Compare two areas
Put any two local authority areas in England and Wales side by side: recorded crime per 1,000 residents, the offence mix, and the rolling rate for both since 2011.
The areas with the highest recorded crime rates
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to July 2026, highest first. Each links to the area; from there every neighbouring area can be compared in a click.
- City of London 648.9
- Westminster 416.0
- Camden 216.0
- Middlesbrough 186.8
- Blackpool 186.3
- Islington 183.8
- Kensington and Chelsea 176.8
- Hartlepool 163.0
- Lincoln 156.4
- Nottingham 155.8
- Southwark 155.7
- Lambeth 153.2
- Bristol 148.8
- Hackney 146.9
- Blaenau Gwent 146.7
- Tower Hamlets 144.7
- Hastings 142.9
- Burnley 142.2
- Stockton-on-Tees 141.7
- Hammersmith and Fulham 139.0
- Stoke-on-Trent 138.9
- Eastbourne 138.1
- Kingston upon Hull 137.6
- North East Lincolnshire 137.5