Total Crime
5,819,027
Latest 12 months
Insights / Crime
National Crime Dashboard
Monthly crime volumes across the latest 24 months, with national totals and area drilldowns derived from the crime dataset.
Latest month: April 2026
Window: latest 12 months vs prior 12 months
YoY Change
-2.5%
5,968,117 in the prior 12 months
Last 3-Month Trend
+2.6%
1,384,931 vs 1,349,677
What's Driving Change
High level changes impacting crime figures nationally
Crime is down 2.5% nationally.
Driven by
•
Drugs ↑ 8.9%
•
Violence and sexual offences ↑ 0.8%
•
Robbery ↑ 9.2%
Offset by
•
Vehicle crime ↓ 10.2%
•
Other theft ↓ 6.7%
•
Theft from the person ↓ 20.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbery | 79,563 | +9.2% |
|
↑ Up |
| Drugs | 209,138 | +8.9% |
|
↑ Up |
| Possession of weapons | 57,633 | +6.2% |
|
↑ Up |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,059,023 | +0.8% |
|
→ Flat |
| Anti-social behaviour | 943,232 | -1.6% |
|
↓ Down |
| Criminal damage and arson | 425,373 | -4.1% |
|
↓ Down |
| Shoplifting | 481,332 | -4.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Other crime | 127,680 | -4.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Public order | 394,169 | -4.8% |
|
↓ Down |
| Other theft | 386,049 | -6.7% |
|
↓ Down |
| Burglary | 211,470 | -7.9% |
|
↓ Down |
| Vehicle crime | 290,756 | -10.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Bicycle theft | 49,163 | -10.4% |
|
↓ Down |
| Theft from the person | 104,446 | -20.4% |
|
↓ Down |
Regional Drilldowns
Area comparison
| Area | Total 12m | YoY change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1,138,815 | +0.5% | ↑ Up |
| West Midlands Police | 318,679 | -5.5% | ↓ Down |
| West Yorkshire Police | 295,480 | -4.1% | ↓ Down |
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 203,088 | +4.7% | ↑ Up |
| Thames Valley Police | 196,060 | -0.3% | ↓ Down |
| Kent Police | 178,764 | -1.6% | ↓ Down |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 176,066 | -5.2% | ↓ Down |
| South Yorkshire Police | 172,715 | -1.7% | ↓ Down |
| Sussex Police | 163,449 | +1.8% | ↑ Up |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 163,038 | -4.7% | ↓ Down |
| Essex Police | 160,394 | +3.1% | ↑ Up |
| Northumbria Police | 155,656 | -11.0% | ↓ Down |
| Merseyside Police | 152,461 | +1.1% | ↑ Up |
| Devon & Cornwall Police | 148,608 | -1.5% | ↓ Down |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | 135,185 | -3.4% | ↓ Down |
| South Wales Police | 125,702 | -5.0% | ↓ Down |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 124,464 | +1.7% | ↑ Up |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 108,428 | +1.1% | ↑ Up |
| Staffordshire Police | 105,576 | +6.5% | ↑ Up |
| Leicestershire Police | 104,137 | -3.7% | ↓ Down |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 103,411 | 0.0% | → Flat |
| West Mercia Police | 101,410 | +0.7% | ↑ Up |
| Humberside Police | 96,542 | -0.1% | ↓ Down |
| Cleveland Police | 91,817 | +3.4% | ↑ Up |
| Surrey Police | 88,258 | +2.8% | ↑ Up |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 85,312 | +2.5% | ↑ Up |
| Cheshire Constabulary | 81,887 | -2.2% | ↓ Down |
| Durham Constabulary | 76,287 | +4.5% | ↑ Up |
| Northamptonshire Police | 74,218 | +0.1% | ↑ Up |
| Lincolnshire Police | 70,157 | +0.2% | ↑ Up |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 66,756 | -3.4% | ↓ Down |
| North Wales Police | 63,534 | -3.9% | ↓ Down |
| Bedfordshire Police | 61,863 | -2.6% | ↓ Down |
| North Yorkshire Police | 60,795 | -1.1% | ↓ Down |
| Dorset Police | 55,620 | -6.8% | ↓ Down |
| Wiltshire Police | 52,781 | +4.2% | ↑ Up |
| Warwickshire Police | 51,874 | +6.0% | ↑ Up |
| Suffolk Constabulary | 48,866 | +0.9% | ↑ Up |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 44,262 | -23.4% | ↓ Down |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 43,731 | -1.5% | ↓ Down |
| Cumbria Constabulary | 39,033 | -4.0% | ↓ Down |
| Gwent Police | 24,927 | -65.4% | ↓ Down |
| City of London Police | 8,921 | -6.9% | ↓ Down |
| British Transport Police | 0 | -100.0% | ↓ Down |