302 local authorities · 12 months to June 2026

Highest police-recorded vehicle crime rates

Local authorities in England and Wales ranked by vehicle crime offences recorded by the police per 1,000 residents. England and Wales: 5.0 per 1,000. A high recorded rate is not a measure of how dangerous an area is; see the caveat below.

#Local authorityPer 1,000Offences12-month changevs England & Wales
1Kensington and ChelseaMetropolitan Police Service14.52,116▼ 14.4%+190%
2WestminsterMetropolitan Police Service13.52,866▼ 28.6%+170%
3NewhamMetropolitan Police Service12.24,588▲ 17.8%+144%
4HaringeyMetropolitan Police Service11.83,141▼ 2%+136%
5EnfieldMetropolitan Police Service11.33,730▼ 7.7%+126%
6City of LondonCity of London Police11.1174▲ 28.9%+122%
7EalingMetropolitan Police Service10.94,224▼ 1.2%+118%
8HillingdonMetropolitan Police Service10.83,514▲ 2.6%+116%
9BirminghamWest Midlands Police10.412,274▲ 1.4%+108%
10CamdenMetropolitan Police Service10.32,228▼ 19.6%+106%
11BromleyMetropolitan Police Service10.23,426▲ 2.7%+104%
12SolihullWest Midlands Police9.72,156▼ 4.8%+94%
13SloughThames Valley Police9.61,614▲ 27.7%+92%
14BarnetMetropolitan Police Service9.43,843▼ 2.5%+88%
15WalsallWest Midlands Police9.32,753▲ 14.9%+86%
16ThurrockEssex Police9.21,668▼ 13.6%+84%
17CroydonMetropolitan Police Service9.03,695▲ 3.6%+80%
18DoncasterSouth Yorkshire Police9.02,899▼ 2.4%+80%
19SandwellWest Midlands Police9.03,164▲ 0.1%+80%
20HounslowMetropolitan Police Service8.92,655▼ 14.5%+78%
21Barking and DagenhamMetropolitan Police Service8.82,102▼ 1.6%+76%
22Waltham ForestMetropolitan Police Service8.82,495▼ 25.2%+76%
23Bristol, City ofAvon and Somerset Constabulary8.54,194▼ 3.5%+70%
24Hammersmith and FulhamMetropolitan Police Service8.51,616▼ 15.3%+70%
25BrentwoodEssex Police8.4672▲ 2.1%+68%
26LewishamMetropolitan Police Service8.42,522▼ 14%+68%
27RedbridgeMetropolitan Police Service8.42,712▼ 10.5%+68%
28BrentMetropolitan Police Service8.32,922▼ 8.6%+66%
29GreenwichMetropolitan Police Service8.32,497▼ 0.6%+66%
30LambethMetropolitan Police Service8.32,624▼ 9.1%+66%
31CardiffSouth Wales Police8.23,129▲ 4.6%+64%
32WandsworthMetropolitan Police Service8.22,782▼ 0.9%+64%
33BradfordWest Yorkshire Police8.04,484▲ 15.6%+60%
34Richmond upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service8.01,570▼ 10.5%+60%
35HaveringMetropolitan Police Service7.92,226▼ 2%+58%
36IslingtonMetropolitan Police Service7.91,766▼ 29%+58%
37Epping ForestEssex Police7.81,081▼ 11.1%+56%
38HyndburnLancashire Constabulary7.8681▲ 28.5%+56%
39MiddlesbroughCleveland Police7.81,193▼ 12%+56%
40Tower HamletsMetropolitan Police Service7.82,621▼ 4%+56%
41NottinghamNottinghamshire Police7.72,512▲ 29.2%+54%
42Blaenau GwentGwent Police7.6513▲ 14.3%+52%
43North WarwickshireWarwickshire Police7.5511▼ 25.9%+50%
44SouthwarkMetropolitan Police Service7.52,345▼ 9.1%+50%
