Independent Police.uk data report · generated 1 September 2026

Recorded crime by UK area

Compare 70 covered places using the same approximate one-mile town-centre search. These are raw incidents, not population-adjusted crime rates or a “safest places” ranking.

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What this table can—and cannot—show

Using one consistent geographic method makes the collection easier to inspect, but towns differ in population, centre size, nightlife, transport hubs, visitors and reporting patterns. A larger count does not prove that residents face greater risk, and a smaller count does not make an area safe.

Method

Each count is the latest stored Police.uk response for coordinates near the named place centre and an approximate one-mile radius. Police.uk anonymises locations. The newest month represented in this table is 2026-06, but individual areas may have different latest months. Responses below the minimum data-quality threshold are treated as unavailable because they can indicate an incomplete police-force upload; they are never presented as a low-crime result. Open an area report to see history, categories, source context and the exact limitations.

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How to cite this report

Local Area Check, “Recorded Crime by UK Area”, generated 1 September 2026, localareacheck.co.uk/reports/recorded-crime-by-area.

Please link to this page so readers see the geographic method and limitations. The CSV download contains every available place, evidence month, category and supporting area-report URL.

Source: Police.uk open data. Local Area Check is independent and does not describe these raw centre-point counts as official crime rates.