OpenCrime

The safest places to live in Greater London

Of the 33 local authority areas in Greater London with a full year of published data, the lowest recorded crime rates are in Richmond upon Thames, Merton and Sutton. Richmond upon Thames's figure is 73.2 offences per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to July 2026, about 20% below the England and Wales average of 91.2. Nationally, its rate is the 100th lowest of the 306 ranked areas.

33 areas ranked, every one with a full year of published data
91.2 England and Wales average, crimes per 1,000 residents
73.2 lowest rate in the table, Richmond upon Thames

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 area in Greater London

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 Richmond upon Thames Greater London 73.2 72.2 14,398 -6.2% 207 of 306
2 Merton Greater London 74.6 80.1 16,295 -7.7% 203 of 306
3 Sutton Greater London 76.8 82.7 16,474 +2.0% 198 of 306
4 Bexley Greater London 78.3 86.4 20,071 +0.9% 193 of 306
5 Harrow Greater London 81.6 93.2 22,094 +0.8% 170 of 306
6 Kingston upon Thames Greater London 86.7 89.1 14,970 +1.2% 148 of 306
7 Bromley Greater London 87.2 90.7 29,229 -1.7% 144 of 306
8 Havering Greater London 88.6 96.7 24,479 -0.2% 136 of 306
9 Barnet Greater London 92.7 100.5 37,559 +3.9% 124 of 306
10 Redbridge Greater London 95.5 107.6 30,687 +2.9% 114 of 306
11 Wandsworth Greater London 99.2 102.5 33,499 0.0% 103 of 306
12 Croydon Greater London 104.1 117.4 42,591 -3.3% 89 of 306
13 Barking and Dagenham Greater London 104.8 122.9 24,389 -0.2% 87 of 306
14 Waltham Forest Greater London 105.4 114.4 29,474 -5.6% 86 of 306
15 Hounslow Greater London 110.5 119.7 33,076 -0.7% 69 of 306
16 Enfield Greater London 112.9 115.7 36,957 -2.9% 60 of 306
17 Ealing Greater London 113.1 123.5 43,653 +0.8% 59 of 306
18 Greenwich Greater London 113.5 123.7 33,981 -2.6% 57 of 306
19 Hillingdon Greater London 119.8 120.9 39,446 +0.2% 49 of 306
20 Brent Greater London 122.2 132.4 43,138 -0.3% 47 of 306
21 Lewisham Greater London 122.7 134.2 36,975 +2.1% 45 of 306
22 Haringey Greater London 132.9 142.6 35,064 -3.7% 30 of 306
23 Newham Greater London 135.9 153.1 50,890 +1.0% 27 of 306
24 Hammersmith and Fulham Greater London 139.0 130.4 26,219 -3.7% 20 of 306
25 Tower Hamlets Greater London 144.7 142.1 48,015 +0.9% 16 of 306
26 Hackney Greater London 146.9 152.1 39,179 -2.4% 14 of 306
27 Lambeth Greater London 153.2 151.0 48,559 +1.1% 12 of 306
28 Southwark Greater London 155.7 154.9 49,003 -1.9% 11 of 306
29 Kensington and Chelsea Greater London 176.8 137.8 25,550 -7.2% 7 of 306
30 Islington Greater London 183.8 174.8 41,000 -2.3% 6 of 306
31 Camden Greater London 216.0 163.1 46,860 -7.9% 3 of 306
32 Westminster Greater London 416.0 237.7 87,349 -14.5% 2 of 306
33 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.

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.