45CoventryWest Midlands Police7.42,707▼ 15.1%+48%
46WolverhamptonWest Midlands Police7.32,051▼ 12.7%+46%
47HackneyMetropolitan Police Service7.11,886▼ 15.3%+42%
48HarrowMetropolitan Police Service7.01,898▲ 0.5%+40%
49LeedsWest Yorkshire Police6.95,784▼ 11.2%+38%
50LutonBedfordshire Police6.81,601▼ 20.1%+36%
51DudleyWest Midlands Police6.52,175▼ 13.1%+30%
52HastingsSussex Police6.5595▲ 53.4%+30%
53Milton KeynesThames Valley Police6.52,010▼ 6.2%+30%
54SouthamptonHampshire Constabulary6.51,677▼ 9.3%+30%
55BexleyMetropolitan Police Service6.31,619▼ 19.5%+26%
56HarlowEssex Police6.3618▼ 16.7%+26%
57DartfordKent Police6.2787▼ 11%+24%
58SheffieldSouth Yorkshire Police6.23,587▼ 17%+24%
59St AlbansHertfordshire Constabulary6.2931▲ 20.9%+24%
60WakefieldWest Yorkshire Police6.22,298▼ 1.5%+24%
61BasildonEssex Police6.11,182▼ 31%+22%
62BroxbourneHertfordshire Constabulary6.0618▲ 3.5%+20%
63Kingston upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service6.01,030▲ 8.6%+20%
64Nuneaton and BedworthWarwickshire Police6.0871▼ 13%+20%
65PortsmouthHampshire Constabulary6.01,272▲ 24%+20%
66WatfordHertfordshire Constabulary6.0646▼ 6.9%+20%
67Epsom and EwellSurrey Police5.9488▲ 10.4%+18%
68LeicesterLeicestershire Police5.92,262▼ 24.3%+18%
69Newcastle upon TyneNorthumbria Police5.91,902▼ 5.1%+18%
70RotherhamSouth Yorkshire Police5.91,652▼ 5.7%+18%
71Stockton-on-TeesCleveland Police5.91,224▲ 13.5%+18%
72BassetlawNottinghamshire Police5.8739▲ 5.9%+16%
73MertonMetropolitan Police Service5.81,278▼ 11.1%+16%
74NewportGwent Police5.8973▲ 3.7%+16%
75SuttonMetropolitan Police Service5.81,246▼ 6.8%+16%
76BlackpoolLancashire Constabulary5.7824▼ 17.6%+14%
77BarnsleySouth Yorkshire Police5.61,418▼ 17.2%+12%
78BurnleyLancashire Constabulary5.6566▼ 0.5%+12%
79CaerphillyGwent Police5.6993▲ 46.9%+12%
80LichfieldStaffordshire Police5.6638▲ 0.2%+12%
81WarwickWarwickshire Police5.6885→ 0%+12%
82BedfordBedfordshire Police5.51,071▼ 10.5%+10%
83Blackburn with DarwenLancashire Constabulary5.5904▼ 20.3%+10%
84Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDorset Police5.52,239▼ 7.9%+10%
85ColchesterEssex Police5.51,110▲ 29.8%+10%
86Southend-on-SeaEssex Police5.51,022▼ 14%+10%
87LiverpoolMerseyside Police5.42,729▲ 10.8%+8%
88North East LincolnshireHumberside Police5.4857▲ 14.3%+8%
89PeterboroughCambridgeshire Constabulary5.41,220▼ 18.8%+8%
90CalderdaleWest Yorkshire Police5.31,111▼ 11.4%+6%
91HertsmereHertfordshire Constabulary5.3588▼ 24.6%+6%
92Kingston upon Hull, City ofHumberside Police5.31,446▲ 26.3%+6%
93Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire Police5.31,436▲ 5%+6%
94HartlepoolCleveland Police5.2514▲ 0.2%+4%
95GraveshamKent Police5.1562▼ 30.2%+2%
96PrestonLancashire Constabulary5.1832▼ 10.3%+2%
97Windsor and MaidenheadThames Valley Police5.1820▲ 4.7%+2%
