Crime rate by council, lowest to highest

Mid Ulster has the lowest recorded crime rate of 327 councils: 29 crimes per 1,000 residents in the latest 12 months. Next come Fermanagh and Omagh (30), Isles of Scilly (33), Ards and North Down (34), Lisburn and Castlereagh (34). The highest is City of London, at 1,165 per 1,000. For comparison: 82 per 1,000 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Lowest crime rate in each nation

England: Isles of Scilly (33)
Wales: Isle of Anglesey (56)
Northern Ireland: Mid Ulster (29)

All 327 councils, lowest first

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Crime rate by council: all 327 councils, lowest first. Sources and method below.
Rank	Council	Nation	Crimes per 1,000 residents	Anti-social behaviour per 1,000	Change on previous year
1	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	29	14	-4%
2	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	30	14	-9%
3	Isles of Scilly	England	33	2	+8%
4	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	34	19	+0%
5	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	34	18	-1%
6	Richmondshire	England	35	9	-6%
7	Broadland	England	36	5	-2%
8	Craven	England	37	11	-7%
9	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	37	20	-1%
10	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	38	22	-5%
11	Ryedale	England	39	12	+2%
12	Waverley	England	39	7	+5%
13	Hart	England	40	7	-5%
14	Mid Suffolk	England	40	4	+6%
15	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	40	20	-5%
16	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	41	20	-8%
17	Dorset	England	41	14	-11%
18	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	41	21	-2%
19	North Kesteven	England	41	13	-0%
20	West Devon	England	41	6	+4%
21	Wokingham	England	42	6	-4%
22	Babergh	England	42	4	-4%
23	Rutland	England	42	5	+4%
24	South Hams	England	42	7	+6%
25	Ribble Valley	England	42	14	+10%
26	North Norfolk	England	42	7	+7%
27	Hambleton	England	43	13	-6%
28	Wealden	England	43	12	+6%
29	South Oxfordshire	England	43	6	-2%
30	East Devon	England	44	6	+3%
31	East Hampshire	England	44	5	-6%
32	South Norfolk	England	45	6	-1%
33	Horsham	England	46	12	-4%
34	Selby	England	46	16	-6%
35	Rochford	England	46	5	+0%
36	Derbyshire Dales	England	46	10	-1%
37	West Oxfordshire	England	46	6	+2%
38	Harborough	England	47	7	-6%
39	Harrogate	England	47	13	+1%
40	Maldon	England	47	4	+3%
41	Torridge	England	47	8	+2%
42	Mid Sussex	England	48	14	-5%
43	Cotswold	England	48	13	+8%
44	Rushcliffe	England	49	8	+8%
45	Tewkesbury	England	49	16	-8%
46	South Cambridgeshire	England	49	12	+12%
47	East Cambridgeshire	England	49	12	+3%
48	Forest of Dean	England	50	15	+2%
49	Malvern Hills	England	50	9	+7%
50	Wiltshire	England	51	12	+5%
51	Vale of White Horse	England	51	8	+1%
52	West Lancashire	England	51	18	+3%
53	Breckland	England	51	8	-2%
54	East Suffolk	England	51	6	-2%
55	Shropshire	England	51	9	-1%
56	New Forest	England	52	6	-12%
57	Central Bedfordshire	England	52	13	-4%
58	North Hertfordshire	England	52	15	-7%
59	Sevenoaks	England	52	12	-9%
60	Fareham	England	52	7	-1%
61	Surrey Heath	England	52	11	-2%
62	Mid Devon	England	53	8	+2%
63	Teignbridge	England	53	9	+5%
64	Castle Point	England	53	8	+1%
65	South Staffordshire	England	53	7	+0%
66	Stroud	England	54	16	+5%
67	Elmbridge	England	54	9	+8%
68	Herefordshire	England	54	10	+3%
69	Test Valley	England	54	8	-7%
70	Uttlesford	England	54	8	-1%
71	Mole Valley	England	54	12	+7%
72	Stratford-on-Avon	England	54	16	-6%
