Crime Rates in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked
All 274 local authorities in England, ranked by police recorded crimes. Data: Office for National Statistics (2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Open the interactive map| Rank | Local authority | Police recorded crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 135,120 offences |
| 2 | Leeds | 96,875 offences |
| 3 | Manchester | 84,130 offences |
| 4 | Westminster | 74,649 offences |
| 5 | Bradford | 65,941 offences |
| 6 | Bristol | 64,759 offences |
| 7 | Liverpool | 63,156 offences |
| 8 | Sheffield | 56,459 offences |
| 9 | Somerset | 49,467 offences |
| 10 | County Durham | 48,961 offences |
| 11 | Leicester | 42,724 offences |
| 12 | Nottingham | 41,359 offences |
| 13 | Kirklees | 39,219 offences |
| 14 | Newham | 38,957 offences |
| 15 | Wakefield | 38,883 offences |
| 16 | Southwark | 38,013 offences |
| 17 | Camden | 37,587 offences |
| 18 | Doncaster | 37,494 offences |
| 19 | Cornwall | 36,590 offences |
| 20 | Lambeth | 36,243 offences |
| 21 | Tower Hamlets | 35,377 offences |
| 22 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 34,427 offences |
| 23 | Sandwell | 33,927 offences |
| 24 | Kingston upon Hull | 33,453 offences |
| 25 | Croydon | 32,900 offences |
| 26 | Coventry | 32,606 offences |
| 27 | Brent | 31,528 offences |
| 28 | Wigan | 31,376 offences |
| 29 | West Northamptonshire | 31,211 offences |
| 30 | Southampton | 31,147 offences |
| 31 | Salford | 31,140 offences |
| 32 | Hackney | 31,080 offences |
| 33 | Ealing | 31,075 offences |
| 34 | Buckinghamshire | 31,038 offences |
| 35 | Derby | 30,570 offences |
| 36 | Bolton | 30,380 offences |
| 37 | Hillingdon | 30,158 offences |
| 38 | North Yorkshire | 30,090 offences |
| 39 | Stoke-on-Trent | 30,023 offences |
| 40 | Islington | 29,264 offences |
| 41 | Lewisham | 28,390 offences |
| 42 | Brighton and Hove | 28,335 offences |
| 43 | Enfield | 27,907 offences |
| 44 | Haringey | 27,592 offences |
| 45 | Walsall | 27,482 offences |
| 46 | Barnet | 27,467 offences |
| 47 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 27,066 offences |
| 48 | Greenwich | 27,035 offences |
| 49 | Sunderland | 27,007 offences |
| 50 | Milton Keynes | 26,843 offences |
| 51 | Oldham | 26,827 offences |
| 52 | Hounslow | 26,167 offences |
| 53 | Wolverhampton | 25,869 offences |
| 54 | Wandsworth | 25,804 offences |
| 55 | Wiltshire | 25,796 offences |
| 56 | Rotherham | 25,747 offences |
| 57 | North Northamptonshire | 25,714 offences |
| 58 | Cheshire East | 25,693 offences |
| 59 | Plymouth | 25,339 offences |
| 60 | Cheshire West and Chester | 24,822 offences |
| 61 | Dudley | 24,742 offences |
| 62 | Rochdale | 24,639 offences |
| 63 | Portsmouth | 24,163 offences |
| 64 | Barnsley | 23,936 offences |
| 65 | Redbridge | 23,856 offences |
| 66 | Peterborough | 23,770 offences |
| 67 | Middlesbrough | 23,419 offences |
| 68 | Wirral | 23,378 offences |
| 69 | Bromley | 23,157 offences |
| 70 | Tameside | 23,112 offences |
| 71 | Northumberland | 22,969 offences |
| 72 | Stockport | 22,723 offences |
| 73 | South Gloucestershire | 22,595 offences |
| 74 | Waltham Forest | 22,436 offences |
| 75 | Stockton-on-Tees | 22,317 offences |
| 76 | Calderdale | 21,812 offences |
| 77 | Sefton | 21,620 offences |
| 78 | Kensington and Chelsea | 21,071 offences |
| 79 | Blackpool | 21,027 offences |
| 80 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 20,196 offences |
| 81 | Luton | 19,654 offences |
| 82 | Barking and Dagenham | 19,592 offences |
| 83 | Dorset | 19,580 offences |
| 84 | Havering | 18,875 offences |
| 85 | North East Lincolnshire | 18,528 offences |
| 86 | North Somerset | 18,369 offences |
| 87 | Bury | 18,315 offences |
