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Residential burglary per 1,000 households, every council ranked

Homes and the sheds and garages that go with them. Figures for 2025-26, published for 316 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Ards and North Down, 1.1 per 1,000. The council in the middle: East Hertfordshire, 4.8 per 1,000. Highest: Bradford, 13.1 per 1,000.

Residential burglary per 1,000 households, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland1.1 per 1,000
2 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland1.3 per 1,000
2 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England1.3 per 1,000
4Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland1.4 per 1,000
5 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland1.9 per 1,000
5 jointBroadlandEast of England1.9 per 1,000
5 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland1.9 per 1,000
5 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland1.9 per 1,000
9BrecklandEast of England2.0 per 1,000
10 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland2.1 per 1,000
10 jointIsles of ScillySouth West2.1 per 1,000
12 jointEast DevonSouth West2.2 per 1,000
12 jointMid DevonSouth West2.2 per 1,000
14 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland2.3 per 1,000
14 jointNeath Port TalbotWales2.3 per 1,000
14 jointVale of GlamorganWales2.3 per 1,000
17 jointFarehamSouth East2.4 per 1,000
17 jointIsle of WightSouth East2.4 per 1,000
17 jointNorth DevonSouth West2.4 per 1,000
17 jointSouth HamsSouth West2.4 per 1,000
17 jointTeignbridgeSouth West2.4 per 1,000
17 jointTorridgeSouth West2.4 per 1,000
17 jointWest DevonSouth West2.4 per 1,000
24 jointBridgendWales2.5 per 1,000
24 jointIsle of AngleseyWales2.5 per 1,000
26 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands2.6 per 1,000
26 jointCornwallSouth West2.6 per 1,000
26 jointCumberlandNorth West2.6 per 1,000
26 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East2.6 per 1,000
26 jointSwanseaWales2.6 per 1,000
31 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England2.7 per 1,000
31 jointMaldonEast of England2.7 per 1,000
31 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England2.7 per 1,000
31 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West2.7 per 1,000
35 jointAdurSouth East2.8 per 1,000
35 jointBracknell ForestSouth East2.8 per 1,000
35 jointCeredigionWales2.8 per 1,000
35 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland2.8 per 1,000
35 jointGosportSouth East2.8 per 1,000
35 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands2.8 per 1,000
41 jointHavantSouth East2.9 per 1,000
41 jointKnowsleyNorth West2.9 per 1,000
41 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland2.9 per 1,000
41 jointWokinghamSouth East2.9 per 1,000
45 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West3.0 per 1,000
45 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands3.0 per 1,000
45 jointGwyneddWales3.0 per 1,000
45 jointLewesSouth East3.0 per 1,000
45 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands3.0 per 1,000
45 jointSurrey HeathSouth East3.0 per 1,000
51 jointMeltonEast Midlands3.1 per 1,000
51 jointWorthingSouth East3.1 per 1,000
53 jointBaberghEast of England3.2 per 1,000
53 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England3.2 per 1,000
53 jointEastleighSouth East3.2 per 1,000
53 jointHorshamSouth East3.2 per 1,000
53 jointMid SuffolkEast of England3.2 per 1,000
53 jointRotherSouth East3.2 per 1,000
53 jointRugbyWest Midlands3.2 per 1,000
53 jointWest SuffolkEast of England3.2 per 1,000
61 jointStaffordWest Midlands3.3 per 1,000
61 jointWealdenSouth East3.3 per 1,000
61 jointWest BerkshireSouth East3.3 per 1,000
64 jointChorleyNorth West3.4 per 1,000
64 jointFlintshireWales3.4 per 1,000
64 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands3.4 per 1,000
64 jointMerthyr TydfilWales3.4 per 1,000
64 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales3.4 per 1,000
64 jointShropshireWest Midlands3.4 per 1,000
64 jointVale of White HorseSouth East3.4 per 1,000
71 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands3.5 per 1,000
71 jointConwyWales3.5 per 1,000
71 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber3.5 per 1,000
71 jointRochfordEast of England3.5 per 1,000
