302 local authorities · 12 months to June 2026

Highest police-recorded public order rates

Local authorities in England and Wales ranked by public order offences recorded by the police per 1,000 residents. England and Wales: 6.8 per 1,000. A high recorded rate is not a measure of how dangerous an area is; see the caveat below.

#Local authorityPer 1,000Offences12-month changevs England & Wales
1City of LondonCity of London Police41.7652▼ 5.4%+513%
2WestminsterMetropolitan Police Service18.13,849▲ 15.1%+166%
3Blaenau GwentGwent Police15.31,032▼ 4.8%+125%
4MiddlesbroughCleveland Police14.42,195▲ 5.2%+112%
5Bristol, City ofAvon and Somerset Constabulary13.86,810▼ 0.2%+103%
6NewportGwent Police13.72,310▼ 1%+101%
7Kingston upon Hull, City ofHumberside Police13.33,647▲ 6.2%+96%
8LeicesterLeicestershire Police12.84,894▼ 3.6%+88%
9LiverpoolMerseyside Police12.86,492▼ 6.1%+88%
10TorfaenGwent Police12.41,164▼ 5%+82%
11DerbyDerbyshire Constabulary12.33,379▼ 4.3%+81%
12Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire Police11.83,204▲ 8.2%+74%
13LincolnLincolnshire Police11.51,185▼ 4.5%+69%
14CardiffSouth Wales Police11.44,357▼ 0.8%+68%
15CamdenMetropolitan Police Service11.32,439▲ 6.5%+66%
16HartlepoolCleveland Police11.01,100▲ 9.9%+62%
17Merthyr TydfilSouth Wales Police10.9636▼ 5.1%+60%
18North East LincolnshireHumberside Police10.91,743▼ 5.2%+60%
19BlackpoolLancashire Constabulary10.71,537▲ 11.7%+57%
20Brighton and HoveSussex Police10.73,034▼ 4.1%+57%
21HastingsSussex Police10.7974▲ 13.7%+57%
22CrawleySussex Police10.61,320▼ 5.4%+56%
23CaerphillyGwent Police10.51,854▼ 11.5%+54%
24ChesterfieldDerbyshire Constabulary10.51,121▼ 11.2%+54%
25BradfordWest Yorkshire Police10.25,668▼ 12.1%+50%
26IslingtonMetropolitan Police Service10.22,291▲ 9.1%+50%
27NottinghamNottinghamshire Police10.23,339▼ 6.4%+50%
28Rhondda Cynon TafSouth Wales Police10.22,466▼ 0.5%+50%
29BridgendSouth Wales Police10.11,491▲ 8.4%+49%
30SouthamptonHampshire Constabulary10.12,615▼ 8.9%+49%
31EastbourneSussex Police10.01,043▲ 8.5%+47%
32PortsmouthHampshire Constabulary10.02,111▼ 15.1%+47%
33CalderdaleWest Yorkshire Police9.92,090▼ 12.3%+46%
34HaltonCheshire Constabulary9.91,304▼ 2%+46%
35LeedsWest Yorkshire Police9.78,130▼ 11%+43%
36Neath Port TalbotSouth Wales Police9.61,370▲ 0.2%+41%
37SwanseaSouth Wales Police9.52,369▼ 5.6%+40%
38WakefieldWest Yorkshire Police9.23,400▼ 17.5%+35%
39Kensington and ChelseaMetropolitan Police Service9.11,320▲ 10.1%+34%
40Redcar and ClevelandCleveland Police9.01,260▲ 1.7%+32%
41KnowsleyMerseyside Police8.81,435▼ 0.7%+29%
42OxfordThames Valley Police8.81,458▲ 3.8%+29%
43Newcastle upon TyneNorthumbria Police8.72,776▼ 19%+28%
44SpelthorneSurrey Police8.7936▲ 3.5%+28%
45St. HelensMerseyside Police8.71,649▼ 8.2%+28%
46DoncasterSouth Yorkshire Police8.62,762▼ 8%+26%
47Hammersmith and FulhamMetropolitan Police Service8.61,631▲ 2.4%+26%
