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Recorded crime: West Yorkshire Police 12 months to June 2026
121.3recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 293,971 offences in the West Yorkshire Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 4.1% (12,583) on the previous 12 months. That is 121.3 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 2,424,324 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 123 per 1,000 residents · 275,723 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 113.4 per 1,000 residents · 255,859 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 108.8 per 1,000 residents · 246,943 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 106.7 per 1,000 residents · 243,812 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 123 per 1,000 residents · 283,150 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 135.5 per 1,000 residents · 313,594 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 143.1 per 1,000 residents · 332,710 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 147.3 per 1,000 residents · 344,538 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 138.4 per 1,000 residents · 324,739 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 134.6 per 1,000 residents · 316,259 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 142.8 per 1,000 residents · 339,056 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 143.5 per 1,000 residents · 345,004 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 129.2 per 1,000 residents · 313,242 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 126.4 per 1,000 residents · 306,554 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 121.3 per 1,000 residents · 293,971 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 10k 20k 30k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 21,296 offences January 2011: 24,287 offences February 2011: 22,815 offences March 2011: 25,906 offences April 2011: 27,347 offences May 2011: 26,258 offences June 2011: 26,581 offences July 2011: 27,937 offences August 2011: 27,932 offences September 2011: 23,216 offences October 2011: 23,590 offences November 2011: 22,641 offences December 2011: 19,953 offences January 2012: 21,321 offences February 2012: 20,596 offences March 2012: 23,542 offences April 2012: 20,987 offences May 2012: 22,627 offences June 2012: 21,381 offences July 2012: 22,756 offences August 2012: 23,179 offences September 2012: 21,077 offences October 2012: 22,655 offences November 2012: 21,738 offences December 2012: 19,217 offences January 2013: 21,617 offences February 2013: 19,327 offences March 2013: 20,112 offences April 2013: 20,814 offences May 2013: 21,480 offences June 2013: 21,887 offences July 2013: 24,258 offences August 2013: 23,232 offences September 2013: 20,766 offences October 2013: 21,394 offences November 2013: 20,563 offences December 2013: 18,477 offences January 2014: 18,490 offences February 2014: 17,530 offences March 2014: 21,189 offences April 2014: 20,525 offences May 2014: 20,522 offences June 2014: 19,997 offences July 2014: 21,117 offences August 2014: 19,145 offences September 2014: 18,843 offences October 2014: 19,760 offences November 2014: 19,752 offences December 2014: 18,349 offences January 2015: 19,006 offences February 2015: 18,236 offences March 2015: 21,442 offences April 2015: 21,930 offences May 2015: 23,083 offences June 2015: 23,149 offences July 2015: 23,674 offences August 2015: 23,585 offences September 2015: 22,207 offences October 2015: 24,248 offences November 2015: 23,213 offences December 2015: 22,187 offences January 2016: 22,124 offences February 2016: 22,390 offences March 2016: 24,559 offences April 2016: 24,200 offences May 2016: 25,702 offences June 2016: 25,061 offences July 2016: 27,176 offences August 2016: 26,529 offences September 2016: 26,743 offences October 2016: 28,100 offences November 2016: 26,211 offences December 2016: 24,886 offences January 2017: 24,767 offences February 2017: 23,689 offences March 2017: 26,438 offences April 2017: 25,487 offences May 2017: 27,003 offences June 2017: 26,565 offences July 2017: 28,537 offences August 2017: 27,324 offences September 2017: 26,479 offences October 2017: 29,931 offences November 2017: 28,062 offences December 2017: 25,724 offences January 2018: 26,649 offences February 2018: 24,307 offences March 2018: 27,674 offences April 2018: 28,215 offences May 2018: 30,702 offences June 2018: 29,106 offences July 2018: 31,635 offences August 2018: 30,240 offences September 2018: 28,792 offences October 2018: 30,644 offences November 2018: 28,984 offences December 2018: 27,288 offences January 2019: 28,138 offences February 2019: 26,159 offences March 2019: 28,634 offences April 2019: 27,785 offences May 2019: 28,328 offences June 2019: 27,911 offences July 2019: 30,828 offences August 2019: 30,131 offences September 2019: 28,173 offences October 2019: 29,559 offences November 2019: 28,110 offences December 2019: 25,930 offences January 2020: 27,252 offences February 2020: 25,179 offences March 2020: 26,405 offences April 2020: 21,785 offences May 2020: 24,657 offences June 2020: 26,730 offences July 2020: 29,278 offences August 2020: 29,433 offences September 2020: 27,015 offences October 2020: 27,575 offences November 2020: 25,445 offences December 2020: 23,126 offences January 2021: 22,599 offences February 2021: 22,219 offences March 2021: 26,657 offences April 2021: 26,564 offences May 2021: 27,377 offences June 2021: 28,971 offences July 2021: 29,547 offences August 2021: 28,107 offences September 2021: 27,980 offences October 2021: 29,381 offences November 2021: 28,041 offences December 2021: 25,793 offences January 2022: 26,538 offences February 2022: 25,115 offences March 2022: 29,413 offences April 2022: 28,505 offences May 2022: 31,102 offences June 2022: 29,534 offences July 2022: 31,037 offences August 2022: 31,074 offences September 2022: 28,446 offences October 2022: 29,188 offences November 2022: 27,825 offences December 2022: 24,601 offences January 2023: 27,442 offences February 