OpenCrime

The safest places to live in England and Wales

Of the 306 local authority areas in England and Wales with a full year of published data, the lowest recorded crime rates are in Broadland, Mid Suffolk and Waverley. Broadland's figure is 39.5 offences per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to July 2026, less than half the England and Wales average of 91.2.

306 areas ranked, every one with a full year of published data
91.2 England and Wales average, crimes per 1,000 residents
39.5 lowest rate in the table, Broadland

What this ranks. Crimes the police recorded, per 1,000 residents, in the 12 months to July 2026. It is not a measure of how much crime happened: somewhere people report more looks worse than somewhere people report less. Town centres carry the crime of everyone who visits them against the population of the few who live there, which is why compact city districts sit near the top and rural districts near the bottom. Areas whose police force has stopped filing returns are left out entirely rather than shown as safe. How the figures work sets all of it out.

Every local authority area, ranked

Lowest recorded crime rate first. Rank 1 in the England and Wales column is the highest recorded rate in the country.

# Area County Per 1,000 Per 1,000 workday Offences Year on year Rank in E&W
1 Broadland Norfolk 39.5 43.7 5,450 -2.5% 306 of 306
2 Mid Suffolk Suffolk 40.7 45.7 4,509 +4.3% 305 of 306
3 Waverley Surrey 43.9 45.3 5,896 +1.1% 304 of 306
4 Hart Hampshire 44.4 47.4 4,575 -4.4% 303 of 306
5 Wokingham Berkshire 44.8 48.5 8,392 -5.4% 302 of 306
6 West Devon Devon 45.1 48.0 2,655 +1.3% 301 of 306
7 Babergh Suffolk 45.8 49.8 4,439 +0.8% 300 of 306
8 South Oxfordshire Oxfordshire 46.8 50.2 7,327 -2.5% 299 of 306
9 East Devon Devon 46.9 50.9 7,414 -6.3% 298 of 306
10 Rutland Rutland 46.9 45.7 1,943 +0.8% 297 of 306
11 South Hams Devon 47.4 47.7 4,365 +4.2% 296 of 306
12 East Hampshire Hampshire 47.4 50.4 6,164 -6.4% 295 of 306
13 South Norfolk Norfolk 48.8 50.3 7,239 -1.7% 294 of 306
14 West Oxfordshire Oxfordshire 49.7 52.2 6,008 +0.3% 293 of 306
15 Maldon Essex 50.0 55.6 3,456 +4.5% 292 of 306
16 Ribble Valley Lancashire 50.5 53.2 3,320 -4.5% 291 of 306
17 North Norfolk Norfolk 50.7 50.8 5,232 +8.4% 290 of 306
18 Rochford Essex 50.8 57.7 4,561 +4.8% 289 of 306
19 Harborough Leicestershire 50.9 54.8 5,331 -0.9% 288 of 306
20 Vale of White Horse Oxfordshire 53.1 57.8 7,923 -2.0% 287 of 306
21 Dorset Dorset 53.2 55.1 20,740 -6.5% 286 of 306
22 Wealden East Sussex 54.1 59.2 9,033 +9.4% 285 of 306
23 Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire 54.4 59.8 6,890 +6.8% 284 of 306
24 North Kesteven Lincolnshire 54.4 57.8 6,666 +5.7% 283 of 306
25 Torridge Devon 54.8 59.7 3,826 -2.3% 282 of 306
26 Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire 55.3 53.9 3,967 +0.6% 281 of 306
27 Malvern Hills Worcestershire 56.2 59.9 4,676 +2.5% 280 of 306
