Compare changes in Police.uk street-level incidents per 1,000 residents between consecutive complete 12-month periods across England and Wales.
Feb 2024–Jan 2025Previous 12-month period
Feb 2025–Jan 2026Current 12-month period
306 councils284 England and 22 Wales
These are changes in reported street-level crime, not a direct measure of personal risk. Police recording practices, public reporting and local activity can affect comparisons. A falling rate does not mean crime is absent.
Coverage safeguards: councils require at least 20,000 residents and 20 incidents in the preceding period. Greater Manchester remains excluded because its police data was unavailable throughout the comparison window.
Largest rate increases: Overall recorded street-level crime
Largest rate increases for Overall recorded street-level crime
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate change
% change
Previous rate
Current rate
Current incidents
1
Pembrokeshire
Wales
+16.3
+25.7%
63.4
79.7
10,026
2
Carmarthenshire
Wales
+15.6
+26.9%
58.0
73.6
13,992
3
Powys
Wales
+13.5
+27.2%
49.6
63.1
8,506
4
Stevenage
England
+12.2
+15.6%
78.6
90.8
8,362
5
Hastings
England
+9.2
+9.2%
100.5
109.6
9,962
6
Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
+7.9
+12.6%
62.5
70.4
9,014
7
Canterbury
England
+7.3
+8.7%
83.6
90.9
14,786
8
Nottingham
England
+7.3
+6.1%
119.3
126.6
41,233
9
Epsom and Ewell
England
+7.2
+12.0%
59.9
67.1
5,590
10
Southend-on-Sea
England
+7.2
+7.9%
90.3
97.5
18,059
11
Ceredigion
Wales
+7.0
+12.7%
55.2
62.2
4,521
12
Welwyn Hatfield
England
+6.7
+9.1%
73.4
80.1
9,751
13
Eastbourne
England
+6.0
+5.8%
103.8
109.8
11,408
14
Watford
England
+5.7
+7.2%
79.8
85.5
9,209
15
Hillingdon
England
+5.5
+6.2%
89.7
95.2
31,104
16
Colchester
England
+5.3
+6.9%
76.5
81.8
16,448
17
Mole Valley
England
+5.1
+10.3%
49.3
54.3
4,826
18
Gedling
England
+5.1
+10.2%
49.7
54.8
6,635
19
Swindon
England
+5.0
+8.0%
63.0
68.0
16,682
20
Tower Hamlets
England
+5.0
+4.8%
104.0
109.0
36,430
Largest rate decreases: Overall recorded street-level crime
Largest rate decreases for Overall recorded street-level crime
Rank
Council area
Nation
Rate change
% change
Previous rate
Current rate
Current incidents
1
Westminster
England
-28.7
-6.9%
414.6
385.9
81,949
2
Gravesham
England
-19.9
-20.7%
96.4
76.5
8,511
3
Lincoln
England
-13.2
-10.0%
131.6
118.4
12,238
4
Halton
England
-10.8
-11.7%
92.1
81.3
10,727
5
Wolverhampton
England
-10.7
-10.4%
103.5
92.7
26,096
6
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
-10.4
-9.0%
115.7
105.2
33,764
7
Newport
Wales
-9.2
-7.8%
118.1
108.9
18,366
8
Sunderland
England
-8.9
-8.8%
101.4
92.5
26,555
9
Coventry
England
-8.9
-8.9%
99.6
90.7
33,092
10
Conwy
Wales
-7.7
-8.7%
88.5
80.7
9,237
11
South Tyneside
England
-7.6
-7.4%
102.7
95.2
14,392
12
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
England
-7.4
-10.3%
72.3
64.8
26,316
13
Gateshead
England
-7.4
-7.8%
94.3
86.9
17,604
14
Barnsley
England
-7.1
-7.3%
97.6
90.5
22,865
15
Dover
England
-7.1
-8.9%
79.9
72.8
8,816
16
Sevenoaks
England
-7.0
-12.0%
57.9
51.0
6,280
17
New Forest
England
-6.8
-11.3%
60.1
53.4
9,390
18
Gosport
England
-6.5
-8.1%
80.6
74.0
6,117
19
North West Leicestershire
England
-6.5
-9.9%
65.4
58.9
6,673
20
Tunbridge Wells
England
-6.5
-10.7%
60.8
54.3
6,518
Methodology and limitations
Ranking measure
The change in reported incidents per 1,000 residents between consecutive complete rolling 12-month periods. Absolute rate change determines rank; percentage change is supplementary.
Stability thresholds
Councils need at least 20,000 residents and 20 incidents in the previous period. This prevents tiny populations or baselines from dominating the rankings.
Comparable coverage
The newest 24-month window with complete geographic-force coverage is selected automatically, except Greater Manchester Police. British Transport Police is outside this measure.
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.