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: Criminal damage and arson
Lowest reported rate for Criminal damage and arson
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
Wokingham
England
3.3
624
3.5
-5.6%
2
Mid Suffolk
England
3.4
382
3.8
-9.9%
3
Waverley
England
3.4
469
3.8
-9.3%
4
Isles of Scilly
England
3.5
8
4.2
-20.0%
5
Hart
England
3.5
360
4.3
-18.7%
6
North Kesteven
England
3.5
432
3.9
-10.0%
7
Winchester
England
3.6
498
4.4
-16.4%
8
East Hampshire
England
3.7
487
4.6
-18.7%
9
South Oxfordshire
England
3.8
594
4.1
-8.2%
10
Maldon
England
3.8
264
3.7
+4.8%
11
Harrow
England
3.8
1,027
3.5
+9.7%
12
Bromsgrove
England
3.8
385
4.9
-21.8%
13
Rochford
England
3.8
344
4.0
-3.1%
14
Fareham
England
3.8
444
3.9
-2.0%
15
Lichfield
England
3.9
441
4.0
-2.0%
16
West Oxfordshire
England
4.0
486
3.8
+7.1%
17
Eastleigh
England
4.0
576
4.4
-8.6%
18
Test Valley
England
4.0
547
4.8
-14.9%
19
Ribble Valley
England
4.0
270
4.3
-3.6%
20
Tewkesbury
England
4.0
420
4.3
-4.3%
Highest reported rate: Criminal damage and arson
Highest reported rate for Criminal damage and arson
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
City of London
England
20.4
319
24.3
-15.4%
2
Middlesbrough
England
19.3
2,951
20.9
-8.7%
3
Blaenau Gwent
Wales
18.0
1,216
15.3
+17.2%
4
Redcar and Cleveland
England
15.3
2,137
14.6
+5.6%
5
North East Lincolnshire
England
14.4
2,304
15.1
-4.7%
6
Hartlepool
England
14.0
1,391
15.1
-5.8%
7
County Durham
England
13.3
7,160
14.1
-5.2%
8
Blackpool
England
13.0
1,868
14.1
-7.3%
9
Torfaen
Wales
12.6
1,185
11.7
+7.3%
10
Darlington
England
12.3
1,400
12.5
0.0%
11
Newport
Wales
11.9
2,007
12.7
-5.4%
12
Nottingham
England
11.8
3,859
10.6
+9.6%
13
Westminster
England
11.4
2,422
10.8
+3.8%
14
Leicester
England
11.3
4,324
11.4
-1.7%
15
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
11.2
3,069
12.0
-6.6%
16
Doncaster
England
11.2
3,615
12.3
-8.3%
17
Caerphilly
Wales
11.2
1,970
10.6
+5.9%
18
South Tyneside
England
11.2
1,692
12.5
-10.4%
19
Stockton-on-Tees
England
11.1
2,297
12.1
-8.0%
20
Lincoln
England
10.9
1,122
12.1
-11.4%
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.