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.

Across all 314 districts of the United Kingdom, officially recorded crime ranges from about 32.1 per 1,000 residents in Isles of Scilly to 572.8 in City of London - about 18 times as high. A typical district sits at around 70.2 per 1,000. The two lists below show the five lowest and the five highest; the interactive map holds the full ranking, and you can zoom past the district level to see how the picture changes from one area to the next.

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 in the United Kingdom

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.

England & Wales drill down to 35,000+ LSOA neighbourhoods (~1,500 people each); Scotland is shown on its own scale. Whichever area you land on, the rate is counted per 1,000 residents, so you can weigh a capital city against a quiet town on the same scale - as long as both sit inside the United Kingdom. Use the search box to jump to a place by name, or the locate button to find the district you are standing in right now.