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How safe is the United Kingdom?

Officially recorded crime for every district - 314 in total - with rates per 1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.

Data period: England & Wales: year to Dec 2025; Scotland: 2024-25. Sources: Home Office police recorded crime · data.police.uk street-level incidents · gov.scot Recorded Crime in Scotland.

Safest areas in the United Kingdom

  1. Isles of Scilly - 32.1 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Broadland - 35.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Waverley - 37.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Ribble Valley - 37.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. North Kesteven - 38.3 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime

  1. City of London - 572.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Westminster - 379.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Camden - 179.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Kensington and Chelsea - 149.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Blackpool - 148.7 crimes / 1,000 residents

Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within the United Kingdom only.

Scotland - on its own scale

Scotland records crime differently from England & Wales, so Safetlas never mixes the two. Safest: Shetland Islands (18.0/1,000) · highest: Glasgow City (82.9/1,000), 2024-25.

Open the interactive map of the United Kingdom →

England & Wales drill down to 35,000+ LSOA neighbourhoods (~1,500 people each); Scotland is shown on its own scale.