2023: 27,140 offences March 2023: 29,309 offences April 2023: 28,841 offences May 2023: 30,936 offences June 2023: 29,165 offences July 2023: 28,520 offences August 2023: 27,798 offences September 2023: 27,478 offences October 2023: 27,834 offences November 2023: 24,962 offences December 2023: 23,533 offences January 2024: 23,810 offences February 2024: 22,740 offences March 2024: 25,935 offences April 2024: 25,585 offences May 2024: 28,018 offences June 2024: 27,029 offences July 2024: 28,066 offences August 2024: 27,714 offences September 2024: 25,423 offences October 2024: 26,430 offences November 2024: 25,098 offences December 2024: 23,597 offences January 2025: 23,232 offences February 2025: 21,896 offences March 2025: 26,126 offences April 2025: 25,643 offences May 2025: 26,780 offences June 2025: 26,549 offences July 2025: 27,476 offences August 2025: 26,393 offences September 2025: 25,039 offences October 2025: 25,461 offences November 2025: 23,540 offences December 2025: 22,412 offences January 2026: 22,314 offences February 2026: 21,007 offences March 2026: 24,244 offences April 2026: 24,265 offences May 2026: 26,103 offences June 2026: 25,717 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 2,005 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 22 27 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 2,015 2,277 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 6,198 6,138 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 254 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 20,662 21,886 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 10,251 9,005 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 2,266 2,122 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 23,490 26,447 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 107.9 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 3,645 3,326 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 10,639 10,932 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 72,831 79,301 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 262,745 275,211 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 111,552 115,053 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 10 20 30 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 22 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 24 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 30 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 24 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 30 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 22 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 21 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 26 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 26 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 27 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 22 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 1,412 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 1,215 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 1,184 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 1,231 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 1,317 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 1,581 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 2,023 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 2,600 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 2,807 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 2,529 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 2,196 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 2,397 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 2,314 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 2,299 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 2,277 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 2,015 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 2k 4k 6k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 5,713 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 5,822 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 5,854 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 5,758 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 5,536 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 5,219 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 5,062 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 4,857 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 4,748 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 4,501 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 4,720 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 5,014 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 5,137 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 5,342 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 5,580 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 5,680 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 6,072 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 6,073 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 6,138 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 6,198 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 120,913 127,518 ▼ 5.2% 49.9 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 28,475 27,963 ▲ 1.8% 11.7 15.3 Public order 23,284 26,541 ▼ 12.3% 9.6 6.8 Criminal damage and arson 21,077 21,534 ▼ 2.1% 8.7 6.9 Shoplifting 20,900 22,421 ▼ 6.8% 8.6 8.3 Other theft 18,644 19,874 ▼ 6.2% 7.7 6.5 Vehicle crime 15,918 16,279 ▼ 2.2% 6.6 5.0 Burglary 13,997 15,200 ▼ 7.9% 5.8 3.6 Drugs 11,031 9,623 ▲ 14.6% 4.6 3.4 Other crime 9,470 9,459 ▲ 0.1% 3.9 2.2 Robbery 3,808 3,450 ▲ 10.4% 1.6 1.4 Possession of weapons 2,605 2,501 ▲ 4.2% 1.1 1.0 Theft from the person 2,212 2,559 ▼ 13.6% 0.9 1.7 Bicycle theft 1,637 1,632 ▲ 0.3% 0.7 0.8 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Bradford 73,329 offences 131.5per 1,000 Calderdale 24,775 offences 117.6per 1,000 Kirklees 43,985 offences 98.7per 1,000 Leeds 106,965 offences 127.3per 1,000 Wakefield 43,331 offences 117.3per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000010 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology