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Lowest and highest council crime rates

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: Vehicle crime

Lowest reported rate for Vehicle crime
RankCouncil areaNationRate/1,000IncidentsPrevious rateCount change
1Isles of ScillyEngland0.002.5-100.0%
2BroadlandEngland0.6810.9-31.4%
3TorridgeEngland0.6450.8-21.1%
4North NorfolkEngland0.8790.7+9.7%
5East DevonEngland0.91381.0-15.9%
6South HamsEngland0.9851.2-22.7%
7CeredigionWales1.0700.6+66.7%
8South NorfolkEngland1.11611.4-23.0%
9North DevonEngland1.21181.0+15.7%
10TeignbridgeEngland1.21631.6-24.2%
11Isle of AngleseyWales1.2810.9+37.3%
12Westmorland and FurnessEngland1.22761.8-31.5%
13Mid DevonEngland1.21031.0+15.7%
14Isle of WightEngland1.21711.3-9.5%
15PembrokeshireWales1.21531.0+18.6%
16West DevonEngland1.3741.0+27.6%
17Cheshire West and ChesterEngland1.34851.5-10.9%
18GwyneddWales1.41671.3+3.1%
19King's Lynn and West NorfolkEngland1.42181.6-15.2%
20BaberghEngland1.41382.1-30.7%

Highest reported rate: Vehicle crime

Highest reported rate for Vehicle crime
RankCouncil areaNationRate/1,000IncidentsPrevious rateCount change
1WestminsterEngland17.03,60319.0-12.0%
2Kensington and ChelseaEngland16.72,43317.3-4.4%
3HaringeyEngland12.63,34913.2-5.3%
4CamdenEngland11.32,45813.3-16.0%
5EnfieldEngland11.13,67113.7-18.9%
6NewhamEngland11.14,16111.3-2.9%
7HillingdonEngland10.83,51810.8-0.2%
8EalingEngland10.64,11411.6-8.3%
9BirminghamEngland10.211,97210.9-7.2%
10BromleyEngland9.93,31710.8-7.9%
11ThurrockEngland9.81,78511.0-10.9%
12SolihullEngland9.82,17111.5-14.6%
13BarnetEngland9.53,87310.4-7.9%
14DoncasterEngland9.43,0499.6-0.7%
15SloughEngland9.41,5798.2+15.3%
16HounslowEngland9.42,82010.4-9.4%
17City of LondonEngland9.31458.9+5.1%
18Waltham ForestEngland9.22,60813.0-29.1%
19IslingtonEngland9.22,06310.9-16.5%
20SandwellEngland9.03,1709.4-4.1%

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.