28 Horsham West Sussex 56.3 59.6 8,524 +0.7% 279 of 306
29 East Suffolk Suffolk 57.6 58.8 14,380 +2.2% 278 of 306
30 Breckland Norfolk 57.7 63.0 8,459 -0.1% 277 of 306
31 Shropshire Shropshire 58.0 60.1 19,279 -5.6% 276 of 306
32 South Staffordshire Staffordshire 58.1 62.7 6,644 +4.4% 275 of 306
33 New Forest Hampshire 58.2 58.0 10,252 -8.0% 274 of 306
34 South Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 58.4 62.2 10,068 +9.8% 273 of 306
35 Mid Devon Devon 58.4 63.4 4,963 -7.4% 272 of 306
36 Teignbridge Devon 58.7 63.0 8,128 -3.5% 271 of 306
37 South Lakeland Cumbria 59.5 59.0 6,298 +1.9% 270 of 306
38 Mid Sussex West Sussex 60.0 64.6 9,703 +2.4% 269 of 306
39 East Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 60.0 67.0 5,574 +10.6% 268 of 306
40 Oadby and Wigston Leicestershire 60.2 68.3 3,715 -9.6% 267 of 306
41 Test Valley Hampshire 60.4 63.4 8,166 -2.4% 266 of 306
42 West Suffolk Suffolk 60.4 61.5 11,384 -0.6% 265 of 306
43 Fareham Hampshire 60.5 60.7 6,986 +2.4% 264 of 306
44 Wiltshire Wiltshire 60.7 62.5 31,787 +0.0% 263 of 306
45 Central Bedfordshire Bedfordshire 60.8 69.2 19,207 -2.9% 262 of 306
46 Herefordshire Herefordshire 60.8 62.2 11,617 -3.0% 261 of 306
47 Surrey Heath Surrey 60.9 62.2 5,751 -2.2% 260 of 306
48 Uttlesford Essex 60.9 60.9 5,789 +0.2% 259 of 306
49 Eden Cumbria 60.9 62.4 3,425 -6.7% 258 of 306
50 Bromsgrove Worcestershire 61.0 63.3 6,198 -5.8% 257 of 306
51 Braintree Essex 61.3 69.2 10,070 -3.0% 256 of 306
52 Elmbridge Surrey 61.3 61.2 8,700 +4.4% 255 of 306
53 South Derbyshire Derbyshire 61.6 73.1 7,232 -6.3% 254 of 306
54 East Riding of Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire 61.7 66.0 21,952 +1.7% 253 of 306
55 Castle Point Essex 62.1 69.0 5,624 +2.4% 252 of 306
56 West Lancashire Lancashire 62.3 64.8 7,597 -12.2% 251 of 306
57 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire 62.3 66.3 36,056 -1.0% 250 of 306
58 Sevenoaks Kent 62.7 64.2 7,691 -3.7% 249 of 306
59 Winchester Hampshire 62.9 61.5 8,532 +4.6% 248 of 306
60 Stratford-on-Avon Warwickshire 64.3 67.9 9,402 -0.2% 247 of 306
61 Eastleigh Hampshire 65.1 70.0 9,302 -0.8% 246 of 306
62 Bracknell Forest Berkshire 65.4 72.5 8,552 -0.5% 245 of 306
63 Wychavon Worcestershire 65.4 69.0 9,029 -0.3% 244 of 306
64 West Berkshire Berkshire 65.5 63.6 10,809 -4.3% 243 of 306
65 Mole Valley Surrey 65.5 65.7 5,808 +4.1% 242 of 306
66 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Norfolk 65.6 67.9 10,245 -2.6% 241 of 306
67 Windsor and Maidenhead Berkshire 65.7 66.6 10,434 -1.4% 240 of 306
68 North Hertfordshire Hertfordshire 65.7 68.4 9,015 -3.6% 239 of 306
69 Melton Leicestershire 66.3 68.4 3,582 -8.7% 238 of 306
70 Hinckley and Bosworth Leicestershire 66.4 69.9 7,748 -3.8% 237 of 306
71 Tonbridge and Malling Kent 66.8 68.4 9,137 +0.6% 236 of 306
72 Cheshire East Cheshire 67.0 69.8 28,232 +3.1% 235 of 306
73 Three Rivers Hertfordshire 67.1 70.8 6,432 -0.1% 234 of 306
