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: Burglary
Lowest reported rate for Burglary
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
West Devon
England
1.3
75
2.3
-44.4%
2
Isles of Scilly
England
1.3
3
0.4
+200.0%
3
Breckland
England
1.4
203
1.4
-4.3%
4
Hart
England
1.4
145
2.3
-39.6%
5
Broadland
England
1.4
196
1.1
+29.0%
6
Torridge
England
1.4
99
1.5
-3.9%
7
North Norfolk
England
1.4
146
1.8
-21.5%
8
East Devon
England
1.4
227
1.9
-23.3%
9
Maldon
England
1.4
101
2.0
-25.7%
10
Gedling
England
1.5
176
2.0
-27.9%
11
Gosport
England
1.5
121
2.7
-46.2%
12
Babergh
England
1.5
150
2.5
-37.2%
13
Havant
England
1.6
200
2.2
-27.8%
14
Cornwall
England
1.6
928
1.7
-6.5%
15
Rochford
England
1.6
146
2.1
-23.6%
16
Wokingham
England
1.6
306
1.9
-12.1%
17
Fareham
England
1.6
190
1.8
-10.8%
18
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
England
1.7
259
2.1
-20.6%
19
Neath Port Talbot
Wales
1.7
237
2.0
-16.3%
20
Bridgend
Wales
1.7
246
2.1
-20.1%
Highest reported rate: Burglary
Highest reported rate for Burglary
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
City of London
England
33.1
518
22.2
+50.6%
2
Westminster
England
13.3
2,829
13.7
-4.5%
3
Camden
England
10.2
2,207
10.3
-3.1%
4
Kensington and Chelsea
England
8.6
1,258
10.1
-15.2%
5
Southwark
England
7.8
2,450
7.5
+2.8%
6
Islington
England
7.4
1,660
8.0
-7.9%
7
Hackney
England
7.4
1,967
7.7
-4.4%
8
Burnley
England
7.1
717
6.6
+9.3%
9
Middlesbrough
England
7.1
1,084
8.4
-17.0%
10
Redcar and Cleveland
England
7.0
980
7.1
-1.2%
11
Leeds
England
7.0
5,877
7.8
-10.9%
12
Tower Hamlets
England
6.7
2,230
7.2
-8.0%
13
Bradford
England
6.5
3,614
6.8
-5.1%
14
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
6.4
1,748
7.5
-15.0%
15
Hammersmith and Fulham
England
6.2
1,179
6.8
-9.6%
16
North East Lincolnshire
England
6.1
974
5.3
+14.5%
17
Doncaster
England
5.9
1,891
7.2
-17.9%
18
Birmingham
England
5.7
6,762
6.5
-11.9%
19
Lambeth
England
5.7
1,796
6.6
-14.5%
20
Enfield
England
5.7
1,870
6.0
-5.5%
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.