71 jointSwindonSouth West3.5 per 1,000
71 jointWyreNorth West3.5 per 1,000
77 jointChichesterSouth East3.6 per 1,000
77 jointFyldeNorth West3.6 per 1,000
77 jointIpswichEast of England3.6 per 1,000
77 jointPowysWales3.6 per 1,000
77 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands3.6 per 1,000
77 jointWiltshireSouth West3.6 per 1,000
83 jointEast SuffolkEast of England3.7 per 1,000
83 jointSeftonNorth West3.7 per 1,000
83 jointSouth RibbleNorth West3.7 per 1,000
83 jointWarringtonNorth West3.7 per 1,000
87 jointArunSouth East3.8 per 1,000
87 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands3.8 per 1,000
87 jointEast HampshireSouth East3.8 per 1,000
87 jointGedlingEast Midlands3.8 per 1,000
87 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands3.8 per 1,000
87 jointSt. HelensNorth West3.8 per 1,000
87 jointWinchesterSouth East3.8 per 1,000
94 jointBraintreeEast of England3.9 per 1,000
94 jointCheshire EastNorth West3.9 per 1,000
94 jointStevenageEast of England3.9 per 1,000
94 jointTorbaySouth West3.9 per 1,000
98 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber4.0 per 1,000
98 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands4.0 per 1,000
98 jointGuildfordSouth East4.0 per 1,000
98 jointHastingsSouth East4.0 per 1,000
98 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands4.0 per 1,000
98 jointPlymouthSouth West4.0 per 1,000
98 jointRibble ValleyNorth West4.0 per 1,000
98 jointStroudSouth West4.0 per 1,000
98 jointWirralNorth West4.0 per 1,000
107 jointBedfordEast of England4.1 per 1,000
107 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland4.1 per 1,000
107 jointBolsoverEast Midlands4.1 per 1,000
107 jointCastle PointEast of England4.1 per 1,000
107 jointDenbighshireWales4.1 per 1,000
107 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England4.1 per 1,000
107 jointMid SussexSouth East4.1 per 1,000
107 jointRutlandEast Midlands4.1 per 1,000
107 jointWokingSouth East4.1 per 1,000
107 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber4.1 per 1,000
117 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East4.2 per 1,000
117 jointCrawleySouth East4.2 per 1,000
117 jointExeterSouth West4.2 per 1,000
117 jointFenlandEast of England4.2 per 1,000
117 jointMonmouthshireWales4.2 per 1,000
117 jointUttlesfordEast of England4.2 per 1,000
123 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East4.3 per 1,000
123 jointCarmarthenshireWales4.3 per 1,000
123 jointCherwellSouth East4.3 per 1,000
123 jointLichfieldWest Midlands4.3 per 1,000
123 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England4.3 per 1,000
123 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands4.3 per 1,000
123 jointTamworthWest Midlands4.3 per 1,000
123 jointWaverleySouth East4.3 per 1,000
131 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East4.4 per 1,000
131 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West4.4 per 1,000
131 jointBrentwoodEast of England4.4 per 1,000
131 jointDorsetSouth West4.4 per 1,000
131 jointErewashEast Midlands4.4 per 1,000
131 jointHartSouth East4.4 per 1,000
131 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands4.4 per 1,000
131 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands4.4 per 1,000
131 jointNorwichEast of England4.4 per 1,000
131 jointRushmoorSouth East4.4 per 1,000
131 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands4.4 per 1,000
131 jointTendringEast of England4.4 per 1,000
131 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East4.4 per 1,000
144 jointEastbourneSouth East4.5 per 1,000
144 jointHaltonNorth West4.5 per 1,000
144 jointPembrokeshireWales4.5 per 1,000
147 jointCardiffWales4.6 per 1,000
147 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands4.6 per 1,000
147 jointHarboroughEast Midlands4.6 per 1,000
147 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands4.6 per 1,000
147 jointSomersetSouth West4.6 per 1,000
147 jointTest ValleySouth East4.6 per 1,000
147 jointWest LancashireNorth West4.6 per 1,000
154 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands4.7 per 1,000
154 jointMansfieldEast Midlands4.7 per 1,000
154 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands4.7 per 1,000
154 jointWrexhamWales4.7 per 1,000