98Merthyr TydfilSouth Wales Police5.0294▼ 4.5%0%
99TamworthStaffordshire Police5.0405▼ 27.5%0%
100Welwyn HatfieldHertfordshire Constabulary5.0614▼ 10.5%0%
101KirkleesWest Yorkshire Police4.92,177▼ 0.5%-2%
102ReadingThames Valley Police4.9896▼ 19.7%-2%
103West NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police4.92,194▲ 3.1%-2%
104DacorumHertfordshire Constabulary4.8777▼ 21.8%-4%
105GatesheadNorthumbria Police4.8977▼ 0.1%-4%
106TendringEssex Police4.8765▲ 31.7%-4%
107IpswichSuffolk Constabulary4.7657▼ 15.7%-6%
108DerbyDerbyshire Constabulary4.61,267▼ 6.5%-8%
109Wyre ForestWest Mercia Police4.6483▼ 4.5%-8%
110CambridgeCambridgeshire Constabulary4.5670▲ 4.2%-10%
111CharnwoodLeicestershire Police4.5851▼ 14%-10%
112DarlingtonDurham Constabulary4.5514▼ 16.8%-10%
113RushmoorHampshire Constabulary4.5476▼ 22.7%-10%
114SevenoaksKent Police4.5550▼ 11.7%-10%
115StevenageHertfordshire Constabulary4.5418▲ 44.6%-10%
116TandridgeSurrey Police4.5404▼ 2.4%-10%
117Central BedfordshireBedfordshire Police4.41,412▼ 5.3%-12%
118CrawleySussex Police4.3535▼ 8.5%-14%
119OxfordThames Valley Police4.3706▼ 10.5%-14%
120UttlesfordEssex Police4.3417▲ 2.7%-14%
121ChesterfieldDerbyshire Constabulary4.2448▲ 17%-16%
122MedwayKent Police4.21,234▼ 9.5%-16%
123North NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police4.21,606▲ 16.9%-16%
124Redcar and ClevelandCleveland Police4.2582▲ 11.7%-16%
125BolsoverDerbyshire Constabulary4.1342▼ 7.1%-18%
126North West LeicestershireLeicestershire Police4.1459▼ 20%-18%
127TorfaenGwent Police4.1381▲ 35.6%-18%
128BuckinghamshireThames Valley Police4.02,339▲ 0.9%-20%
129CanterburyKent Police4.0651▼ 6.2%-20%
130MansfieldNottinghamshire Police4.0459▼ 8.2%-20%
131Reigate and BansteadSurrey Police4.0638▲ 31%-20%
132BlabyLeicestershire Police3.9424▼ 13.8%-22%
133County DurhamDurham Constabulary3.92,078▲ 13.5%-22%
134ElmbridgeSurrey Police3.9551▼ 1.4%-22%
135SunderlandNorthumbria Police3.91,107▼ 31.6%-22%
136SwaleKent Police3.9623▲ 0.8%-22%
137WorcesterWest Mercia Police3.9417▼ 16.1%-22%
138Cannock ChaseStaffordshire Police3.8395▼ 24.5%-24%
139ChelmsfordEssex Police3.8721▼ 11.8%-24%
140East HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary3.8593▼ 13.6%-24%
141SpelthorneSurrey Police3.8405▼ 36.9%-24%
142Hinckley and BosworthLeicestershire Police3.7434▼ 15.1%-26%
143South HollandLincolnshire Police3.7368▲ 34.3%-26%
144Three RiversHertfordshire Constabulary3.7359▼ 14.5%-26%
145AshfieldNottinghamshire Police3.6476▲ 18.4%-28%
146Bracknell ForestThames Valley Police3.6482▲ 2.1%-28%
147LincolnLincolnshire Police3.6369▲ 19.8%-28%
148RossendaleLancashire Constabulary3.6262▲ 0.4%-28%
149RunnymedeSurrey Police3.6331▼ 9.6%-28%
150RutlandLeicestershire Police3.6150▲ 10.3%-28%
151South StaffordshireStaffordshire Police3.6419▼ 24.2%-28%
152Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire Police3.6538▼ 29%-28%
