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: Violence and sexual offences
Lowest reported rate for Violence and sexual offences
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
Waverley
England
15.9
2,177
15.4
+5.0%
2
Rushcliffe
England
16.1
2,060
15.0
+8.5%
3
Wokingham
England
16.9
3,185
16.7
+1.9%
4
Richmond upon Thames
England
17.0
3,349
16.6
+2.3%
5
Isles of Scilly
England
17.4
40
8.4
+100.0%
6
Harborough
England
17.4
1,856
18.4
-3.4%
7
Wealden
England
18.0
3,027
15.8
+15.1%
8
Horsham
England
18.2
2,770
17.9
+2.5%
9
Rutland
England
18.3
761
17.4
+6.0%
10
Mid Suffolk
England
18.4
2,084
16.9
+11.6%
11
South Cambridgeshire
England
18.7
3,272
17.9
+6.1%
12
South Oxfordshire
England
18.7
2,962
18.8
+0.7%
13
Broadland
England
18.9
2,642
18.2
+5.5%
14
Ribble Valley
England
18.9
1,268
17.9
+7.8%
15
Mid Sussex
England
19.3
3,162
19.3
+1.7%
16
North Kesteven
England
19.4
2,396
19.8
-1.2%
17
Hart
England
19.5
2,011
17.1
+14.4%
18
South Hams
England
19.5
1,820
17.9
+10.3%
19
Dorset
England
20.1
7,844
20.2
-0.2%
20
Harrow
England
20.1
5,492
19.3
+4.9%
Highest reported rate: Violence and sexual offences
Highest reported rate for Violence and sexual offences
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate/1,000
Incidents
Previous rate
Count change
1
City of London
England
104.9
1,640
106.4
-0.6%
2
Blackpool
England
76.9
11,033
74.0
+4.1%
3
Westminster
England
61.0
12,945
56.5
+6.3%
4
Middlesbrough
England
60.0
9,174
60.3
-1.6%
5
Bradford
England
58.7
32,739
58.3
+0.3%
6
Kingston upon Hull, City of
England
56.1
15,340
57.4
-2.7%
7
Southampton
England
54.5
14,123
51.6
+5.1%
8
Wakefield
England
53.3
19,707
52.3
+2.7%
9
Hartlepool
England
52.4
5,219
54.2
-1.5%
10
Derby
England
52.3
14,406
51.8
+1.5%
11
Birmingham
England
51.9
61,075
51.5
+0.3%
12
Calderdale
England
51.4
10,837
52.2
-1.0%
13
Portsmouth
England
51.1
10,809
53.2
-4.6%
14
North East Lincolnshire
England
51.1
8,177
55.0
-7.0%
15
Leeds
England
51.0
42,875
49.6
+2.5%
16
Gloucester
England
50.2
6,949
51.4
-1.9%
17
Bristol, City of
England
50.1
24,789
49.8
+0.7%
18
Liverpool
England
49.8
25,300
48.7
+2.3%
19
Lincoln
England
49.6
5,129
55.3
-11.7%
20
Blaenau Gwent
Wales
49.4
3,341
54.0
-8.6%
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.