48KirkleesWest Yorkshire Police8.63,850▼ 9.2%+26%
49MonmouthshireGwent Police8.6821▲ 15.6%+26%
50NorwichNorfolk Constabulary8.61,253▼ 5.8%+26%
51WorthingSussex Police8.6980▲ 10.9%+26%
52CumberlandCumbria Constabulary8.52,401▼ 1.4%+25%
53HarlowEssex Police8.5835▲ 0.6%+25%
54ReadingThames Valley Police8.51,569▲ 15%+25%
55Stockton-on-TeesCleveland Police8.51,756▲ 7.7%+25%
56HackneyMetropolitan Police Service8.42,235▲ 9%+24%
57Cheshire West and ChesterCheshire Constabulary8.33,120▲ 0.8%+22%
58ErewashDerbyshire Constabulary8.3939▼ 0.9%+22%
59North LincolnshireHumberside Police8.31,420▲ 2.9%+22%
60SeftonMerseyside Police8.32,379▼ 3.4%+22%
61SheffieldSouth Yorkshire Police8.34,790▼ 5.9%+22%
62SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary8.34,895▼ 7.3%+22%
63Tower HamletsMetropolitan Police Service8.32,763▲ 14.3%+22%
64Bath and North East SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary8.21,645▲ 5.2%+21%
65Vale of GlamorganSouth Wales Police8.21,115▲ 3.1%+21%
66SloughThames Valley Police8.11,361▲ 11.9%+19%
67StevenageHertfordshire Constabulary8.1749▲ 16.3%+19%
68WarringtonCheshire Constabulary8.11,744▲ 13.5%+19%
69North SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary8.01,822▼ 8.5%+18%
70WirralMerseyside Police8.02,628▼ 1.6%+18%
71BolsoverDerbyshire Constabulary7.9666▲ 5%+16%
72BurnleyLancashire Constabulary7.9795▲ 42.2%+16%
73DenbighshireNorth Wales Police7.9779▲ 14.9%+16%
74BarnsleySouth Yorkshire Police7.81,968▼ 13.1%+15%
75GuildfordSurrey Police7.81,181▼ 4.3%+15%
76RotherhamSouth Yorkshire Police7.82,179▼ 3.5%+15%
77ConwyNorth Wales Police7.7883▲ 6.6%+13%
78DarlingtonDurham Constabulary7.7868▲ 2.7%+13%
79Isle of WightHampshire Constabulary7.71,080▼ 0.5%+13%
80RunnymedeSurrey Police7.7720▲ 2.3%+13%
81Great YarmouthNorfolk Constabulary7.6766▼ 0.6%+12%
82PembrokeshireDyfed-Powys Police7.6961▼ 6.9%+12%
83Amber ValleyDerbyshire Constabulary7.4980▼ 3.7%+9%
84BirminghamWest Midlands Police7.48,755▲ 5.9%+9%
85LambethMetropolitan Police Service7.42,327▲ 6.2%+9%
86LewishamMetropolitan Police Service7.42,213▲ 1.2%+9%
87PeterboroughCambridgeshire Constabulary7.41,668▼ 4.5%+9%
88Cheshire EastCheshire Constabulary7.33,085▲ 10.4%+7%
89County DurhamDurham Constabulary7.33,920▲ 3.2%+7%
90Milton KeynesThames Valley Police7.32,262▲ 2.2%+7%
91PrestonLancashire Constabulary7.31,199▲ 5.5%+7%
92WorcesterWest Mercia Police7.3786▼ 12.7%+7%
93Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire Police7.2918▲ 20.9%+6%
94South TynesideNorthumbria Police7.21,085▼ 19.1%+6%
95GreenwichMetropolitan Police Service7.12,134▲ 5.1%+4%
96South GloucestershireAvon and Somerset Constabulary7.12,184▲ 13.1%+4%
97SunderlandNorthumbria Police7.12,025▼ 17.5%+4%
98Westmorland and FurnessCumbria Constabulary7.11,638▲ 9.7%+4%
99Cannock ChaseStaffordshire Police7.0731▲ 4.7%+3%
