UK Recorded Crime by Force

Recorded crime per 1,000 population for every police force area in England & Wales — year ending December 2025. Source: ONS, Open Government Licence v3.

This table ranks the 43 territorial police forces of England & Wales (plus British Transport Police where published) by recorded crime per 1,000 population — the fairest way to compare forces of very different sizes. Figures are police-recorded crime from the ONS Police Force Area data tables for the year ending December 2025, published under the Open Government Licence. The national median is 74.1 offences per 1,000.

Recorded-crime counts reflect both underlying crime and differences in recording practice and public reporting; they are not a direct measure of how safe an area is. Click any force for its full offence-category breakdown.

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#	Force	Rate / 1,000	Total offences	vs median
1	Cleveland Police	119.0	71,466	+45.0
2	West Yorkshire Police	110.0	267,845	+35.9
3	Greater Manchester Police	103.9	312,777	+29.9
4	Metropolitan Police Service	101.7	923,278	+27.7
5	South Yorkshire Police	101.1	144,617	+27.0
6	West Midlands Police	98.6	299,291	+24.5
7	Humberside Police	96.1	92,538	+22.1
8	Avon and Somerset Police	95.8	173,771	+21.8
9	Gwent Police	94.4	56,813	+20.4
10	Merseyside Police	93.1	137,405	+19.1
11	Northumbria Police	90.6	136,804	+16.6
12	Durham Constabulary	90.2	58,668	+16.1
13	Nottinghamshire Police	84.1	99,937	+10.1
14	Kent Police	80.7	155,866	+6.6
15	South Wales Police	80.7	109,975	+6.6
16	Lancashire Constabulary	79.4	127,150	+5.3
17	Leicestershire Police	77.4	91,024	+3.4
18	Derbyshire Constabulary	77.3	84,746	+3.2
19	North Wales Police	76.0	52,982	+1.9
20	Sussex Police	75.2	132,341	+1.1
21	Cambridgeshire Constabulary	74.1	69,204	+0.0
22	Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary	74.0	152,670	-0.0
23	Essex Police	73.8	142,392	-0.3
24	Staffordshire Police	73.3	86,335	-0.7
25	Northamptonshire Police	71.5	58,149	-2.6
26	Cumbria Constabulary	70.8	36,134	-3.3
27	Bedfordshire Police	69.4	52,055	-4.6
28	Dyfed-Powys Police	69.2	36,282	-4.8
29	Hertfordshire Constabulary	68.7	84,869	-5.4
30	Gloucestershire Constabulary	68.0	45,528	-6.0
31	Lincolnshire Police	67.2	53,045	-6.9
32	Cheshire Constabulary	66.9	76,281	-7.1
33	Devon & Cornwall Police	66.1	121,608	-8.0
34	Thames Valley Police	64.1	169,144	-10.0
35	Warwickshire Police	62.4	39,474	-11.6
36	Norfolk Constabulary	61.9	58,198	-12.2
37	West Mercia Police	60.2	80,730	-13.8
38	Surrey Police	59.7	74,548	-14.4
39	Dorset Police	59.3	47,338	-14.8
40	Wiltshire Police	55.6	42,711	-18.4
41	Suffolk Constabulary	55.4	43,579	-18.6
42	North Yorkshire Police	52.4	44,294	-21.6

Source: ONS — Police Force Area data tables · Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Data year ending December 2025, fetched 2026-07-14. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with the ONS or any police force.