Police force area

Recorded crime: City of London Police

12 months to June 2026

573.2recorded offences per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 8,960 offences in the City of London Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 3.3% (309) on the previous 12 months. That is 573.2 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.

Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive
force
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 15,631

Data not supplied by the force for 1 of 187 months (June 2022). Totals and rates for windows that include those months are understated and are marked as partial.

Since 2011

Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout.Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Monthly trend

Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviourPublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Official figures for this area

Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.

Series	Latest	A year earlier	Published
Arrests for notifiable offencesYear ending March 2025 · arrests	211	—	2026-08-19
Homicides (Homicide Index)Year ending March 2025 · offences	0	0	Year ending March 2025
Offences involving a knife or sharp instrumentYear ending March 2026 · offences	42	59	Year ending March 2026
Police officers (full-time equivalent)Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE)	1,007	992	As at 31 March 2026
Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	308	373	Year ending March 2026
Drug offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	565	576	Year ending March 2026
Possession of weapons (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	58	76	Year ending March 2026
Public order offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	644	697	Year ending March 2026
Robbery (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	250	161	Year ending March 2026
Sexual offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	149	202	Year ending March 2026
Theft offences (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	5,280	5,502	Year ending March 2026
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)Year ending March 2026 · offences	8,731	9,184	Year ending March 2026
Violence against the person (police-recorded)Year ending March 2026 · offences	1,355	1,436	Year ending March 2026

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Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap.Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

By category, 12 months to June 2026

Category	Offences	Previous 12 months	Change	Per 1,000	England & Wales per 1,000
Other theft	2,021	1,803	▲ 12.1%	129.3	6.5
Violence and sexual offences	1,511	1,713	▼ 11.8%	96.7	34.7
Shoplifting	1,426	1,470	▼ 3.0%	91.2	8.3
Theft from the person	1,083	1,425	▼ 24.0%	69.3	1.7
Public order	655	691	▼ 5.2%	41.9	6.8
Drugs	503	443	▲ 13.5%	32.2	3.4
Burglary	418	386	▲ 8.3%	26.7	3.6
Bicycle theft	338	219	▲ 54.3%	21.6	0.8
Criminal damage and arson	308	350	▼ 12.0%	19.7	6.9
Robbery	260	193	▲ 34.7%	16.6	1.4
Anti-social behaviour (not a crime)	174	238	▼ 26.9%	11.1	15.3
Vehicle crime	128	107	▲ 19.6%	8.2	5.0
Other crime	93	156	▼ 40.4%	5.9	2.2
Possession of weapons	42	75	▼ 44.0%	2.7	1.0
Public disorder and weapons	0	0	—	0.0	0.0
Violent crime	0	0	—	0.0	0.0

Local authorities in this force area

City of London9,966 offences637.6per 1,000

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.

Source

Data: data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.
Population: ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities.
Geography: E23000034
Rate: offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place.
Method: Methodology