73	East Hertfordshire	England	54	15	+2%
74	Tonbridge and Malling	England	54	15	-6%
75	Bromsgrove	England	54	9	-0%
76	Three Rivers	England	55	13	+1%
77	South Kesteven	England	55	18	-5%
78	Adur	England	55	14	-12%
79	South Lakeland	England	56	3	-1%
80	Tandridge	England	56	14	-3%
81	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	56	16	-1%
82	Fylde	England	56	24	-2%
83	Tunbridge Wells	England	56	14	-7%
84	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	56	11	-0%
85	Oadby and Wigston	England	56	8	-10%
86	Lewes	England	57	15	-2%
87	Gedling	England	57	11	+7%
88	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	57	6	-2%
89	Bracknell Forest	England	57	10	-5%
90	Braintree	England	58	6	-4%
91	Rother	England	58	14	-9%
92	West Berkshire	England	58	9	-5%
93	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	58	7	-4%
94	Buckinghamshire	England	58	7	-1%
95	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	58	23	-8%
96	Eastleigh	England	58	8	-3%
97	Melton	England	58	9	-12%
98	Huntingdonshire	England	58	15	+4%
99	South Derbyshire	England	58	9	-8%
100	Lichfield	England	59	10	+2%
101	Wychavon	England	59	10	+4%
102	Richmond upon Thames	England	59	16	-4%
103	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	59	9	-7%
104	West Suffolk	England	59	4	-1%
105	Winchester	England	60	6	+2%
106	South Ribble	England	60	24	+1%
107	Eden	England	60	2	-6%
108	Rugby	England	60	18	+2%
109	Blaby	England	61	10	-4%
110	Merton	England	61	17	-4%
111	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	61	8	-0%
112	Chorley	England	62	22	+7%
113	Flintshire	Wales	62	15	-1%
114	North East Derbyshire	England	62	11	+12%
115	Basingstoke and Deane	England	62	9	-4%
116	High Peak	England	62	12	+4%
117	North West Leicestershire	England	62	12	-9%
118	Chichester	England	63	18	-0%
119	North Devon	England	63	11	+2%
120	South Holland	England	63	18	+2%
121	Woking	England	63	12	+6%
122	Cheshire East	England	63	6	+1%
123	Sutton	England	63	15	+3%
124	Wyre	England	63	22	-2%
125	Powys	Wales	63	10	-3%
126	Reigate and Banstead	England	63	11	+3%
127	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	64	9	-7%
128	Cornwall	England	64	11	+8%
129	Ceredigion	Wales	64	17	-10%
130	North Warwickshire	England	64	18	+0%
131	Bexley	England	65	16	-2%
132	Harrow	England	65	21	+4%
133	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	65	22	-9%
134	St Albans	England	66	15	+3%
135	West Lindsey	England	66	20	+0%
136	Copeland	England	66	5	-5%
137	Stafford	England	67	12	+3%
138	Cheshire West and Chester	England	67	7	+0%
139	Warwick	England	68	18	+9%
140	Ashford	England	68	14	-6%
141	Northumberland	England	68	18	-10%
142	Brentwood	England	69	7	+4%
143	Broxtowe	England	69	13	+8%
144	Charnwood	England	69	13	-3%
145	Cherwell	England	69	7	-2%
146	Dacorum	England	69	21	-3%
147	Mendip	England	69	11	+5%
148	Epping Forest	England	69	7	+1%
149	East Staffordshire	England	70	11	-1%
150	Gwynedd	Wales	70	18	+0%
151	Rossendale	England	70	25	+5%
152	Warrington	England	70	6	-1%
153	York	England	70	24	-5%
154	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	70	12	-1%
155	Allerdale	England	70	4	+4%
156	South Gloucestershire	England	71	11	+6%
157	Kingston upon Thames	England	71	20	+6%
158	Folkestone and Hythe	England	71	14	-6%
159	Epsom and Ewell	England	71	14	+14%
160	South Somerset	England	72	12	+6%
161	Gosport	England	72	11	-11%
162	North Northamptonshire	England	72	21	-5%
163	Bromley	England	72	17	-1%
164	Bridgend	Wales	72	12	+3%
165	Tamworth	England	72	11	-3%
166	Wirral	England	72	10	+3%