| 88 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 18,292 offences |
| 89 | Trafford | 18,043 offences |
| 90 | Reading | 17,915 offences |
| 91 | Southend-on-Sea | 17,869 offences |
| 92 | Gateshead | 17,797 offences |
| 93 | Solihull | 17,594 offences |
| 94 | North Tyneside | 17,580 offences |
| 95 | Swindon | 16,965 offences |
| 96 | Colchester | 16,534 offences |
| 97 | Basildon | 16,426 offences |
| 98 | St. Helens | 16,310 offences |
| 99 | Harrow | 16,108 offences |
| 100 | Preston | 16,068 offences |
| 101 | Norwich | 16,023 offences |
| 102 | Oxford | 15,987 offences |
| 103 | Shropshire | 15,813 offences |
| 104 | Bath and North East Somerset | 15,811 offences |
| 105 | Thurrock | 15,501 offences |
| 106 | Bexley | 15,432 offences |
| 107 | Redcar and Cleveland | 15,167 offences |
| 108 | Warrington | 15,156 offences |
| 109 | Bedford | 14,950 offences |
| 110 | Central Bedfordshire | 14,940 offences |
| 111 | Gloucester | 14,873 offences |
| 112 | Slough | 14,784 offences |
| 113 | Thanet | 14,750 offences |
| 114 | South Tyneside | 14,631 offences |
| 115 | Telford and Wrekin | 14,301 offences |
| 116 | York | 13,752 offences |
| 117 | Cambridge | 13,699 offences |
| 118 | Blackburn with Darwen | 13,682 offences |
| 119 | Swale | 13,541 offences |
| 120 | Crawley | 13,538 offences |
| 121 | North Lincolnshire | 13,312 offences |
| 122 | Knowsley | 13,305 offences |
| 123 | Exeter | 13,296 offences |
| 124 | Chelmsford | 13,293 offences |
| 125 | Hartlepool | 13,174 offences |
| 126 | Torbay | 13,086 offences |
| 127 | Merton | 12,952 offences |
| 128 | Sutton | 12,926 offences |
| 129 | Canterbury | 12,915 offences |
| 130 | Charnwood | 12,795 offences |
| 131 | Ipswich | 12,692 offences |
| 132 | Tendring | 12,498 offences |
| 133 | East Suffolk | 12,345 offences |
| 134 | Lincoln | 12,257 offences |
| 135 | Arun | 12,003 offences |
| 136 | Kingston upon Thames | 11,533 offences |
| 137 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 11,517 offences |
| 138 | Eastbourne | 11,505 offences |
| 139 | Richmond upon Thames | 11,267 offences |
| 140 | Halton | 11,141 offences |
| 141 | Guildford | 10,913 offences |
| 142 | Cherwell | 10,854 offences |
| 143 | Isle of Wight | 10,776 offences |
| 144 | Chesterfield | 10,682 offences |
| 145 | Burnley | 10,660 offences |
| 146 | Huntingdonshire | 10,659 offences |
| 147 | Dacorum | 10,641 offences |
| 148 | Lancaster | 10,564 offences |
| 149 | Mansfield | 10,456 offences |
| 150 | Ashfield | 10,321 offences |
| 151 | East Lindsey | 10,314 offences |
| 152 | Darlington | 10,240 offences |
| 153 | Hastings | 10,035 offences |
| 154 | Bassetlaw | 9,991 offences |
| 155 | Cheltenham | 9,702 offences |
| 156 | St Albans | 9,700 offences |
| 157 | Carlisle | 9,699 offences |
| 158 | Great Yarmouth | 9,663 offences |
| 159 | Havant | 9,621 offences |
| 160 | Herefordshire | 9,620 offences |
| 161 | Welwyn Hatfield | 9,546 offences |
| 162 | Reigate and Banstead | 9,511 offences |
| 163 | New Forest | 9,309 offences |
| 164 | Watford | 9,296 offences |
| 165 | Ashford | 9,197 offences |
| 166 | Dover | 9,153 offences |
| 167 | Worthing | 9,138 offences |
| 168 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 9,081 offences |
| 169 | West Berkshire | 9,078 offences |
| 170 | Harlow | 9,072 offences |
| 171 | Stafford | 9,018 offences |
| 172 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 8,999 offences |
| 173 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 8,955 offences |
| 174 | Amber Valley | 8,916 offences |
| 175 | Newark and Sherwood | 8,753 offences |
| 176 | Braintree | 8,750 offences |
| 177 | City of London | 8,731 offences |
| 178 | Epping Forest | 8,703 offences |
| 179 | Stevenage | 8,607 offences |