100Epsom and EwellSurrey Police7.0585▲ 7.9%+3%
101ExeterDevon & Cornwall Police7.0972▲ 4%+3%
102High PeakDerbyshire Constabulary6.9633▼ 6.5%+1%
103MansfieldNottinghamshire Police6.9788▲ 2.9%+1%
104PlymouthDevon & Cornwall Police6.91,883▲ 5.5%+1%
105SouthwarkMetropolitan Police Service6.92,149▲ 10.5%+1%
106CarmarthenshireDyfed-Powys Police6.81,293▼ 4.9%0%
107HaringeyMetropolitan Police Service6.81,821▲ 9.6%0%
108HavantHampshire Constabulary6.8872▼ 15.3%0%
109HounslowMetropolitan Police Service6.82,042▲ 11.3%0%
110Southend-on-SeaEssex Police6.81,261▼ 7.3%0%
111BrentMetropolitan Police Service6.72,350▲ 14.5%-1%
112East StaffordshireStaffordshire Police6.7882▼ 1.2%-1%
113GatesheadNorthumbria Police6.71,353▼ 25.3%-1%
114HillingdonMetropolitan Police Service6.72,177▲ 7.8%-1%
115HyndburnLancashire Constabulary6.7581▲ 22.3%-1%
116SwindonWiltshire Police6.71,642▲ 3%-1%
117Blackburn with DarwenLancashire Constabulary6.61,073▲ 12.9%-3%
118Nuneaton and BedworthWarwickshire Police6.6954▲ 2.9%-3%
119TamworthStaffordshire Police6.6540▼ 4.1%-3%
120WokingSurrey Police6.6705▼ 11.9%-3%
121WrexhamNorth Wales Police6.6911▲ 1.1%-3%
122ChichesterSussex Police6.5847▲ 13.1%-4%
123GosportHampshire Constabulary6.5537▼ 12%-4%
124RushmoorHampshire Constabulary6.5692▼ 13.7%-4%
125WatfordHertfordshire Constabulary6.5704▲ 13.7%-4%
126BasildonEssex Police6.41,244▼ 0.3%-6%
127CambridgeCambridgeshire Constabulary6.4960▼ 15%-6%
128ColchesterEssex Police6.41,294▲ 0.8%-6%
129NewhamMetropolitan Police Service6.42,401▲ 13.7%-6%
130Reigate and BansteadSurrey Police6.41,022▲ 0.4%-6%
131BedfordBedfordshire Police6.31,238▼ 3.4%-7%
132SandwellWest Midlands Police6.32,215▲ 6.3%-7%
133StaffordStaffordshire Police6.3895▼ 4.8%-7%
134GwyneddNorth Wales Police6.2748▲ 4.9%-9%
135LutonBedfordshire Police6.21,472▼ 7.3%-9%
136North TynesideNorthumbria Police6.21,335▼ 20.5%-9%
137TandridgeSurrey Police6.2561▼ 1.4%-9%
138ThurrockEssex Police6.21,123▲ 0.6%-9%
139EalingMetropolitan Police Service6.12,350▲ 7.9%-10%
140East Riding of YorkshireHumberside Police6.12,183▲ 3.9%-10%
141Mole ValleySurrey Police6.1539▲ 10.7%-10%
142IpswichSuffolk Constabulary6.0832▼ 21.4%-12%
143North East DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary6.0649▲ 0.3%-12%
144Wyre ForestWest Mercia Police6.0624▼ 4.4%-12%
145ArunSussex Police5.91,014▼ 2.1%-13%
146CharnwoodLeicestershire Police5.91,127▼ 7.3%-13%
147CroydonMetropolitan Police Service5.92,421▲ 7.1%-13%
148NorthumberlandNorthumbria Police5.91,986▼ 18.3%-13%
149TendringEssex Police5.9943▼ 9.6%-13%
150PowysDyfed-Powys Police5.8787▼ 16.7%-15%
151TorbayDevon & Cornwall Police5.8806▼ 2.9%-15%
152AshfieldNottinghamshire Police5.7738▼ 4%-16%
153BostonLincolnshire Police5.7413▲ 8.4%-16%
154CherwellThames Valley Police5.7981▼ 1.1%-16%
155RedditchWest Mercia Police5.7496▼ 6.8%-16%
156WalsallWest Midlands Police5.71,684▲ 9.6%-16%