74 Staffordshire Moorlands Staffordshire 67.4 73.3 6,517 +1.8% 233 of 306
75 Tunbridge Wells Kent 67.5 67.9 8,081 +0.4% 232 of 306
76 Lichfield Staffordshire 67.7 69.8 7,576 +6.3% 231 of 306
77 Huntingdonshire Cambridgeshire 67.9 72.9 12,940 -1.1% 230 of 306
78 East Hertfordshire Hertfordshire 68.1 72.9 10,684 +2.8% 229 of 306
79 Gedling Nottinghamshire 68.4 76.7 8,221 +5.5% 228 of 306
80 Tandridge Surrey 68.8 71.9 6,233 +3.3% 227 of 306
81 Adur West Sussex 69.0 72.8 4,479 -8.1% 226 of 306
82 Copeland Cumbria 69.1 68.4 4,692 -8.5% 225 of 306
83 Basingstoke and Deane Hampshire 69.6 74.7 13,432 -2.9% 224 of 306
84 Blaby Leicestershire 69.6 73.1 7,528 +1.8% 223 of 306
85 Reigate and Banstead Surrey 70.4 74.4 11,197 +1.5% 222 of 306
86 North West Leicestershire Leicestershire 70.4 67.4 7,873 -4.3% 221 of 306
87 North Devon Devon 70.5 70.3 7,132 -6.6% 220 of 306
88 North East Derbyshire Derbyshire 70.6 82.1 7,528 +7.6% 219 of 306
89 Cornwall Cornwall 71.4 73.7 41,624 -1.7% 218 of 306
90 Rother East Sussex 71.8 75.8 6,900 -2.3% 217 of 306
91 Cherwell Oxfordshire 71.9 75.5 12,246 +0.6% 216 of 306
92 Vale of Glamorgan South Glamorgan 72.1 76.1 9,784 -2.3% 215 of 306
93 Allerdale Cumbria 72.3 76.5 7,070 +1.5% 214 of 306
94 Lewes East Sussex 72.4 75.2 7,407 +3.7% 213 of 306
95 High Peak Derbyshire 72.6 77.1 6,674 +0.2% 212 of 306
96 Rugby Warwickshire 72.6 78.7 8,887 +7.0% 211 of 306
97 Isle of Anglesey Gwynedd 72.8 76.6 5,028 +2.1% 210 of 306
98 Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire 72.9 75.7 27,080 +1.7% 209 of 306
99 Richmond upon Thames Greater London 73.2 72.2 14,398 -6.2% 207 of 306
100 Woking Surrey 73.2 76.0 7,737 +0.3% 208 of 306
101 Fylde Lancashire 73.3 75.0 6,265 -6.9% 206 of 306
102 South Kesteven Lincolnshire 73.9 78.9 10,867 +6.6% 205 of 306
103 Brentwood Essex 74.1 75.7 5,874 +4.1% 204 of 306
104 Merton Greater London 74.6 80.1 16,295 -7.7% 203 of 306
105 Warrington Cheshire 75.5 72.6 16,255 +2.6% 202 of 306
106 Epping Forest Essex 75.9 79.3 10,436 +0.5% 201 of 306
107 Powys Powys 76.6 79.1 10,340 +6.3% 200 of 306
108 Ashford Kent 76.7 81.6 10,803 -2.7% 199 of 306
109 Sutton Greater London 76.8 82.7 16,474 +2.0% 198 of 306
110 Flintshire Clwyd 77.2 78.2 12,032 -2.1% 197 of 306
111 Rushmoor Hampshire 77.9 88.7 8,239 -8.1% 196 of 306
112 South Ribble Lancashire 78.1 81.6 9,072 -6.7% 195 of 306
113 South Gloucestershire Gloucestershire 78.2 81.7 23,957 +10.7% 194 of 306
114 Bexley Greater London 78.3 86.4 20,071 +0.9% 193 of 306
115 Wyre Lancashire 78.8 88.5 9,353 -7.6% 192 of 306
116 Chorley Lancashire 78.8 85.6 9,526 -4.3% 191 of 306
117 Gosport Hampshire 78.9 88.9 6,538 -11.4% 190 of 306
118 North Warwickshire Warwickshire 79.0 65.6 5,299 -0.1% 189 of 306
119 South Holland Lincolnshire 79.0 82.8 7,842 +4.8% 188 of 306
120 East Staffordshire Staffordshire 79.0 79.1 10,240 +6.7% 187 of 306
121 St Albans Hertfordshire 79.2 75.7 11,959 -1.3% 186 of 306
