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: June 2026 Window: latest 12 months vs prior 12 months

Total Crime

5,850,738

Latest 12 months

YoY Change

-1.7%

5,951,199 in the prior 12 months

Lower

Last 3-Month Trend

+11.6%

1,515,075 vs 1,357,287

Recent momentum

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%
Drugs ↑ 3.5%
Robbery ↑ 9.2%

Offset by

Theft from the person ↓ 20.9%
Vehicle crime ↓ 7.0%
Criminal damage and arson ↓ 4.8%

Monthly Trend

Crime volume by month

Monthly crime compared to the same period last year

Latest 12 months vs previous 12 months

Crime Composition

Crime composition and trends

Crime Type Total 12m YoY Change Share % Trend
Robbery 80,347 +9.2%
1.4%
Up
Possession of weapons 58,988 +8.5%
1.0%
Up
Drugs 205,858 +3.5%
3.5%
Up
Violence and sexual offences 2,077,143 +1.4%
35.5%
Up
Anti-social behaviour 945,316 -1.3%
16.2%
Down
Other crime 129,685 -2.0%
2.2%
Down
Shoplifting 492,921 -2.3%
8.4%
Down
Public order 397,098 -3.2%
6.8%
Down
Other theft 387,881 -4.6%
6.6%
Down
Criminal damage and arson 419,915 -4.8%
7.2%
Down
Burglary 211,947 -6.3%
3.6%
Down
Vehicle crime 292,983 -7.0%
5.0%
Down
Bicycle theft 49,018 -8.5%
0.8%
Down
Theft from the person 101,638 -20.9%
1.7%
Down

Regional Drilldowns

Area comparison

Area Total 12m YoY change Trend
British Transport Police 0 -100.0% Down
Gloucestershire Constabulary 33,530 -42.3% Down
Northumbria Police 153,000 -11.4% Down
Lancashire Constabulary 173,071 -6.6% Down
Dorset Police 55,736 -5.3% Down
Leicestershire Police 103,561 -4.5% Down
West Midlands Police 319,031 -4.3% Down
West Yorkshire Police 293,971 -4.1% Down
South Wales Police 125,488 -4.0% Down
City of London Police 8,960 -3.3% Down
Devon & Cornwall Police 146,820 -2.8% Down
Hampshire Constabulary 164,882 -2.6% Down
Norfolk Constabulary 67,170 -2.2% Down
Cumbria Constabulary 39,303 -2.1% Down
Police Service of Northern Ireland 135,878 -1.9% Down
Dyfed-Powys Police 43,793 -1.6% Down
Kent Police 177,430 -1.6% Down
Bedfordshire Police 61,785 -1.4% Down
North Yorkshire Police 60,860 -1.2% Down
North Wales Police 64,191 -0.9% Down
Metropolitan Police Service 1,130,871 -0.7% Down
Northamptonshire Police 74,366 -0.6% Down
South Yorkshire Police 173,706 -0.5% Down
Gwent Police 71,018 -0.2% Down
Cheshire Constabulary 82,772 0.0% Flat
West Mercia Police 101,239 +0.4% Up
Derbyshire Constabulary 103,419 +0.6% Up
Hertfordshire Constabulary 108,629 +0.8% Up
Thames Valley Police 197,280 +0.8% Up
Merseyside Police 152,013 +0.9% Up
Wiltshire Police 51,915 +1.4% Up
Cambridgeshire Constabulary 85,113 +1.6% Up
Avon and Somerset Constabulary 199,970 +1.9% Up
Suffolk Constabulary 49,101 +2.2% Up
Humberside Police 98,002 +2.3% Up
Lincolnshire Police 70,960 +2.3% Up
Surrey Police 88,377 +2.5% Up
Sussex Police 165,437 +2.5% Up
Nottinghamshire Police 125,631 +2.8% Up
Essex Police 163,012 +3.7% Up
Cleveland Police 92,694 +5.2% Up
Warwickshire Police 51,985 +5.5% Up
Staffordshire Police 106,870 +6.7% Up
Durham Constabulary 77,898 +6.8% Up