157RotherSussex Police5.6543▼ 4.7%-18%
158Telford and WrekinWest Mercia Police5.61,113▼ 12.2%-18%
159Barking and DagenhamMetropolitan Police Service5.51,322▲ 7.1%-19%
160ElmbridgeSurrey Police5.5785▼ 0.5%-19%
161North West LeicestershireLeicestershire Police5.5619▼ 13.4%-19%
162SuttonMetropolitan Police Service5.51,167▲ 19.6%-19%
163WandsworthMetropolitan Police Service5.51,868▲ 7.4%-19%
164Windsor and MaidenheadThames Valley Police5.5886▲ 3.4%-19%
165Basingstoke and DeaneHampshire Constabulary5.41,049▼ 13.7%-21%
166BromleyMetropolitan Police Service5.41,826▲ 12.5%-21%
167CeredigionDyfed-Powys Police5.4395▼ 17.9%-21%
168CoventryWest Midlands Police5.41,960▲ 2.3%-21%
169Epping ForestEssex Police5.4743▲ 9.7%-21%
170Kingston upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service5.4926▲ 11.7%-21%
171LewesSussex Police5.4559▼ 2.4%-21%
172ChelmsfordEssex Police5.31,016▼ 6.2%-22%
173Derbyshire DalesDerbyshire Constabulary5.3384▲ 2.7%-22%
174EnfieldMetropolitan Police Service5.31,740▲ 6.9%-22%
175Oadby and WigstonLeicestershire Police5.3329▼ 9.9%-22%
176Surrey HeathSurrey Police5.3508▼ 3.4%-22%
177AdurSussex Police5.2340▼ 14.8%-24%
178RedbridgeMetropolitan Police Service5.21,669▲ 26.1%-24%
179Staffordshire MoorlandsStaffordshire Police5.2507▲ 1%-24%
180Waltham ForestMetropolitan Police Service5.21,468▲ 4.6%-24%
181Welwyn HatfieldHertfordshire Constabulary5.2633▲ 6.9%-24%
182West NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police5.22,312▲ 9.2%-24%
183LancasterLancashire Constabulary5.1734▲ 9.9%-25%
184LichfieldStaffordshire Police5.1578▼ 2.2%-25%
185South DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary5.1606▼ 3.2%-25%
186WolverhamptonWest Midlands Police5.11,447▼ 7.2%-25%
187BlabyLeicestershire Police5.0538▼ 10.9%-26%
188HaveringMetropolitan Police Service5.01,391▲ 6.3%-26%
189Isle of AngleseyNorth Wales Police5.0343▲ 14%-26%
190North DevonDevon & Cornwall Police5.0509▲ 3.2%-26%
191North WarwickshireWarwickshire Police5.0336▼ 9.2%-26%
192SolihullWest Midlands Police5.01,114▲ 2.3%-26%
193ThanetKent Police5.0720▼ 10.2%-26%
194YorkNorth Yorkshire Police5.01,043▲ 9.7%-26%
195BarnetMetropolitan Police Service4.91,985▲ 9.1%-28%
196BassetlawNottinghamshire Police4.9619▲ 1.3%-28%
197BexleyMetropolitan Police Service4.91,257▲ 11.9%-28%
198East LindseyLincolnshire Police4.9715▲ 15.5%-28%
199FlintshireNorth Wales Police4.9767▼ 3.2%-28%
200Hinckley and BosworthLeicestershire Police4.9583▼ 11.7%-28%
201Mid SussexSussex Police4.9795▲ 5.4%-28%
202PendleLancashire Constabulary4.9490▲ 2.1%-28%
203West BerkshireThames Valley Police4.9804▼ 12.6%-28%
204BroxbourneHertfordshire Constabulary4.8500▲ 21.4%-29%
205North NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police4.81,819▲ 4.7%-29%
206WarwickWarwickshire Police4.8759▲ 7.7%-29%
207Bracknell ForestThames Valley Police4.7618▼ 1.7%-31%