122 Mendip Somerset 79.2 81.4 9,372 +8.4% 185 of 306
123 Northumberland Northumberland 79.4 85.1 26,302 -13.1% 184 of 306
124 Chichester West Sussex 79.4 76.9 10,241 +2.6% 183 of 306
125 Monmouthshire Gwent 79.5 81.6 7,550 +3.7% 182 of 306
126 Broxtowe Nottinghamshire 79.7 86.9 9,127 +4.8% 181 of 306
127 Wirral Merseyside 79.8 86.2 26,231 +3.0% 180 of 306
128 Dudley West Midlands 79.9 85.6 26,511 -5.2% 179 of 306
129 Stafford Staffordshire 80.2 82.8 11,355 +9.3% 178 of 306
130 Charnwood Leicestershire 80.2 85.2 15,116 +0.9% 177 of 306
131 Tamworth Staffordshire 81.0 91.2 6,572 -2.5% 176 of 306
132 Neath Port Talbot West Glamorgan 81.2 83.0 11,633 -3.1% 175 of 306
133 Amber Valley Derbyshire 81.4 86.7 10,619 -2.5% 174 of 306
134 South Somerset Somerset 81.4 84.2 14,361 +7.3% 173 of 306
135 Swindon Wiltshire 81.5 86.6 19,864 -1.5% 172 of 306
136 Guildford Surrey 81.5 80.9 12,341 -3.4% 171 of 306
137 Harrow Greater London 81.6 93.2 22,094 +0.8% 170 of 306
138 Chelmsford Essex 82.9 83.9 15,643 +6.2% 169 of 306
139 West Lindsey Lincolnshire 83.0 92.4 8,235 +1.6% 168 of 306
140 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 83.3 84.7 11,798 -2.2% 167 of 306
141 Bridgend Mid Glamorgan 83.7 86.3 12,344 +2.5% 166 of 306
142 Newark and Sherwood Nottinghamshire 84.0 87.2 10,742 -1.1% 165 of 306
143 Warwick Warwickshire 84.3 82.2 13,055 +13.8% 164 of 306
144 Dacorum Hertfordshire 84.5 89.1 13,646 -6.3% 163 of 306
145 Epsom and Ewell Surrey 84.8 88.0 7,062 +11.3% 162 of 306
146 Rhondda Cynon Taf Mid Glamorgan 84.9 91.5 20,613 -1.9% 161 of 306
147 Folkestone and Hythe Kent 84.9 89.3 9,548 -0.1% 160 of 306
148 Sefton Merseyside 85.2 91.8 24,388 +1.0% 159 of 306
149 Runnymede Surrey 85.2 86.5 7,849 +2.9% 158 of 306
150 Bolsover Derbyshire 85.5 91.9 7,159 -0.8% 157 of 306
151 Swansea West Glamorgan 85.7 88.8 21,537 -6.2% 156 of 306
152 Cannock Chase Staffordshire 85.7 92.0 8,921 +4.1% 155 of 306
153 Redditch Worcestershire 85.8 89.0 7,540 -3.6% 154 of 306
154 Wyre Forest Worcestershire 86.2 93.9 8,958 -6.3% 153 of 306
155 Carmarthenshire Dyfed 86.2 89.7 16,454 +2.7% 152 of 306
156 Spelthorne Surrey 86.4 95.8 9,252 -5.5% 151 of 306
157 Maidstone Kent 86.4 93.4 16,230 -4.6% 150 of 306
158 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Dorset 86.6 89.0 35,434 -4.3% 149 of 306
159 Kingston upon Thames Greater London 86.7 89.1 14,970 +1.2% 148 of 306
160 North Somerset Somerset 86.9 92.3 19,522 +1.0% 147 of 306
161 Havant Hampshire 87.0 94.7 11,044 -0.1% 146 of 306
162 Solihull West Midlands 87.0 84.0 19,245 +2.0% 145 of 306
163 Bromley Greater London 87.2 90.7 29,229 -1.7% 144 of 306
164 Dover Kent 87.3 94.9 10,455 -5.0% 143 of 306
165 North Northamptonshire Northamptonshire 87.5 94.2 32,710 -5.1% 142 of 306
166 Gwynedd Gwynedd 87.9 89.4 10,616 +2.6% 141 of 306
167 Rossendale Lancashire 88.3 99.0 6,452 -8.3% 140 of 306
168 Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire 88.4 96.6 11,290 +11.0% 139 of 306