158 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England4.8 per 1,000
158 jointElmbridgeSouth East4.8 per 1,000
158 jointForest of DeanSouth West4.8 per 1,000
158 jointLincolnEast Midlands4.8 per 1,000
158 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands4.8 per 1,000
163 jointNorthumberlandNorth East4.9 per 1,000
163 jointPortsmouthSouth East4.9 per 1,000
163 jointRunnymedeSouth East4.9 per 1,000
163 jointTandridgeSouth East4.9 per 1,000
167 jointBroxbourneEast of England5.1 per 1,000
167 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England5.1 per 1,000
167 jointHarlowEast of England5.1 per 1,000
167 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands5.1 per 1,000
167 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands5.1 per 1,000
167 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands5.1 per 1,000
173 jointNorth SomersetSouth West5.2 per 1,000
173 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands5.2 per 1,000
173 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East5.2 per 1,000
176 jointChelmsfordEast of England5.3 per 1,000
176 jointMilton KeynesSouth East5.3 per 1,000
176 jointNew ForestSouth East5.3 per 1,000
176 jointThurrockEast of England5.3 per 1,000
180 jointBasildonEast of England5.4 per 1,000
180 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands5.4 per 1,000
180 jointRedditchWest Midlands5.4 per 1,000
180 jointSpelthorneSouth East5.4 per 1,000
180 jointWatfordEast of England5.4 per 1,000
180 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands5.4 per 1,000
186 jointColchesterEast of England5.5 per 1,000
186 jointTewkesburySouth West5.5 per 1,000
186 jointTraffordNorth West5.5 per 1,000
189 jointAshfieldEast Midlands5.6 per 1,000
189 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West5.6 per 1,000
189 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England5.6 per 1,000
192 jointLutonEast of England5.7 per 1,000
192 jointOxfordSouth East5.7 per 1,000
192 jointStockportNorth West5.7 per 1,000
192 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands5.7 per 1,000
196 jointReadingSouth East5.8 per 1,000
196 jointWiganNorth West5.8 per 1,000
198 jointBexleyLondon5.9 per 1,000
198 jointCaerphillyWales5.9 per 1,000
198 jointMole ValleySouth East5.9 per 1,000
198 jointSouth TynesideNorth East5.9 per 1,000
198 jointThree RiversEast of England5.9 per 1,000
198 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East5.9 per 1,000
204 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West6.0 per 1,000
204 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England6.0 per 1,000
204 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands6.0 per 1,000
204 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England6.0 per 1,000
204 jointWorcesterWest Midlands6.0 per 1,000
204 jointWychavonWest Midlands6.0 per 1,000
210 jointHaveringLondon6.1 per 1,000
210 jointLiverpoolNorth West6.1 per 1,000
210 jointRossendaleNorth West6.1 per 1,000
213 jointCotswoldSouth West6.2 per 1,000
213 jointDerbyEast Midlands6.2 per 1,000
215West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands6.3 per 1,000
216 jointBromleyLondon6.4 per 1,000
216 jointDacorumEast of England6.4 per 1,000
216 jointEpping ForestEast of England6.4 per 1,000
216 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands6.4 per 1,000
216 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands6.4 per 1,000
216 jointWarwickWest Midlands6.4 per 1,000
222 jointBlabyEast Midlands6.5 per 1,000
222 jointBlackpoolNorth West6.5 per 1,000
222 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands6.5 per 1,000
225 jointBuryNorth West6.6 per 1,000
225 jointGatesheadNorth East6.6 per 1,000
225 jointNorth TynesideNorth East6.6 per 1,000
225 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West6.6 per 1,000
225 jointSt AlbansEast of England6.6 per 1,000
230 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon6.7 per 1,000
230 jointSandwellWest Midlands6.7 per 1,000
232CambridgeEast of England6.8 per 1,000
233 jointBoltonNorth West6.9 per 1,000
233 jointCity of LondonLondon6.9 per 1,000
233 jointMertonLondon6.9 per 1,000
236 jointPeterboroughEast of England7.0 per 1,000
236 jointRedbridgeLondon7.0 per 1,000
238 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands7.1 per 1,000
238 jointCounty DurhamNorth East7.1 per 1,000