153EastbourneSussex Police3.5361▼ 6.5%-30%
154MaidstoneKent Police3.5662▼ 6.2%-30%
155North TynesideNorthumbria Police3.5745▼ 8.3%-30%
156RedditchWest Mercia Police3.5304▼ 39.3%-30%
157South CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary3.5608▲ 4.8%-30%
158ArunSussex Police3.4588▼ 25.2%-32%
159BromsgroveWest Mercia Police3.4349▼ 24.1%-32%
160BroxtoweNottinghamshire Police3.4389▲ 1.8%-32%
161HuntingdonshireCambridgeshire Constabulary3.4646▲ 11%-32%
162LancasterLancashire Constabulary3.4491▼ 5.9%-32%
163ThanetKent Police3.4483▼ 22.3%-32%
164Tonbridge and MallingKent Police3.4475▼ 14.3%-32%
165Bath and North East SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary3.3663▼ 2.2%-34%
166GuildfordSurrey Police3.3502▼ 2.7%-34%
167North LincolnshireHumberside Police3.3566▼ 4.2%-34%
168RugbyWarwickshire Police3.3409▼ 13.3%-34%
169St. HelensMerseyside Police3.3622▼ 6.5%-34%
170SwanseaSouth Wales Police3.3834▼ 17%-34%
171ErewashDerbyshire Constabulary3.2363▲ 6.8%-36%
172South KestevenLincolnshire Police3.2479▲ 3.2%-36%
173Vale of GlamorganSouth Wales Police3.2430▼ 16.8%-36%
174North HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary3.1422▼ 4.1%-38%
175PendleLancashire Constabulary3.1306▼ 14.8%-38%
176Rhondda Cynon TafSouth Wales Police3.1756▲ 8.2%-38%
177South DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary3.1374▼ 11.8%-38%
178SwindonWiltshire Police3.1761▲ 5.4%-38%
179WorthingSussex Police3.1354▼ 12.6%-38%
180BostonLincolnshire Police3.0214▲ 2.4%-40%
181Brighton and HoveSussex Police3.0862▼ 26.2%-40%
182RochfordEssex Police3.0269▲ 1.1%-40%
183BraintreeEssex Police2.9475▼ 5.6%-42%
184DoverKent Police2.9354▼ 15.9%-42%
185Newark and SherwoodNottinghamshire Police2.9374▼ 27.4%-42%
186North SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary2.9669▼ 15.8%-42%
187NorwichNorfolk Constabulary2.9424▼ 12.9%-42%
188PlymouthDevon & Cornwall Police2.9783▼ 8.2%-42%
189RushcliffeNottinghamshire Police2.9367▲ 28.8%-42%
190South GloucestershireAvon and Somerset Constabulary2.9893▼ 13.6%-42%
191South TynesideNorthumbria Police2.9432▼ 22%-42%
192TorbayDevon & Cornwall Police2.9408▼ 9.3%-42%
193East CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary2.8266▲ 37.8%-44%
194EastleighHampshire Constabulary2.8405▼ 14%-44%
195ExeterDevon & Cornwall Police2.8386▲ 58.2%-44%
196WychavonWest Mercia Police2.8393▼ 27.5%-44%
197CherwellThames Valley Police2.7468▼ 20.4%-46%
198FenlandCambridgeshire Constabulary2.7281▼ 32.3%-46%
199Mole ValleySurrey Police2.7241▲ 1.7%-46%
200Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire Police2.7350▼ 11.4%-46%
201WarringtonCheshire Constabulary2.7585▲ 26.6%-46%
202West BerkshireThames Valley Police2.7451▼ 20%-46%
203Amber ValleyDerbyshire Constabulary2.6344▲ 0.3%-48%
204AshfordKent Police2.6365▼ 3.2%-48%