169 Telford and Wrekin Shropshire 88.4 92.4 17,325 -4.6% 138 of 306
170 Arun West Sussex 88.5 98.7 15,051 +2.3% 137 of 306
171 Havering Greater London 88.6 96.7 24,479 -0.2% 136 of 306
172 Hertsmere Hertfordshire 88.8 89.2 9,789 -9.1% 135 of 306
173 Bath and North East Somerset Somerset 89.4 90.4 17,881 +5.3% 134 of 306
174 North Tyneside Tyne and Wear 89.6 95.7 19,275 -12.3% 133 of 306
175 Pembrokeshire Dyfed 89.8 92.5 11,292 -1.5% 132 of 306
176 Fenland Cambridgeshire 90.6 96.0 9,502 -0.5% 131 of 306
177 Erewash Derbyshire 91.0 99.0 10,391 +0.3% 129 of 306
178 Halton Cheshire 91.0 94.8 11,964 -5.9% 130 of 306
179 Luton Bedfordshire 92.3 102.7 22,055 -4.1% 128 of 306
180 Ceredigion Dyfed 92.4 93.7 6,707 +24.9% 127 of 306
181 West Northamptonshire Northamptonshire 92.5 94.0 40,681 +2.0% 126 of 306
182 Knowsley Merseyside 92.6 97.0 15,048 -0.2% 125 of 306
183 Barnet Greater London 92.7 100.5 37,559 +3.9% 124 of 306
184 Gravesham Kent 93.1 105.1 10,308 -12.3% 123 of 306
185 Tendring Essex 93.4 103.5 14,639 +4.6% 122 of 306
186 Bedford Bedfordshire 93.7 100.0 18,267 +1.8% 121 of 306
187 Broxbourne Hertfordshire 93.8 103.0 9,560 +6.2% 120 of 306
188 Somerset West and Taunton Somerset 94.0 94.3 15,329 +3.4% 119 of 306
189 Pendle Lancashire 94.1 102.2 9,393 -6.9% 118 of 306
190 Colchester Essex 94.3 97.8 18,889 +8.4% 117 of 306
191 St. Helens Merseyside 95.0 104.7 17,936 +0.8% 116 of 306
192 North Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 95.3 95.2 16,325 +3.5% 115 of 306
193 Redbridge Greater London 95.5 107.6 30,687 +2.9% 114 of 306
194 Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire 96.0 102.8 11,994 +2.6% 113 of 306
195 Gateshead Tyne and Wear 96.6 98.2 19,584 -13.4% 112 of 306
196 Coventry West Midlands 96.8 105.2 35,712 -6.1% 111 of 306
197 Carlisle Cumbria 97.0 100.6 11,141 +1.0% 110 of 306
198 East Lindsey Lincolnshire 97.4 101.9 14,146 +5.0% 109 of 306
199 Welwyn Hatfield Hertfordshire 97.6 95.3 11,992 -2.9% 108 of 306
200 Lancaster Lancashire 98.2 101.4 14,238 -8.7% 107 of 306
201 Basildon Essex 98.2 101.1 19,018 +1.9% 106 of 306
202 Kirklees West Yorkshire 98.5 105.5 44,097 -2.2% 105 of 306
203 Wolverhampton West Midlands 98.6 107.4 27,717 -7.5% 104 of 306
204 Wandsworth Greater London 99.2 102.5 33,499 0.0% 103 of 306
205 Sunderland Tyne and Wear 99.3 103.3 28,651 -14.9% 102 of 306
206 Swale Kent 99.3 107.3 15,724 -6.0% 101 of 306
207 Ipswich Suffolk 99.8 100.7 13,997 +2.9% 100 of 306
208 Worthing West Sussex 99.9 103.0 11,373 +8.0% 99 of 306
209 Thurrock Essex 99.9 104.9 18,082 +3.1% 98 of 306
210 Ashfield Nottinghamshire 100.0 102.6 12,956 +1.5% 97 of 306
211 Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire 100.5 103.2 30,731 +1.4% 96 of 306
212 Wrexham Clwyd 101.2 104.2 13,987 -1.7% 95 of 306
213 Medway Kent 102.0 113.4 29,852 -4.6% 94 of 306
214 Sandwell West Midlands 102.1 108.0 36,124 -2.5% 93 of 306