| 180 | Erewash | 8,495 offences |
| 181 | East Staffordshire | 8,456 offences |
| 182 | Folkestone and Hythe | 8,379 offences |
| 183 | Hyndburn | 8,345 offences |
| 184 | East Hertfordshire | 8,104 offences |
| 185 | South Cambridgeshire | 8,092 offences |
| 186 | Spelthorne | 8,066 offences |
| 187 | Hertsmere | 7,919 offences |
| 188 | Eastleigh | 7,856 offences |
| 189 | Fenland | 7,846 offences |
| 190 | Chichester | 7,799 offences |
| 191 | South Kesteven | 7,782 offences |
| 192 | Winchester | 7,570 offences |
| 193 | Cannock Chase | 7,520 offences |
| 194 | Broxbourne | 7,410 offences |
| 195 | Wokingham | 7,341 offences |
| 196 | Elmbridge | 7,310 offences |
| 197 | Mid Sussex | 7,280 offences |
| 198 | Breckland | 7,199 offences |
| 199 | Chorley | 7,076 offences |
| 200 | Test Valley | 7,055 offences |
| 201 | Pendle | 7,041 offences |
| 202 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 6,940 offences |
| 203 | Wyre | 6,933 offences |
| 204 | Vale of White Horse | 6,925 offences |
| 205 | Bracknell Forest | 6,881 offences |
| 206 | Wealden | 6,852 offences |
| 207 | North Hertfordshire | 6,796 offences |
| 208 | Rugby | 6,742 offences |
| 209 | Allerdale | 6,740 offences |
| 210 | Horsham | 6,729 offences |
| 211 | North West Leicestershire | 6,626 offences |
| 212 | Runnymede | 6,600 offences |
| 213 | Woking | 6,585 offences |
| 214 | South Ribble | 6,580 offences |
| 215 | Sevenoaks | 6,462 offences |
| 216 | Blaby | 6,404 offences |
| 217 | South Oxfordshire | 6,359 offences |
| 218 | Boston | 6,284 offences |
| 219 | Barrow-in-Furness | 6,282 offences |
| 220 | Lichfield | 6,201 offences |
| 221 | Stroud | 6,200 offences |
| 222 | South Derbyshire | 6,195 offences |
| 223 | South Norfolk | 6,192 offences |
| 224 | West Lindsey | 6,155 offences |
| 225 | South Holland | 6,007 offences |
| 226 | Fareham | 5,997 offences |
| 227 | Gosport | 5,953 offences |
| 228 | West Lancashire | 5,934 offences |
| 229 | North East Derbyshire | 5,853 offences |
| 230 | South Staffordshire | 5,812 offences |
| 231 | Bolsover | 5,691 offences |
| 232 | Lewes | 5,649 offences |
| 233 | East Hampshire | 5,640 offences |
| 234 | South Lakeland | 5,596 offences |
| 235 | Epsom and Ewell | 5,584 offences |
| 236 | Rother | 5,527 offences |
| 237 | Tamworth | 5,500 offences |
| 238 | High Peak | 5,438 offences |
| 239 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 5,363 offences |
| 240 | West Oxfordshire | 5,173 offences |
| 241 | Brentwood | 5,079 offences |
| 242 | Waverley | 5,036 offences |
| 243 | Three Rivers | 5,019 offences |
| 244 | Surrey Heath | 4,886 offences |
| 245 | Tandridge | 4,884 offences |
| 246 | Uttlesford | 4,866 offences |
| 247 | Rossendale | 4,835 offences |
| 248 | Mole Valley | 4,822 offences |
| 249 | Broadland | 4,814 offences |
| 250 | North Kesteven | 4,786 offences |
| 251 | Castle Point | 4,718 offences |
| 252 | Tewkesbury | 4,672 offences |
| 253 | Harborough | 4,648 offences |
| 254 | Fylde | 4,571 offences |
| 255 | Copeland | 4,398 offences |
| 256 | North Norfolk | 4,331 offences |
| 257 | East Cambridgeshire | 4,287 offences |
| 258 | Forest of Dean | 4,184 offences |
| 259 | North Warwickshire | 4,110 offences |
| 260 | Cotswold | 4,049 offences |
| 261 | Rochford | 3,903 offences |
| 262 | Adur | 3,580 offences |
| 263 | Eden | 3,324 offences |
| 264 | Oadby and Wigston | 3,305 offences |
| 265 | Derbyshire Dales | 3,230 offences |
| 266 | Maldon | 3,096 offences |
| 267 | Melton | 3,072 offences |
| 268 | Ribble Valley | 2,576 offences |
| 269 | Rutland | 1,765 offences |
| 270 | Medway | 107 offences |
| 271 | Isles of Scilly | 74 offences |
| 272 | Maidstone | 33 offences |
| 273 | Tonbridge and Malling | 27 offences |
| 274 | Tunbridge Wells | 26 offences |