Total Crime
5,834,819
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: March 2026
Window: latest 12 months vs prior 12 months
YoY Change
-2.2%
5,966,898 in the prior 12 months
Last 3-Month Trend
-4.9%
1,340,483 vs 1,409,666
What's Driving Change
High level changes impacting crime figures nationally
Crime is down 2.2% nationally.
Driven by
•
Drugs ↑ 12.3%
•
Violence and sexual offences ↑ 1.1%
•
Robbery ↑ 9.3%
Offset by
•
Vehicle crime ↓ 11.7%
•
Other theft ↓ 6.9%
•
Theft from the person ↓ 20.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 210,840 | +12.3% |
|
↑ Up |
| Robbery | 79,318 | +9.3% |
|
↑ Up |
| Possession of weapons | 57,520 | +6.8% |
|
↑ Up |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,061,843 | +1.1% |
|
↑ Up |
| Anti-social behaviour | 949,925 | -0.2% |
|
→ Flat |
| Other crime | 128,450 | -3.0% |
|
↓ Down |
| Criminal damage and arson | 426,014 | -4.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Public order | 395,783 | -4.3% |
|
↓ Down |
| Shoplifting | 478,767 | -4.9% |
|
↓ Down |
| Other theft | 387,758 | -6.9% |
|
↓ Down |
| Burglary | 211,855 | -9.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Bicycle theft | 49,397 | -10.4% |
|
↓ Down |
| Vehicle crime | 291,001 | -11.7% |
|
↓ Down |
| Theft from the person | 106,348 | -20.1% |
|
↓ Down |
Regional Drilldowns
Area comparison
| Area | Total 12m | YoY change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1,140,362 | +0.9% | ↑ Up |
| West Midlands Police | 319,359 | -5.6% | ↓ Down |
| West Yorkshire Police | 296,858 | -3.7% | ↓ Down |
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 203,043 | +5.1% | ↑ Up |
| Thames Valley Police | 195,825 | -0.5% | ↓ Down |
| Kent Police | 179,051 | -1.9% | ↓ Down |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 178,462 | -3.7% | ↓ Down |
| South Yorkshire Police | 172,993 | -1.5% | ↓ Down |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 163,371 | -4.2% | ↓ Down |
| Sussex Police | 162,947 | +1.8% | ↑ Up |
| Essex Police | 159,521 | +2.8% | ↑ Up |
| Northumbria Police | 156,696 | -10.8% | ↓ Down |
| Merseyside Police | 152,786 | +1.2% | ↑ Up |
| Devon & Cornwall Police | 148,851 | -1.3% | ↓ Down |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | 135,345 | -3.5% | ↓ Down |
| South Wales Police | 126,364 | -4.4% | ↓ Down |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 123,474 | +1.0% | ↑ Up |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 108,105 | +1.3% | ↑ Up |
| Staffordshire Police | 105,373 | +6.3% | ↑ Up |
| Leicestershire Police | 104,991 | -2.9% | ↓ Down |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 103,110 | -0.4% | ↓ Down |
| West Mercia Police | 101,774 | +1.4% | ↑ Up |
| Humberside Police | 96,236 | -0.9% | ↓ Down |
| Cleveland Police | 91,543 | +2.5% | ↑ Up |
| Surrey Police | 88,175 | +2.8% | ↑ Up |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 85,361 | +2.7% | ↑ Up |
| Cheshire Constabulary | 81,924 | -2.4% | ↓ Down |
| Durham Constabulary | 75,703 | +3.9% | ↑ Up |
| Northamptonshire Police | 74,338 | +0.6% | ↑ Up |
| Lincolnshire Police | 69,668 | -0.6% | ↓ Down |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 66,815 | -3.6% | ↓ Down |
| North Wales Police | 63,073 | -5.1% | ↓ Down |
| Bedfordshire Police | 61,909 | -2.7% | ↓ Down |
| North Yorkshire Police | 61,063 | -0.4% | ↓ Down |
| Dorset Police | 55,797 | -6.9% | ↓ Down |
| Wiltshire Police | 52,572 | +4.3% | ↑ Up |
| Warwickshire Police | 51,836 | +6.1% | ↑ Up |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 49,065 | -15.6% | ↓ Down |
| Suffolk Constabulary | 48,729 | 0.0% | → Flat |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 43,715 | +6.9% | ↑ Up |
| Cumbria Constabulary | 38,770 | -5.1% | ↓ Down |
| Gwent Police | 30,943 | -57.1% | ↓ Down |
| City of London Police | 8,923 | -8.7% | ↓ Down |
| British Transport Police | 0 | -100.0% | ↓ Down |