215 Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria 102.3 102.1 6,962 +1.7% 92 of 306
216 Walsall West Midlands 102.8 111.2 30,398 +0.1% 91 of 306
217 Slough Berkshire 103.0 109.4 17,242 +6.5% 90 of 306
218 Croydon Greater London 104.1 117.4 42,591 -3.3% 89 of 306
219 South Tyneside Tyne and Wear 104.6 115.2 15,836 -15.1% 88 of 306
220 Barking and Dagenham Greater London 104.8 122.9 24,389 -0.2% 87 of 306
221 Waltham Forest Greater London 105.4 114.4 29,474 -5.6% 86 of 306
222 Caerphilly Gwent 106.0 112.6 18,746 +0.7% 85 of 306
223 Oxford Oxfordshire 106.8 98.1 17,736 -3.7% 84 of 306
224 Barnsley South Yorkshire 106.9 115.7 26,917 -3.7% 83 of 306
225 Conwy Clwyd 107.0 111.1 12,295 +0.8% 82 of 306
226 Nuneaton and Bedworth Warwickshire 107.9 123.1 15,275 +5.4% 81 of 306
227 Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan 108.0 108.7 6,367 -3.0% 80 of 306
228 Dartford Kent 108.0 112.0 13,504 -2.0% 79 of 306
229 Harlow Essex 108.6 118.2 10,663 +4.6% 78 of 306
230 Exeter Devon 108.6 101.6 15,026 -4.7% 77 of 306
231 Canterbury Kent 108.7 109.9 17,618 +5.5% 76 of 306
232 Plymouth Devon 109.1 111.8 29,674 -2.3% 75 of 306
233 Torbay Devon 109.4 112.3 15,330 -0.5% 74 of 306
234 Cardiff South Glamorgan 109.6 110.3 42,057 -2.0% 73 of 306
235 Cambridge Cambridgeshire 109.9 97.7 16,407 -2.4% 72 of 306
236 Sedgemoor Somerset 110.3 118.7 14,404 +5.0% 71 of 306
237 Watford Hertfordshire 110.4 114.4 11,830 +3.8% 70 of 306
238 Hounslow Greater London 110.5 119.7 33,076 -0.7% 69 of 306
239 Boston Lincolnshire 110.9 115.4 7,879 -1.7% 68 of 306
240 Rotherham South Yorkshire 111.0 118.3 30,695 +5.2% 67 of 306
241 Blackburn with Darwen Lancashire 111.0 112.9 18,049 -7.5% 66 of 306
242 Great Yarmouth Norfolk 111.4 115.8 11,197 -2.2% 65 of 306
243 Worcester Worcestershire 111.9 114.4 11,941 -2.8% 64 of 306
244 Reading Berkshire 112.1 117.2 20,512 +6.2% 63 of 306
245 Sheffield South Yorkshire 112.4 115.0 65,498 -1.4% 62 of 306
246 Denbighshire Clwyd 112.8 113.5 11,075 -0.8% 61 of 306
247 Enfield Greater London 112.9 115.7 36,957 -2.9% 60 of 306
248 Ealing Greater London 113.1 123.5 43,653 +0.8% 59 of 306
249 Southend-on-Sea Essex 113.2 118.2 20,967 +7.4% 58 of 306
250 Greenwich Greater London 113.5 123.7 33,981 -2.6% 57 of 306
251 Thanet Kent 114.6 120.1 16,349 -5.9% 56 of 306
252 Calderdale West Yorkshire 116.8 120.8 24,636 -5.3% 55 of 306
253 Mansfield Nottinghamshire 117.2 130.7 13,254 +3.0% 54 of 306
254 Wakefield West Yorkshire 117.3 121.0 43,130 -7.3% 53 of 306
255 Stevenage Hertfordshire 117.4 119.1 10,776 +9.7% 52 of 306
256 County Durham County Durham 119.4 127.8 64,238 +8.1% 51 of 306
257 Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear 119.6 118.8 38,331 -14.4% 50 of 306
258 Hillingdon Greater London 119.8 120.9 39,446 +0.2% 49 of 306
259 Chesterfield Derbyshire 120.9 118.8 12,820 +0.9% 48 of 306
260 Brent Greater London 122.2 132.4 43,138 -0.3% 47 of 306
261 Leicester Leicestershire 122.5 127.6 47,587 -6.3% 46 of 306