167	Swindon	England	72	17	+8%
168	Newark and Sherwood	England	72	16	+2%
169	Amber Valley	England	73	12	+1%
170	Arun	England	73	17	-1%
171	West Northamptonshire	England	73	21	-5%
172	Isle of Wight	England	73	10	-5%
173	East Lindsey	England	74	22	-0%
174	Dover	England	74	18	-8%
175	Rushmoor	England	74	9	-10%
176	Lancaster	England	74	26	-5%
177	Redditch	England	74	13	-2%
178	Barnet	England	74	22	+4%
179	Runnymede	England	74	13	+4%
180	Havering	England	74	20	+1%
181	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	74	16	+12%
182	Pendle	England	75	27	+6%
183	Guildford	England	75	13	+2%
184	Bolsover	England	75	14	-2%
185	Cannock Chase	England	75	12	+3%
186	Hertsmere	England	75	18	-5%
187	Bath and North East Somerset	England	76	14	-2%
188	Carmarthenshire	Wales	76	10	-2%
189	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	76	11	+2%
190	Havant	England	76	10	-6%
191	Wyre Forest	England	76	14	+0%
192	Chelmsford	England	76	7	+2%
193	Maidstone	England	76	18	-6%
194	Broxbourne	England	77	20	+8%
195	North Somerset	England	77	13	-2%
196	North Tyneside	England	77	17	-10%
197	Spelthorne	England	77	14	-3%
198	Fenland	England	77	17	-0%
199	Erewash	England	77	14	-2%
200	Sefton	England	78	9	+0%
201	Dudley	England	78	4	-2%
202	Gravesham	England	79	20	-18%
203	Swansea	Wales	79	11	-6%
204	Redbridge	England	79	20	+5%
205	Welwyn Hatfield	England	80	21	+2%
206	Worthing	England	81	19	+1%
207	Bedford	England	81	15	-2%
208	Telford and Wrekin	England	81	15	+1%
209	Wandsworth	England	81	23	+7%
210	Conwy	Wales	81	23	-6%
211	Cheltenham	England	82	26	+1%
212	Somerset West and Taunton	England	82	14	-1%
213	Waltham Forest	England	83	25	-6%
214	Wrexham	Wales	83	19	-5%
215	Pembrokeshire	Wales	83	9	-1%
216	Halton	England	83	10	-10%
217	Solihull	England	83	4	+1%
218	Gateshead	England	83	19	-13%
219	Swale	England	84	22	-6%
220	Ashfield	England	84	18	+4%
221	North Lincolnshire	England	86	8	-2%
222	Luton	England	86	14	-1%
223	Knowsley	England	86	11	+1%
224	Tendring	England	86	8	+1%
225	Colchester	England	87	9	+8%
226	Croydon	England	87	23	-2%
227	Bassetlaw	England	87	16	+7%
228	Belfast	Northern Ireland	87	40	-5%
229	Medway	England	87	21	-8%
230	Ealing	England	88	31	+3%
231	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	88	25	+2%
232	Enfield	England	89	24	-2%
233	Basildon	England	89	12	+1%
234	Boston	England	89	24	+0%
235	St. Helens	England	89	9	+2%
236	Blackburn with Darwen	England	90	30	-0%
237	Scarborough	England	90	33	+9%
238	Carlisle	England	90	6	-4%
239	Watford	England	90	23	+5%
240	Barking and Dagenham	England	91	21	+1%
241	Thurrock	England	91	11	+5%
242	Sunderland	England	91	18	-13%
243	South Tyneside	England	91	19	-12%
244	Kirklees	England	92	10	-4%
245	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	92	15	-6%
246	Torbay	England	92	16	-1%
247	Denbighshire	Wales	93	21	-4%
248	Canterbury	England	93	20	+6%
249	Ipswich	England	93	7	+4%
250	Hounslow	England	93	25	+6%
251	Barnsley	England	93	18	-5%
252	Barrow-in-Furness	England	94	7	+1%
253	Rotherham	England	94	19	+3%
254	Cambridge	England	95	17	-5%
255	Milton Keynes	England	95	11	-0%
256	Plymouth	England	95	17	+1%
257	Great Yarmouth	England	96	15	-3%
258	Greenwich	England	96	23	+1%
259	Sedgemoor	England	96	17	-0%
260	County Durham	England	96	23	+3%
261	Darlington	England	96	30	-1%
262	Coventry	England	96	6	-6%
263	Slough	England	96	10	+3%
264	Lewisham	England	97	24	-0%
265	Worcester	England	97	18	+1%
266	Sheffield	England	97	20	-4%
267	Stevenage	England	97	20	+16%
