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: Anti-social behaviour
Lowest reported rate for Anti-social behaviour
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
Isles of Scilly
England
3.0
7
3.8
-22.2%
2
Mid Suffolk
England
3.2
360
2.9
+11.5%
3
Maldon
England
3.2
228
3.4
-3.4%
4
West Suffolk
England
4.1
774
4.3
-4.9%
5
Babergh
England
4.1
403
4.2
-0.7%
6
Rochford
England
4.3
388
4.6
-5.6%
7
Westmorland and Furness
England
4.5
1,046
6.8
-33.0%
8
Solihull
England
4.6
1,017
6.3
-26.9%
9
East Hampshire
England
5.0
647
5.1
-2.7%
10
Rutland
England
5.0
209
5.1
-1.0%
11
Braintree
England
5.1
855
5.9
-12.1%
12
South Oxfordshire
England
5.1
813
5.4
-3.7%
13
Winchester
England
5.2
708
6.3
-17.0%
14
Broadland
England
5.2
727
5.4
-1.6%
15
South Norfolk
England
5.3
798
5.8
-7.1%
16
Dudley
England
5.3
1,776
6.8
-21.1%
17
East Riding of Yorkshire
England
5.5
1,965
5.6
-1.1%
18
Cheshire East
England
5.5
2,343
6.6
-15.0%
19
Wokingham
England
5.6
1,059
5.3
+6.4%
20
Chelmsford
England
5.7
1,081
6.1
-5.8%
Highest reported rate: Anti-social behaviour
Highest reported rate for Anti-social behaviour
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
Westminster
England
65.2
13,843
61.9
+3.7%
2
Blackpool
England
57.2
8,204
60.4
-5.3%
3
Camden
England
42.9
9,298
44.6
-5.4%
4
Preston
England
41.4
6,804
42.1
+0.1%
5
Islington
England
40.0
8,982
42.0
-5.5%
6
Hyndburn
England
38.8
3,369
39.2
0.0%
7
Burnley
England
37.5
3,785
39.1
-2.5%
8
Lincoln
England
36.9
3,813
32.7
+11.1%
9
Middlesbrough
England
36.3
5,551
34.5
+4.0%
10
Kensington and Chelsea
England
35.0
5,095
32.4
+6.7%
11
Tower Hamlets
England
33.2
11,102
34.0
-2.8%
12
Blackburn with Darwen
England
33.1
5,418
32.0
+4.9%
13
Lambeth
England
31.3
9,844
30.8
+0.2%
14
Hammersmith and Fulham
England
31.1
5,923
31.9
-2.6%
15
Haringey
England
31.0
8,256
30.3
+1.4%
16
Southwark
England
30.8
9,608
29.6
+2.4%
17
Lancaster
England
30.7
4,461
30.4
+0.9%
18
Hackney
England
30.1
8,017
29.5
+1.2%
19
Pendle
England
29.9
2,995
30.9
-2.8%
20
Hartlepool
England
29.8
2,973
27.8
+9.5%
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.