208BuckinghamshireThames Valley Police4.72,754▼ 2.1%-31%
209DudleyWest Midlands Police4.71,555▲ 0.7%-31%
210HertsmereHertfordshire Constabulary4.7520▼ 7.5%-31%
211Vale of White HorseThames Valley Police4.7709▲ 3.4%-31%
212WinchesterHampshire Constabulary4.7645▼ 10.3%-31%
213EastleighHampshire Constabulary4.6663▼ 16.5%-32%
214MedwayKent Police4.61,349▼ 11.4%-32%
215New ForestHampshire Constabulary4.6818▼ 15.1%-32%
216RossendaleLancashire Constabulary4.6337▲ 16.6%-32%
217RugbyWarwickshire Police4.6572▼ 7%-32%
218South KestevenLincolnshire Police4.6688▲ 15.1%-32%
219BrentwoodEssex Police4.5357▲ 3.2%-34%
220CornwallDevon & Cornwall Police4.52,622▲ 7%-34%
221FarehamHampshire Constabulary4.5515▼ 12.4%-34%
222King's Lynn and West NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary4.5711▼ 9.9%-34%
223WiltshireWiltshire Police4.52,345▼ 2.7%-34%
224BroxtoweNottinghamshire Police4.4505▲ 5.2%-35%
225FenlandCambridgeshire Constabulary4.4468▲ 16.1%-35%
226MeltonLeicestershire Police4.4242▼ 30.9%-35%
227Test ValleyHampshire Constabulary4.4597▼ 6%-35%
228BraintreeEssex Police4.3720▼ 2.8%-37%
229MertonMetropolitan Police Service4.3952▲ 5.7%-37%
230HarboroughLeicestershire Police4.2444▲ 4.2%-38%
231Richmond upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service4.2822▲ 4.3%-38%
232South HollandLincolnshire Police4.2428▲ 11.7%-38%
233Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDorset Police4.11,667▼ 17.1%-40%
234DartfordKent Police4.1520▼ 6.3%-40%
235Newark and SherwoodNottinghamshire Police4.1527▼ 10.8%-40%
236Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire Police4.1608▼ 6.7%-40%
237West SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary4.1771▼ 12.1%-40%
238BromsgroveWest Mercia Police4.0410▲ 6.8%-41%
239Herefordshire, County ofWest Mercia Police4.0774▼ 7.2%-41%
240WychavonWest Mercia Police4.0560▼ 0.5%-41%
241WyreLancashire Constabulary4.0483▲ 13.1%-41%
242BrecklandNorfolk Constabulary3.9571▲ 1.1%-43%
243HarrowMetropolitan Police Service3.91,064▲ 11.8%-43%
244HorshamSussex Police3.9591▼ 13.6%-43%
245South StaffordshireStaffordshire Police3.9446▼ 4.7%-43%
246WealdenSussex Police3.9654▲ 15.3%-43%
247West LindseyLincolnshire Police3.9392▼ 13.1%-43%
248Castle PointEssex Police3.8344▲ 12.1%-44%
249ChorleyLancashire Constabulary3.8463▲ 15.8%-44%
250DacorumHertfordshire Constabulary3.8610▼ 8.5%-44%
251WaverleySurrey Police3.8527▼ 2.6%-44%
252West OxfordshireThames Valley Police3.8461▲ 7.7%-44%
253CanterburyKent Police3.7604▼ 16.8%-46%
254Central BedfordshireBedfordshire Police3.71,181▼ 10.7%-46%
255Folkestone and HytheKent Police3.7419▼ 16.7%-46%
256MaldonEssex Police3.7259▲ 0.8%-46%
257RutlandLeicestershire Police3.7152▲ 16%-46%
258SwaleKent Police3.7592▼ 14%-46%
259TeignbridgeDevon & Cornwall Police3.7507▲ 11.2%-46%
260East HampshireHampshire Constabulary3.6467▼ 14%-47%
261GraveshamKent Police3.6403▼ 25.4%-47%
262HuntingdonshireCambridgeshire Constabulary3.6682▼ 4.3%-47%
263Three RiversHertfordshire Constabulary3.6349▲ 4.2%-47%
264UttlesfordEssex Police3.6349▼ 0.9%-47%
265FyldeLancashire Constabulary3.5307▲ 16.3%-49%
266Mid DevonDevon & Cornwall Police3.5301▼ 7.4%-49%
267North NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary3.5366▼ 3.9%-49%
268South RibbleLancashire Constabulary3.5411▲ 12.6%-49%
269DoverKent Police3.4408▼ 21.2%-50%
270GedlingNottinghamshire Police3.4412▼ 5.7%-50%
271MaidstoneKent Police3.4646▼ 16.2%-50%
272North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire Police3.42,172▲ 5.4%-50%
273ShropshireWest Mercia Police3.41,148▼ 13.9%-50%
274South OxfordshireThames Valley Police3.4537▼ 7.1%-50%
275Malvern HillsWest Mercia Police3.3279▼ 13.1%-51%
276St AlbansHertfordshire Constabulary3.3500▼ 12.1%-51%
277TorridgeDevon & Cornwall Police3.3235▼ 3.3%-51%
278West DevonDevon & Cornwall Police3.3192▲ 29.7%-51%
279AshfordKent Police3.2455▼ 13.2%-53%
280East HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary3.2501▼ 10.4%-53%
281North HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary3.2435▼ 14.2%-53%
282South HamsDevon & Cornwall Police3.2294▲ 30.1%-53%
283Tunbridge WellsKent Police3.2380▼ 0.5%-53%
284HartHampshire Constabulary3.1316▼ 10%-54%
285South NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary3.1463▼ 9%-54%
286BaberghSuffolk Constabulary3.0293▼ 9.6%-56%
287North KestevenLincolnshire Police3.0364▼ 11.2%-56%
288RochfordEssex Police3.0276▼ 14%-56%
289WokinghamThames Valley Police3.0572▼ 12.9%-56%
290East SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary2.9723▼ 16.9%-57%
291RushcliffeNottinghamshire Police2.9374▲ 1.9%-57%
292West LancashireLancashire Constabulary2.9358▲ 10.8%-57%
293East DevonDevon & Cornwall Police2.8444▼ 2.8%-59%
294South CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary2.8495▲ 10.7%-59%
295BroadlandNorfolk Constabulary2.6369▼ 3.1%-62%
296Mid SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary2.6295▼ 2.3%-62%
297DorsetDorset Police2.5975▼ 30.2%-63%
298East CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary2.5237▼ 6.3%-63%
299Tonbridge and MallingKent Police2.4327▼ 15.7%-65%
300Ribble ValleyLancashire Constabulary2.3155▲ 17.4%-66%
301SevenoaksKent Police2.0241▼ 19.1%-71%
302Isles of ScillyDevon & Cornwall Police0.92-87%

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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.

Rates use resident population as the denominator. Areas with many visitors, commuters or shops, such as city centres, record more offences per resident than the number of people present would suggest. Areas whose force did not supply a complete 12 months of data are left out. Population: ONS mid-year estimates, mid-2025.