Total Crime
5,849,809
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: January 2026
Window: latest 12 months vs prior 12 months
YoY Change
-2.3%
5,985,901 in the prior 12 months
Last 3-Month Trend
-10.2%
1,337,596 vs 1,489,912
What's Driving Change
High level changes impacting crime figures nationally
Crime is down 2.3% nationally.
Driven by
•
Drugs ↑ 16.3%
•
Violence and sexual offences ↑ 0.8%
•
Anti-social behaviour ↑ 0.4%
Offset by
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Vehicle crime ↓ 13.6%
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Other theft ↓ 8.2%
•
Burglary ↓ 10.6%
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 | 2,060,132 | +0.8% |
|
→ Flat |
| Anti-social behaviour | 955,393 | +0.4% |
|
→ Flat |
| Shoplifting | 479,117 | -3.1% |
|
↓ Down |
| Criminal damage and arson | 427,261 | -4.9% |
|
↓ Down |
| Public order | 397,518 | -4.4% |
|
↓ Down |
| Other theft | 390,058 | -8.2% |
|
↓ Down |
| Vehicle crime | 292,408 | -13.6% |
|
↓ Down |
| Burglary | 212,438 | -10.6% |
|
↓ Down |
| Drugs | 211,432 | +16.3% |
|
↑ Up |
| Other crime | 129,309 | +0.6% |
|
→ Flat |
| Theft from the person | 110,849 | -18.0% |
|
↓ Down |
| Robbery | 77,620 | +5.0% |
|
↑ Up |
| Possession of weapons | 56,637 | +4.8% |
|
↑ Up |
| Bicycle theft | 49,637 | -12.0% |
|
↓ Down |
Regional Drilldowns
Area comparison
| Area | Total 12m | YoY change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1,140,156 | +0.5% | ↑ Up |
| West Midlands Police | 320,977 | -5.7% | ↓ Down |
| West Yorkshire Police | 299,629 | -3.0% | ↓ Down |
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 200,885 | +4.6% | ↑ Up |
| Thames Valley Police | 195,266 | -1.2% | ↓ Down |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 182,496 | -1.5% | ↓ Down |
| Kent Police | 179,642 | -2.0% | ↓ Down |
| South Yorkshire Police | 172,550 | -2.4% | ↓ Down |
| Hampshire Constabulary | 164,076 | -4.0% | ↓ Down |
| Northumbria Police | 161,060 | -9.7% | ↓ Down |
| Essex Police | 158,370 | +0.6% | ↑ Up |
| Merseyside Police | 152,701 | +1.4% | ↑ Up |
| Sussex Police | 150,655 | -5.2% | ↓ Down |
| Devon & Cornwall Police | 149,583 | -0.5% | ↓ Down |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | 135,814 | -3.4% | ↓ Down |
| South Wales Police | 129,357 | -1.9% | ↓ Down |
| Nottinghamshire Police | 122,003 | -1.0% | ↓ Down |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 108,214 | +2.3% | ↑ Up |
| Leicestershire Police | 105,712 | -2.1% | ↓ Down |
| Staffordshire Police | 103,269 | +4.0% | ↑ Up |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 102,722 | -2.0% | ↓ Down |
| West Mercia Police | 101,867 | +1.3% | ↑ Up |
| Humberside Police | 95,831 | -2.3% | ↓ Down |
| Cleveland Police | 90,183 | +0.4% | ↑ Up |
| Surrey Police | 88,159 | +2.4% | ↑ Up |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 85,554 | +2.9% | ↑ Up |
| Cheshire Constabulary | 81,192 | -4.5% | ↓ Down |
| Northamptonshire Police | 74,871 | +1.8% | ↑ Up |
| Durham Constabulary | 74,599 | +1.9% | ↑ Up |
| Lincolnshire Police | 68,625 | -2.3% | ↓ Down |
| Norfolk Constabulary | 66,912 | -3.4% | ↓ Down |
| North Wales Police | 63,011 | -5.2% | ↓ Down |
| Bedfordshire Police | 62,112 | -2.8% | ↓ Down |
| North Yorkshire Police | 61,319 | -0.6% | ↓ Down |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 58,485 | +0.1% | ↑ Up |
| Dorset Police | 55,946 | -7.9% | ↓ Down |
| Wiltshire Police | 52,175 | +4.2% | ↑ Up |
| Warwickshire Police | 51,382 | +5.1% | ↑ Up |
| Suffolk Constabulary | 48,486 | -1.5% | ↓ Down |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 43,332 | +25.6% | ↑ Up |
| Gwent Police | 42,628 | -40.6% | ↓ Down |
| Cumbria Constabulary | 39,047 | -4.7% | ↓ Down |
| City of London Police | 8,956 | -9.4% | ↓ Down |
| British Transport Police | 0 | -100.0% | ↓ Down |