205GedlingNottinghamshire Police2.6315▲ 36.4%-48%
206Great YarmouthNorfolk Constabulary2.6263▼ 11.4%-48%
207HarboroughLeicestershire Police2.6280▼ 33%-48%
208New ForestHampshire Constabulary2.6457▼ 26.3%-48%
209North East DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary2.6277▲ 9.9%-48%
210Test ValleyHampshire Constabulary2.6354▼ 19%-48%
211WrexhamNorth Wales Police2.6355▲ 5.3%-48%
212Castle PointEssex Police2.5228▼ 35.4%-50%
213ChorleyLancashire Constabulary2.5304▼ 18.9%-50%
214East StaffordshireStaffordshire Police2.5329▼ 20%-50%
215Folkestone and HytheKent Police2.5279▲ 7.3%-50%
216HaltonCheshire Constabulary2.5330▼ 9.3%-50%
217MeltonLeicestershire Police2.5139▼ 35%-50%
218Oadby and WigstonLeicestershire Police2.5151▼ 32.6%-50%
219West LindseyLincolnshire Police2.5247▲ 15.4%-50%
220ChichesterSussex Police2.4313▼ 37.3%-52%
221East LindseyLincolnshire Police2.4352▼ 21.3%-52%
222FyldeLancashire Constabulary2.4205▼ 19.6%-52%
223NorthumberlandNorthumbria Police2.4804▼ 5%-52%
224SeftonMerseyside Police2.4696▼ 16.2%-52%
225WyreLancashire Constabulary2.4293▼ 19.7%-52%
226HavantHampshire Constabulary2.3290▼ 25.4%-54%
227High PeakDerbyshire Constabulary2.3211▼ 2.8%-54%
228MonmouthshireGwent Police2.3216▼ 13.3%-54%
229SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary2.31,352▲ 26.2%-54%
230Tunbridge WellsKent Police2.3281▼ 23.8%-54%
231West SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary2.3436▲ 13.8%-54%
232WinchesterHampshire Constabulary2.3308▼ 31.9%-54%
233WokingSurrey Police2.3241▼ 24.9%-54%
234WokinghamThames Valley Police2.3443▲ 2.3%-54%
235YorkNorth Yorkshire Police2.3473▼ 2.1%-54%
236East SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary2.2550▲ 18.8%-56%
237KnowsleyMerseyside Police2.2357▼ 0.6%-56%
238Mid SussexSussex Police2.2357▼ 23.1%-56%
239Ribble ValleyLancashire Constabulary2.2147▼ 19.2%-56%
240South RibbleLancashire Constabulary2.2260▼ 27.8%-56%
241Staffordshire MoorlandsStaffordshire Police2.2210▼ 10.6%-56%
242West LancashireLancashire Constabulary2.2271▼ 5.6%-56%
243West OxfordshireThames Valley Police2.2269▼ 23.6%-56%
244BridgendSouth Wales Police2.1315▼ 10.5%-58%
245GosportHampshire Constabulary2.1170▼ 46%-58%
246Neath Port TalbotSouth Wales Police2.1300▼ 16%-58%
247StaffordStaffordshire Police2.1307▼ 10.5%-58%
248Telford and WrekinWest Mercia Police2.1411▼ 17.6%-58%
249AdurSussex Police2.0132▼ 17.5%-60%
250BaberghSuffolk Constabulary2.0192▲ 39.1%-60%
251East Riding of YorkshireHumberside Police2.0717▲ 4.4%-60%
252HartHampshire Constabulary2.0211▼ 29.2%-60%
253RotherSussex Police2.0197▼ 14%-60%
254Surrey HeathSurrey Police2.0190▼ 30.1%-60%
255WiltshireWiltshire Police2.01,047▼ 13.5%-60%
256WirralMerseyside Police2.0676▼ 11.9%-60%
257Basingstoke and DeaneHampshire Constabulary1.9361▼ 39.5%-62%
258CarmarthenshireDyfed-Powys Police1.9358▲ 16.6%-62%
