Published violence and sexual offences rates, England and Wales

Postcode districts 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 1,928	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BD1 5,957 residents	365.8	2,179
2	YO1 6,037 residents	302.5	1,826
3	L1 11,568 residents	244.6	2,829
4	DN1 9,711 residents	208.6	2,026
5	NE1 13,362 residents	206.0	2,753
6	DE1 16,424 residents	195.4	3,209
7	S1 10,770 residents	192.7	2,075
8	BS1 18,722 residents	188.5	3,529
9	LE1 18,760 residents	182.3	3,420
10	NG1 16,554 residents	179.8	2,977
11	SR1 5,100 residents	176.5	900
12	FY1 34,442 residents	157.1	5,410
13	DN31 9,310 residents	140.9	1,312
14	WR1 10,413 residents	139.9	1,457
15	PL1 26,311 residents	138.3	3,639
16	B5 13,112 residents	137.5	1,803
17	CF10 17,423 residents	134.2	2,339
18	B4 6,976 residents	133.3	930
19	B1 10,025 residents	131.5	1,318
20	TS1 16,694 residents	131.2	2,191

Lowest published rates

Rank of 1,928	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1928	RG29 7,075 residents	5.4	38
1927	CF71 9,587 residents	7.6	73
1926	S32 5,609 residents	8.0	45
1925	GU52 18,822 residents	8.2	155
1924	GU47 18,996 residents	8.4	159
1923	BS41 6,410 residents	8.4	54
1922	BH18 11,949 residents	8.7	104
1921	GL19 9,690 residents	8.8	85
1920	YO23 19,914 residents	8.9	178
1919	WR12 6,141 residents	9.0	55
1918	RG20 19,886 residents	9.0	179
1917	TN3 11,626 residents	9.0	105
1916	BH31 13,642 residents	9.2	125
1915	RG18 19,998 residents	9.2	184
1914	GL7 45,472 residents	9.3	422
1913	BN44 10,015 residents	9.3	93
1912	BS40 13,779 residents	9.3	128
1911	DE45 8,049 residents	9.4	76
1910	YO32 28,556 residents	9.5	270
1909	CB22 25,787 residents	9.7	249

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