Total Crime
5,850,738
Latest 12 months
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National Crime Dashboard
Monthly crime volumes across the latest 24 months, with national totals and area drilldowns derived from the crime dataset.
Latest month: June 2026
Window: latest 12 months vs prior 12 months
YoY Change
-1.7%
5,951,199 in the prior 12 months
Last 3-Month Trend
+11.6%
1,515,075 vs 1,357,287
What's Driving Change
High level changes impacting crime figures nationally
Crime is down 1.7% nationally.
Driven by
•
Violence and sexual offences ↑ 1.4%
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Drugs ↑ 3.5%
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Robbery ↑ 9.2%
Offset by
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Theft from the person ↓ 20.9%
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Vehicle crime ↓ 7.0%
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Criminal damage and arson ↓ 4.8%
Monthly Trend
Crime volume by month
Monthly crime compared to the same period last year
Crime Composition
Crime composition and trends
| Crime Type | Total 12m | YoY Change | Share % | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,077,143 | +1.4% |
|
↑ Up |
| Anti-social behaviour | 945,316 | -1.3% |
|
↓ Down |
| Shoplifting | 492,921 | -2.3% |
|
↓ Down |
| Criminal damage and arson | 419,915 | -4.8% |
|
↓ Down |
| Public order | 397,098 | -3.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Other theft | 387,881 | -4.6% |
|
↓ Down |
| Vehicle crime | 292,983 | -7.0% |
|
↓ Down |
| Burglary | 211,947 | -6.3% |
|
↓ Down |
| Drugs | 205,858 | +3.5% |
|
↑ Up |
| Other crime | 129,685 | -2.0% |
|
↓ Down |
| Theft from the person | 101,638 | -20.9% |
|
↓ Down |
| Robbery | 80,347 | +9.2% |
|
↑ Up |
| Possession of weapons | 58,988 | +8.5% |
|
↑ Up |
| Bicycle theft | 49,018 | -8.5% |
|
↓ Down |
Regional Drilldowns
Area comparison
| Area | Total 12m | YoY change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1,130,871 | -0.7% | ↓ Down |
| West Midlands Police | 319,031 | -4.3% | ↓ Down |
| West Yorkshire Police | 293,971 | -4.1% | ↓ Down |
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 199,970 | +1.9% | ↑ Up |
| Thames Valley Police | 197,280 | +0.8% | ↑ Up |
| Kent Police | 177,430 | -1.6% | ↓ Down |
| South Yorkshire Police | 173,706 | -0.5% | ↓ Down |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 173,071 | -6.6% | ↓ Down |
| Sussex Police | 165,437 | +2.5% | ↑ Up |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 164,882 | -2.6% | ↓ Down |
| Essex Police | 163,012 | +3.7% | ↑ Up |
| Northumbria Police | 153,000 | -11.4% | ↓ Down |
| Merseyside Police | 152,013 | +0.9% | ↑ Up |
| Devon & Cornwall Police | 146,820 | -2.8% | ↓ Down |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | 135,878 | -1.9% | ↓ Down |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 125,631 | +2.8% | ↑ Up |
| South Wales Police | 125,488 | -4.0% | ↓ Down |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 108,629 | +0.8% | ↑ Up |
| Staffordshire Police | 106,870 | +6.7% | ↑ Up |
| Leicestershire Police | 103,561 | -4.5% | ↓ Down |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 103,419 | +0.6% | ↑ Up |
| West Mercia Police | 101,239 | +0.4% | ↑ Up |
| Humberside Police | 98,002 | +2.3% | ↑ Up |
| Cleveland Police | 92,694 | +5.2% | ↑ Up |
| Surrey Police | 88,377 | +2.5% | ↑ Up |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 85,113 | +1.6% | ↑ Up |
| Cheshire Constabulary | 82,772 | 0.0% | → Flat |
| Durham Constabulary | 77,898 | +6.8% | ↑ Up |
| Northamptonshire Police | 74,366 | -0.6% | ↓ Down |
| Gwent Police | 71,018 | -0.2% | ↓ Down |
| Lincolnshire Police | 70,960 | +2.3% | ↑ Up |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 67,170 | -2.2% | ↓ Down |
| North Wales Police | 64,191 | -0.9% | ↓ Down |
| Bedfordshire Police | 61,785 | -1.4% | ↓ Down |
| North Yorkshire Police | 60,860 | -1.2% | ↓ Down |
| Dorset Police | 55,736 | -5.3% | ↓ Down |
| Warwickshire Police | 51,985 | +5.5% | ↑ Up |
| Wiltshire Police | 51,915 | +1.4% | ↑ Up |
| Suffolk Constabulary | 49,101 | +2.2% | ↑ Up |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 43,793 | -1.6% | ↓ Down |
| Cumbria Constabulary | 39,303 | -2.1% | ↓ Down |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 33,530 | -42.3% | ↓ Down |
| City of London Police | 8,960 | -3.3% | ↓ Down |
| British Transport Police | 0 | -100.0% | ↓ Down |