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Recorded crime: Metropolitan Police Service 12 months to June 2026
124.2recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 1,130,871 offences in the Metropolitan Police Service area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 0.7% (8,435) on the previous 12 months. That is 124.2 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, 9,107,278 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 139.8 per 1,000 residents · 1,162,375 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 125.7 per 1,000 residents · 1,059,996 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 113.6 per 1,000 residents · 970,092 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 109.1 per 1,000 residents · 944,212 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 110.3 per 1,000 residents · 963,493 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 117 per 1,000 residents · 1,025,749 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 118.3 per 1,000 residents · 1,044,346 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 124.1 per 1,000 residents · 1,102,074 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 128.9 per 1,000 residents · 1,141,529 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 127.8 per 1,000 residents · 1,123,832 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 122.1 per 1,000 residents · 1,087,748 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 122.9 per 1,000 residents · 1,112,899 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 124.8 per 1,000 residents · 1,140,029 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 125.1 per 1,000 residents · 1,139,306 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 124.2 per 1,000 residents · 1,130,871 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50k 100k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 92,442 offences January 2011: 99,099 offences February 2011: 94,179 offences March 2011: 104,861 offences April 2011: 107,029 offences May 2011: 112,448 offences June 2011: 109,074 offences July 2011: 112,224 offences August 2011: 108,945 offences September 2011: 91,264 offences October 2011: 101,354 offences November 2011: 95,642 offences December 2011: 87,057 offences January 2012: 91,032 offences February 2012: 85,064 offences March 2012: 101,527 offences April 2012: 90,378 offences May 2012: 100,532 offences June 2012: 97,356 offences July 2012: 102,180 offences August 2012: 105,069 offences September 2012: 91,002 offences October 2012: 95,755 offences November 2012: 89,862 offences December 2012: 82,621 offences January 2013: 84,334 offences February 2013: 76,295 offences March 2013: 80,409 offences April 2013: 83,863 offences May 2013: 83,365 offences June 2013: 85,241 offences July 2013: 96,391 offences August 2013: 87,784 offences September 2013: 78,869 offences October 2013: 87,003 offences November 2013: 81,637 offences December 2013: 75,196 offences January 2014: 75,470 offences February 2014: 70,007 offences March 2014: 80,019 offences April 2014: 75,464 offences May 2014: 79,832 offences June 2014: 82,420 offences July 2014: 87,867 offences August 2014: 79,752 offences September 2014: 80,612 offences October 2014: 83,467 offences November 2014: 79,405 offences December 2014: 73,935 offences January 2015: 72,939 offences February 2015: 68,811 offences March 2015: 78,324 offences April 2015: 75,161 offences May 2015: 80,411 offences June 2015: 83,528 offences July 2015: 86,720 offences August 2015: 81,325 offences September 2015: 76,944 offences October 2015: 84,485 offences November 2015: 81,658 offences December 2015: 77,959 offences January 2016: 74,661 offences February 2016: 73,076 offences March 2016: 76,850 offences April 2016: 77,139 offences May 2016: 86,915 offences June 2016: 85,761 offences July 2016: 93,612 offences August 2016: 90,046 offences September 2016: 84,897 offences October 2016: 87,910 offences November 2016: 81,545 offences December 2016: 82,117 offences January 2017: 78,616 offences February 2017: 75,528 offences March 2017: 89,105 offences April 2017: 82,377 offences May 2017: 91,023 offences June 2017: 88,973 offences July 2017: 96,292 offences August 2017: 91,888 offences September 2017: 86,261 offences October 2017: 92,852 offences November 2017: 87,921 offences December 2017: 80,564 offences January 2018: 84,306 offences February 2018: 76,033 offences March 2018: 82,826 offences April 2018: 86,318 offences May 2018: 89,585 offences June 2018: 89,500 offences July 2018: 95,677 offences August 2018: 88,864 offences September 2018: 86,328 offences October 2018: 96,013 offences November 2018: 91,833 offences December 2018: 87,317 offences January 2019: 88,671 offences February 2019: 86,620 offences March 2019: 96,808 offences April 2019: 91,858 offences May 2019: 96,143 offences June 2019: 95,942 offences July 2019: 99,329 offences August 2019: 91,534 offences September 2019: 87,342 offences October 2019: 96,516 offences November 2019: 91,204 offences December 2019: 86,075 offences January 2020: 90,979 offences February 2020: 86,984 offences March 2020: 87,409 offences April 2020: 109,951 offences May 2020: 114,008 offences June 2020: 100,198 offences July 2020: 103,657 offences August 2020: 104,782 offences September 2020: 99,633 offences October 2020: 99,471 offences November 2020: 96,914 offences December 2020: 87,936 offences January 2021: 84,848 offences February 2021: 79,974 offences March 2021: 91,666 offences April 2021: 87,199 offences May 2021: 92,225 offences June 2021: 95,527 offences July 2021: 94,605 offences August 2021: 89,240 offences September 2021: 90,881 offences October 2021: 93,992 offences November 2021: 90,141 offences December 2021: 82,578 offences January 2022: 84,368 offences February 2022: 80,278 offences March 2022: 107,792 offences April 2022: 85,916 offences May 2022: 95,413 offences June 2022: 92,544 offences July 2022: 96,038 offences August 2022: 93,931 offences September 2022: 85,828 offences October 2022: 111,741 offences November 2022: 89,924 offences December 2022: 82,718 offences January 2023: 87,211 offences February 2023: 83,041 offences March 2023: 92,833 offences April 2023: 87,547 offences May 2023: 96,140 offences June 2023: 105,947 offences July 2023: 99,418 offences August 2023: 94,301 offences September 2023: 96,019 offences October 2023: 102,375 offences November 2023: 96,803 offences December 2023: 93,396 offences January 2024: 91,411 offences February 2024: 90,775 offences March 2024: 91,591 offences April 2024: 90,128 offences May 2024: 97,077 offences June 2024: 96,735 offences July 2024: 100,241 offences August 2024: 97,529 offences September 2024: 93,981 offences October 2024: 100,785 offences November 2024: 98,011 offences December 2024: 91,065 offences January 2025: 86,952 offences February 