238 jointLancasterNorth West7.1 per 1,000
238 jointNewportWales7.1 per 1,000
238 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber7.1 per 1,000
238 jointOldhamNorth West7.1 per 1,000
238 jointPrestonNorth West7.1 per 1,000
238 jointSloughSouth East7.1 per 1,000
238 jointTorfaenWales7.1 per 1,000
247 jointDarlingtonNorth East7.2 per 1,000
247 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands7.2 per 1,000
249WalsallWest Midlands7.3 per 1,000
250 jointBassetlawEast Midlands7.4 per 1,000
250 jointCheltenhamSouth West7.4 per 1,000
250 jointHyndburnNorth West7.4 per 1,000
250 jointTamesideNorth West7.4 per 1,000
254WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber7.5 per 1,000
255 jointRochdaleNorth West7.6 per 1,000
255 jointWaltham ForestLondon7.6 per 1,000
255 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England7.6 per 1,000
258 jointBlaenau GwentWales7.7 per 1,000
258 jointDudleyWest Midlands7.7 per 1,000
258 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East7.7 per 1,000
258 jointGloucesterSouth West7.7 per 1,000
258 jointPendleNorth West7.7 per 1,000
263 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon7.8 per 1,000
263 jointSalfordNorth West7.8 per 1,000
263 jointSuttonLondon7.8 per 1,000
263 jointWandsworthLondon7.8 per 1,000
267CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber7.9 per 1,000
268 jointHertsmereEast of England8.0 per 1,000
268 jointNottinghamEast Midlands8.0 per 1,000
270 jointCroydonLondon8.2 per 1,000
270 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber8.2 per 1,000
270 jointSolihullWest Midlands8.2 per 1,000
273 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon8.3 per 1,000
273 jointBostonEast Midlands8.3 per 1,000
273 jointNewhamLondon8.3 per 1,000
273 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber8.3 per 1,000
277LambethLondon8.6 per 1,000
278 jointHillingdonLondon8.7 per 1,000
278 jointLeicesterEast Midlands8.7 per 1,000
280Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands8.8 per 1,000
281SunderlandNorth East8.9 per 1,000
282Newcastle upon TyneNorth East9.0 per 1,000
283 jointGreenwichLondon9.1 per 1,000
283 jointSouthamptonSouth East9.1 per 1,000
283 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East9.1 per 1,000
286 jointBristolSouth West9.2 per 1,000
286 jointEalingLondon9.2 per 1,000
288ManchesterNorth West9.3 per 1,000
289CoventryWest Midlands9.4 per 1,000
290 jointLewishamLondon9.6 per 1,000
290 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber9.6 per 1,000
290 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East9.6 per 1,000
293HounslowLondon9.8 per 1,000
294 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon10.0 per 1,000
294 jointIslingtonLondon10.0 per 1,000
296BrentLondon10.1 per 1,000
297HaringeyLondon10.2 per 1,000
298SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber10.3 per 1,000
299BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber10.4 per 1,000
300HartlepoolNorth East10.7 per 1,000
301 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber10.8 per 1,000
301 jointHarrowLondon10.8 per 1,000
303Tower HamletsLondon10.9 per 1,000
304BarnetLondon11.0 per 1,000
305 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon11.4 per 1,000
305 jointSouthwarkLondon11.4 per 1,000
307 jointBirminghamWest Midlands11.7 per 1,000
307 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber11.7 per 1,000
309CamdenLondon11.9 per 1,000
310HackneyLondon12.1 per 1,000
311EnfieldLondon12.4 per 1,000
312 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East12.5 per 1,000
312 jointWestminsterLondon12.5 per 1,000
314BurnleyNorth West12.7 per 1,000
315LeedsYorkshire and the Humber13.0 per 1,000
316BradfordYorkshire and the Humber13.1 per 1,000

Not in this list

  • 13 councils. Kent Police could not place 44% of the crime it recorded, so this is left blank rather than shown well under the truth.
  • Scotland. Scotland counts crime under its own rules. The Scottish Government publishes it for each council.

Home Office recorded crime by community safety partnership and PSNI recorded crime by policing district, over Census 2021 household counts · 2025-26 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured

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