262 Lewisham Greater London 122.7 134.2 36,975 +2.1% 45 of 306
263 Brighton and Hove East Sussex 123.6 125.0 35,086 -1.9% 44 of 306
264 Birmingham West Midlands 123.9 125.8 146,625 -2.3% 43 of 306
265 Portsmouth Hampshire 124.4 124.7 26,665 -1.6% 42 of 306
266 Peterborough Cambridgeshire 124.6 125.9 27,869 -0.1% 41 of 306
267 Darlington County Durham 124.8 127.7 14,033 +6.0% 40 of 306
268 Norwich Norfolk 125.2 122.0 18,420 -2.9% 39 of 306
269 Torfaen Gwent 125.3 128.8 11,796 +4.0% 38 of 306
270 Hyndburn Lancashire 125.9 138.5 10,835 -6.4% 36 of 306
271 Leeds West Yorkshire 125.9 127.7 106,410 -3.4% 37 of 306
272 Preston Lancashire 128.1 133.0 20,865 -8.9% 35 of 306
273 Crawley West Sussex 129.6 130.7 16,076 +1.6% 34 of 306
274 Bradford West Yorkshire 129.8 134.9 73,156 -4.0% 33 of 306
275 Southampton Hampshire 131.6 140.3 34,149 -0.9% 32 of 306
276 Doncaster South Yorkshire 132.0 138.5 42,218 -1.9% 31 of 306
277 Haringey Greater London 132.9 142.6 35,064 -3.7% 30 of 306
278 Derby Derbyshire 133.1 136.4 36,488 +2.2% 29 of 306
279 Newport Gwent 135.4 141.5 22,735 +0.6% 28 of 306
280 Newham Greater London 135.9 153.1 50,890 +1.0% 27 of 306
281 Liverpool Merseyside 136.3 136.6 69,358 +1.6% 26 of 306
282 Redcar and Cleveland North Yorkshire 136.4 149.3 18,994 +0.0% 25 of 306
283 North East Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 137.5 140.8 21,982 +1.6% 24 of 306
284 Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire 137.6 141.6 37,897 +2.8% 23 of 306
285 Eastbourne East Sussex 138.1 141.1 14,399 +6.8% 22 of 306
286 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire 138.9 143.2 37,571 +7.8% 21 of 306
287 Hammersmith and Fulham Greater London 139.0 130.4 26,219 -3.7% 20 of 306
288 Stockton-on-Tees County Durham 141.7 148.6 29,300 +15.6% 19 of 306
289 Burnley Lancashire 142.2 148.4 14,110 +1.7% 18 of 306
290 Hastings East Sussex 142.9 146.2 13,034 +17.2% 17 of 306
291 Tower Hamlets Greater London 144.7 142.1 48,015 +0.9% 16 of 306
292 Blaenau Gwent Gwent 146.7 164.9 9,956 +1.3% 15 of 306
293 Hackney Greater London 146.9 152.1 39,179 -2.4% 14 of 306
294 Bristol Bristol 148.8 151.1 73,545 +8.5% 13 of 306
295 Lambeth Greater London 153.2 151.0 48,559 +1.1% 12 of 306
296 Southwark Greater London 155.7 154.9 49,003 -1.9% 11 of 306
297 Nottingham Nottinghamshire 155.8 148.5 51,573 +5.0% 10 of 306
298 Lincoln Lincolnshire 156.4 152.7 16,440 -1.9% 9 of 306
299 Hartlepool County Durham 163.0 182.4 15,999 +1.1% 8 of 306
300 Kensington and Chelsea Greater London 176.8 137.8 25,550 -7.2% 7 of 306
301 Islington Greater London 183.8 174.8 41,000 -2.3% 6 of 306
302 Blackpool Lancashire 186.3 187.8 26,857 -12.2% 5 of 306
303 Middlesbrough North Yorkshire 186.8 196.7 29,175 +2.8% 4 of 306
304 Camden Greater London 216.0 163.1 46,860 -7.9% 3 of 306
305 Westminster Greater London 416.0 237.7 87,349 -14.5% 2 of 306
306 City of London Greater London 648.9 106.4 9,805 -6.0% 1 of 306