2025: 83,660 offences March 2025: 93,571 offences April 2025: 93,211 offences May 2025: 99,386 offences June 2025: 100,914 offences July 2025: 106,677 offences August 2025: 99,050 offences September 2025: 93,280 offences October 2025: 98,545 offences November 2025: 94,209 offences December 2025: 90,961 offences January 2026: 86,692 offences February 2026: 84,636 offences March 2026: 92,801 offences April 2026: 91,664 offences May 2026: 96,674 offences June 2026: 95,682 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded 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 offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 11,452 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 108 111 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 13,806 16,285 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 31,495 33,293 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 347 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 55,392 56,423 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 54,231 45,675 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,123 5,693 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 56,770 56,139 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 101.0 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 32,421 34,318 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 28,054 26,520 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 420,791 472,430 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 916,963 944,158 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 249,094 235,378 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 50 100 150 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 100 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 108 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 109 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 159 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 123 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 144 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 125 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 130 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 122 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 111 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 108 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 5k 10k 15k 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 12,485 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 13,260 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 10,618 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 9,382 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 9,016 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 9,072 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 11,213 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 13,709 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 13,819 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 14,680 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 10,080 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 11,134 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 12,864 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 15,156 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 16,285 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 13,806 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 10k 20k 30k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 31,128 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 31,460 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 32,610 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 33,367 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 32,441 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 32,140 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 30,398 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 30,932 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 32,252 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 32,125 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 31,517 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 30,390 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 30,435 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 32,199 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 32,954 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 33,984 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 34,899 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 34,315 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 33,293 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 31,495 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded 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 Violence and sexual offences 280,361 258,940 ▲ 8.3% 30.8 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 235,821 232,316 ▲ 1.5% 25.9 15.3 Other theft 98,011 102,283 ▼ 4.2% 10.8 6.5 Shoplifting 90,816 89,080 ▲ 1.9% 10.0 8.3 Vehicle crime 82,186 88,731 ▼ 7.4% 9.0 5.0 Theft from the person 74,993 95,704 ▼ 21.6% 8.2 1.7 Public order 60,583 55,270 ▲ 9.6% 6.7 6.8 Drugs 50,742 47,859 ▲ 6.0% 5.6 3.4 Burglary 47,208 49,609 ▼ 4.8% 5.2 3.6 Criminal damage and arson 45,129 54,862 ▼ 17.7% 5.0 6.9 Robbery 31,029 32,298 ▼ 3.9% 3.4 1.4 Bicycle theft 13,880 14,522 ▼ 4.4% 1.5 0.8 Other crime 13,279 13,098 ▲ 1.4% 1.5 2.2 Possession of weapons 6,833 4,734 ▲ 44.3% 0.8 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 Barking and Dagenham 24,492 offences 102.8per 1,000 Barnet 37,720 offences 92.4per 1,000 Bexley 19,960 offences 77.6per 1,000 Brent 43,630 offences 123.9per 1,000 Bromley 29,278 offences 87.1per 1,000 Camden 47,253 offences 218.1per 1,000 Croydon 42,702 offences 104.1per 1,000 Ealing 43,755 offences 113.0per 1,000 Enfield 37,138 offences 112.7per 1,000 Greenwich 33,973 offences 112.8per 1,000 Hackney 39,516 offences 148.4per 1,000 Hammersmith and Fulham 26,393 offences 138.8per 1,000 Haringey 35,430 offences 133.1per 1,000 Harrow 22,173 offences 81.3per 1,000 Havering 24,556 offences 87.5per 1,000 Hillingdon 39,808 offences 121.9per 1,000 Hounslow 33,414 offences 111.6per 1,000 Islington 40,669 offences 181.1per 1,000 Kensington and Chelsea 25,815 offences 177.1per 1,000 Kingston upon Thames 15,025 offences 87.0per 1,000 Lambeth 48,230 offences 153.5per 1,000 Lewisham 36,696 offences 121.9per 1,000 Merton 16,554 offences 75.6per 1,000 Newham 51,157 offences 135.9per 1,000 Redbridge 30,775 offences 95.6per 1,000 Richmond upon Thames 14,382 offences 73.1per 1,000 Southwark 48,530 offences 155.4per 1,000 Sutton 16,503 offences 77.1per 1,000 Tower Hamlets 48,234 offences 144.3per 1,000 Waltham Forest 29,597 offences 104.3per 1,000 Wandsworth 33,537 offences 98.7per 1,000 Westminster 88,460 offences 416.5per 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 E23000001 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology