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Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by police force area (rate)

Police-recorded offences (excluding fraud) per 1,000 residents in each police force area of England and Wales in the year ending March, using the ONS mid-year population estimates, with the England and Wales rate.

latest 12 months to Year ending March 2026; 1 quarters summed · total 3,355.6 offences per 1,000 population

Police force area (rate)Latest 12 monthsSharePrevious 12 monthsChange
Cleveland123.43.7%
West Yorkshire107.93.2%
Greater Manchester103.73.1%
South Yorkshire101.63%
Metropolitan Police1013%
West Midlands99.13%
Avon and Somerset96.72.9%
Humberside96.42.9%
Gwent94.72.8%
Merseyside93.52.8%
Durham91.62.7%
Northumbria90.32.7%
Nottinghamshire85.42.5%
ENGLAND AND WALES84.72.5%
Lancashire80.22.4%
Kent79.82.4%
South Wales78.42.3%
Derbyshire78.32.3%
Leicestershire76.42.3%
North Wales75.22.2%
Staffordshire75.12.2%
Cambridgeshire74.32.2%
Essex74.22.2%
Sussex742.2%
Hampshire73.62.2%
Cumbria712.1%
Northamptonshire70.42.1%
Bedfordshire68.62%
Dyfed-Powys68.42%
Hertfordshire68.12%
Lincolnshire682%
Cheshire67.62%
Gloucestershire67.32%
Devon and Cornwall66.52%
Thames Valley64.11.9%
Warwickshire62.61.9%
Norfolk61.51.8%
West Mercia59.61.8%
Surrey59.41.8%
Dorset58.91.8%
Wiltshire56.11.7%
Suffolk56.11.7%
North Yorkshire52.11.6%

Source

Dataset
Police force area data tables
Rows
; values are the sum of the published rows for each police force area (rate) and period.
Caveat
British Transport Police (which has no population), City of London (suppressed by the ONS because of its tiny resident population), fraud, or crime against visitors and commuters counted against a resident population.
Parent metric
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)
API
/api/metrics/prc_rate_by_force/vintages