW11 24,426 residents	15.2	372
202	BR7 18,767 residents	15.2	286
201	HA6 23,478 residents	15.3	359
200	HA5 47,104 residents	15.5	732
199	N10 27,468 residents	15.6	429
198	TW10 20,172 residents	15.7	316
197	HA4 53,056 residents	15.9	841
196	RM2 13,846 residents	16.0	222
195	SW13 15,785 residents	16.1	254
194	DA15 29,732 residents	16.1	480
193	KT4 29,940 residents	16.2	486

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 720	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	SE1 7 6,984 residents	109.4	764
2	SW9 8 6,516 residents	100.7	656
3	CR0 1 11,052 residents	89.4	988
4	NW10 7 5,984 residents	89.2	534
5	HA9 0 8,662 residents	88.1	763
6	N1 9 6,224 residents	87.4	544
7	W2 1 7,618 residents	85.1	648
8	SE13 6 13,344 residents	83.6	1,115
9	IG11 8 11,452 residents	82.9	949
10	N19 5 11,417 residents	79.3	905
11	E1 1 7,005 residents	76.8	538
12	IG3 8 18,922 residents	76.2	1,442
13	SE18 4 8,645 residents	70.4	609
14	W12 8 9,268 residents	67.8	628
15	SE15 5 9,614 residents	67.4	648
16	NW10 4 9,623 residents	66.8	643
17	NW1 0 6,799 residents	66.5	452
18	W6 8 8,245 residents	65.7	542
19	E9 6 12,972 residents	64.7	839
20	SE1 6 7,854 residents	63.8	501

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 720	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
720	BR3 6 5,664 residents	2.1	12
719	SE16 5 6,163 residents	6.5	40
718	BR3 5 6,976 residents	7.3	51
717	DA5 3 8,406 residents	7.9	66
716	BR5 1 12,250 residents	8.2	100
715	BR4 9 10,319 residents	8.2	85
714	EN5 4 6,063 residents	8.9	54
713	BR6 9 15,059 residents	9.3	140
712	SW19 3 11,688 residents	9.4	110
711	CR8 5 8,158 residents	9.6	78
710	N22 7 7,474 residents	9.6	72
709	N12 7 6,121 residents	9.8	60
708	N14 7 6,251 residents	10.2	64
707	SM4 4 14,628 residents	10.3	150
706	UB10 8 13,436 residents	10.9	146
705	BR1 2 12,474 residents	10.9	136
704	HA5 1 9,282 residents	11.0	102
703	DA16 2 14,336 residents	11.0	158
702	TW2 5 10,143 residents	11.4	116
701	CR5 1 10,450 residents	11.5	120

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