Explore areas
43 police force areas and 10 regional units.
The public crime record
Compare crime across England and Wales
Explore official police-recorded crime by area and offence, with population rates, dated evidence and clear limitations.
This page contains a published snapshot. The interactive comparison shows the latest validated data and its actual dates. Monthly source checks do not create new monthly official observations.
Explore crime measures
25 official measures, with definitions and their stated rate denominators.
Understand the comparisons
Read what counts, how rates work and where comparisons are limited.
Open the interactive comparison
Keep the meaning in view
Recorded crime is not all crime, an individual risk estimate or a measure of police effectiveness. Official quarterly statistics and provisional monthly Police.uk records are separate series.
Read the official sources