259South OxfordshireThames Valley Police1.9308▼ 25.8%-62%
260East HampshireHampshire Constabulary1.8231▼ 33.2%-64%
261FarehamHampshire Constabulary1.8213▼ 9.4%-64%
262HorshamSussex Police1.8272▼ 40.5%-64%
263MaldonEssex Police1.8127▼ 22.6%-64%
264Malvern HillsWest Mercia Police1.8150▼ 9.6%-64%
265Vale of White HorseThames Valley Police1.8277▼ 2.5%-64%
266Cheshire EastCheshire Constabulary1.7730▼ 4.6%-66%
267CumberlandCumbria Constabulary1.7477▲ 1.1%-66%
268DorsetDorset Police1.7677▼ 33.8%-66%
269North KestevenLincolnshire Police1.7206▲ 9.6%-66%
270WealdenSussex Police1.7289▼ 24.7%-66%
271CornwallDevon & Cornwall Police1.6910▲ 17.6%-68%
272DenbighshireNorth Wales Police1.6156▲ 6.1%-68%
273Derbyshire DalesDerbyshire Constabulary1.6112▼ 9.7%-68%
274FlintshireNorth Wales Police1.6252▼ 9.7%-68%
275North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire Police1.61,008▼ 25.5%-68%
276PowysDyfed-Powys Police1.6210▼ 1.9%-68%
277West DevonDevon & Cornwall Police1.696▲ 60%-68%
278BrecklandNorfolk Constabulary1.5217→ 0%-70%
279LewesSussex Police1.5153▼ 33.5%-70%
280North DevonDevon & Cornwall Police1.5156▲ 85.7%-70%
281ShropshireWest Mercia Police1.5498▼ 22.3%-70%
282WaverleySurrey Police1.5211▼ 22.7%-70%
283Cheshire West and ChesterCheshire Constabulary1.4535▲ 5.3%-72%
284ConwyNorth Wales Police1.4161▼ 23%-72%
285East DevonDevon & Cornwall Police1.4217▲ 44.7%-72%
286GwyneddNorth Wales Police1.4172▼ 2.3%-72%
287Herefordshire, County ofWest Mercia Police1.3259▼ 15.9%-74%
288King's Lynn and West NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary1.3209▼ 23.4%-74%
289Mid DevonDevon & Cornwall Police1.3113▲ 27%-74%
290Mid SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary1.3146▲ 5%-74%
291Westmorland and FurnessCumbria Constabulary1.3298▼ 7.7%-74%
292Isle of AngleseyNorth Wales Police1.280▲ 8.1%-76%
293PembrokeshireDyfed-Powys Police1.2145▼ 12.7%-76%
294TeignbridgeDevon & Cornwall Police1.2168▼ 13.4%-76%
295TorridgeDevon & Cornwall Police1.285▲ 70%-76%
296Isle of WightHampshire Constabulary1.1160▼ 7.5%-78%
297CeredigionDyfed-Powys Police1.073▲ 28.1%-80%
298Isles of ScillyDevon & Cornwall Police0.92▲ 100%-82%
299South HamsDevon & Cornwall Police0.983▲ 3.8%-82%
300South NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary0.9136▼ 20.5%-82%
301BroadlandNorfolk Constabulary0.690▼ 4.3%-88%
302North NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary0.667▼ 6.9%-88%

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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.

Rates use resident population as the denominator. Areas with many visitors, commuters or shops, such as city centres, record more offences per resident than the number of people present would suggest. Areas whose force did not supply a complete 12 months of data are left out. Population: ONS mid-year estimates, mid-2025.