Police.uk street-level incidents per 1,000 residents across comparable council areas in England and Wales, using a complete rolling 12-month period.
Feb 2025–Jan 2026Current 12-month period
308 councils286 England and 22 Wales
Rate per 1,000Population-normalised comparison
Greater Manchester is excluded. Greater Manchester Police did not provide data throughout the comparison period, so its ten councils cannot be ranked fairly.
City of London needs special care. Rates use resident population, but the City has a very small resident population and a very large daily worker and visitor population. Its rate is therefore not directly comparable with a typical residential council.
Lowest reported rate: Overall recorded street-level crime
Lowest reported rate for Overall recorded street-level crime
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
Isles of Scilly
England
32.2
74
23.5
+32.1%
2
Broadland
England
34.9
4,871
34.8
+1.5%
3
Waverley
England
36.2
4,969
37.1
-0.7%
4
Mid Suffolk
England
36.6
4,140
34.2
+9.4%
5
Ribble Valley
England
37.2
2,490
38.0
-0.3%
6
North Kesteven
England
38.2
4,706
40.4
-4.7%
7
West Devon
England
38.7
2,282
41.9
-7.5%
8
Hart
England
38.7
4,004
41.1
-5.5%
9
South Hams
England
39.2
3,655
37.8
+5.0%
10
Wokingham
England
39.7
7,498
40.2
-0.6%
11
Babergh
England
40.2
3,937
41.8
-2.9%
12
North Norfolk
England
40.7
4,216
41.0
-0.7%
13
Dorset
England
40.7
15,917
44.6
-8.3%
14
East Devon
England
40.9
6,527
41.4
-0.2%
15
South Oxfordshire
England
40.9
6,466
42.4
-2.4%
16
Wealden
England
41.1
6,912
38.3
+8.2%
17
Rutland
England
41.6
1,731
41.0
+2.1%
18
South Norfolk
England
42.3
6,362
42.5
+0.9%
19
East Hampshire
England
42.9
5,609
46.7
-7.4%
20
Harborough
England
43.3
4,616
46.1
-4.3%
Highest reported rate: Overall recorded street-level crime
Highest reported rate for Overall recorded street-level crime
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
City of London
England
638.9
9,986
628.6
+2.5%
2
Westminster
England
385.9
81,949
414.6
-8.4%
3
Camden
England
180.5
39,105
186.5
-5.0%
4
Kensington and Chelsea
England
151.5
22,084
149.2
+0.5%
5
Middlesbrough
England
150.5
23,002
153.7
-3.2%
6
Blackpool
England
148.2
21,271
150.6
-1.5%
7
Islington
England
140.4
31,518
136.5
+2.1%
8
Hartlepool
England
131.5
13,104
137.1
-2.3%
9
Nottingham
England
126.6
41,233
119.3
+4.6%
10
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
126.2
34,482
127.4
-1.5%
11
Liverpool
England
124.9
63,456
120.9
+3.3%
12
Southwark
England
124.4
38,863
121.3
+1.0%
13
North East Lincolnshire
England
123.3
19,733
119.3
+3.5%
14
Bradford
England
121.1
67,523
122.9
-1.8%
15
Bristol, City of
England
120.5
59,662
121.3
-0.5%
16
Hackney
England
119.7
31,861
119.4
-0.7%
17
Lambeth
England
119.6
37,598
118.8
-0.8%
18
Lincoln
England
118.4
12,238
131.6
-11.4%
19
Leeds
England
118.3
99,436
121.3
-2.8%
20
Birmingham
England
116.3
136,841
118.1
-2.1%
Methodology and limitations
Ranking measure
Street-level incidents assigned to LSOAs, aggregated to current councils and divided by the 2025 resident population. Results are shown per 1,000 residents.
Overall crime
The overall measure includes the Police.uk recorded crime categories but excludes anti-social behaviour, which has its own separate ranking.
Comparable coverage
The system automatically selects the newest 24-month window in which all geographic forces except Greater Manchester Police supplied data. British Transport Police is outside this geographic measure.
Location coverage
Police.uk coordinates are anonymised approximate locations. Around 98% of source records contain an LSOA; incidents without an LSOA cannot be assigned to a council.
Source: Police.uk street-level crime and anti-social behaviour data. Population denominator: Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates via Nomis. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.