268	Thanet	England	97	21	-6%
269	Mansfield	England	98	22	+2%
270	Brent	England	98	31	+5%
271	Harlow	England	99	11	+0%
272	Oxford	England	99	10	-8%
273	Walsall	England	99	6	-0%
274	Wolverhampton	England	99	6	-8%
275	Cardiff	Wales	99	14	-6%
276	Exeter	England	99	19	+2%
277	Hyndburn	England	100	35	+0%
278	Dartford	England	101	17	-1%
279	Southend-on-Sea	England	101	11	+8%
280	Sandwell	England	101	5	+0%
281	Brighton and Hove	England	102	23	-5%
282	Hillingdon	England	102	29	+5%
283	Chesterfield	England	102	21	-2%
284	Reading	England	104	12	+4%
285	Haringey	England	105	31	+2%
286	Calderdale	England	107	14	-5%
287	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	107	26	-12%
288	Preston	England	108	39	+1%
289	Peterborough	England	109	22	+4%
290	Norwich	England	110	18	-1%
291	Wakefield	England	111	13	-6%
292	Eastbourne	England	112	26	+1%
293	Hastings	England	112	24	+12%
294	Portsmouth	England	112	13	-4%
295	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	113	33	-0%
296	Redcar and Cleveland	England	113	28	+4%
297	Leicester	England	113	18	-5%
298	Burnley	England	114	35	+9%
299	Crawley	England	114	22	-2%
300	Gloucester	England	116	28	+2%
301	Doncaster	England	116	21	-4%
302	Newham	England	117	29	+3%
303	Stockton-on-Tees	England	117	24	+13%
304	Stoke-on-Trent	England	118	26	+4%
305	Lincoln	England	119	37	-7%
306	Tower Hamlets	England	119	36	+6%
307	Lambeth	England	120	31	+1%
308	Birmingham	England	120	7	-1%
309	Derby	England	121	18	+2%
310	Leeds	England	121	12	-4%
311	Southampton	England	121	13	-3%
312	Bradford	England	122	13	-4%
313	Hackney	England	123	31	+1%
314	North East Lincolnshire	England	125	12	+2%
315	Southwark	England	127	32	+0%
316	Bristol	England	130	24	+3%
317	Liverpool	England	130	12	+3%
318	Kingston upon Hull	England	131	10	+2%
319	Nottingham	England	132	25	+8%
320	Hartlepool	England	144	30	-1%
321	Islington	England	144	42	-1%
322	Blackpool	England	147	49	-4%
323	Kensington and Chelsea	England	150	35	-1%
324	Middlesbrough	England	164	37	+2%
325	Camden	England	182	45	-6%
326	Westminster	England	380	67	-12%
327	City of London	England	1,165	21	+3%

How this ranking is made

Street-level records from data.police.uk for the latest 12 months, counted from each council's own police force and divided by its 2021 Census population (NISRA's mid-2021 estimate in Northern Ireland). Anti-social behaviour is shown separately. Rates are per resident, so councils with busy city centres, shopping or nightlife rank higher than the risk to residents alone would suggest. Greater Manchester and Gwent are left out because their forces have not published enough of the year to police.uk. Scotland is not on police.uk; its council pages use the Scottish Government's recorded crime statistics instead.

Common questions

Which council has the lowest crime rate?

Mid Ulster, with 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents over the latest 12 months, against 82 per 1,000 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Which council has the highest crime rate?

City of London, with 1,165 per 1,000 residents. City-centre councils rank high because many crimes involve visitors and workers rather than residents.

Does a low crime rate mean an area is safe?

It means fewer crimes were recorded per resident. Recording varies by force and crime type, and a council-wide rate hides big differences between neighbourhoods, which the map shows street by street.

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