Home Office recorded crime, published at data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. The ranking uses ONS mid-year resident estimates, which is what the rest of the field publishes. The second column divides the same crimes by the Census 2021 workday population, everyone who is in the area during the working day rather than only those who sleep there. Where the two disagree sharply the place is a town centre, and the workday figure is the fairer one. Census day fell under Covid restrictions with widespread home working, so central London workday counts are lower than a normal year. Rank 1 in the England and Wales column is the highest recorded resident rate in the country.

Left out of this table

These areas have published pages but no place in a ranking, because their police force has not filed a full twelve months. A short total is indistinguishable from a fall in crime, and every one of them would otherwise sit near the safe end of the table on nothing but the missing returns.

Area Force Last month filed
Cheltenham Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Cotswold Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Forest of Dean Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Gloucester Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Stroud Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Tewkesbury Gloucestershire Constabulary January 2026
Bolton Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Bury Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Manchester Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Oldham Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Rochdale Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Salford Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Stockport Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Tameside Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Trafford Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Wigan Greater Manchester Police August 2022
Craven North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Hambleton North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Harrogate North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Richmondshire North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Ryedale North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Scarborough North Yorkshire Police June 2026
Selby North Yorkshire Police June 2026
York North Yorkshire Police June 2026

The other end of the table

This table runs from the lowest rate. For the same areas ranked the other way, see where crime is highest. To put two specific places side by side, use the comparison tool.

Safest places by county

The same table cut to one county, for counties with at least three published areas.

Ranked by a single offence

The same areas over the same year, ranked one offence at a time. The order changes a great deal between them: shoplifting concentrates where the shops are, bicycle theft where the bicycles are, and neither follows the overall rate.

Figures cover the 12 months to July 2026, the most recent month any force has published. Police data arrives roughly two months in arrears.