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

Regional Drilldowns

Area comparison

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