Street-level crime by type across six city centres
The same six city-centre areas in England and Wales, broken down by the type of crime police.uk records, for the latest month published.
Most common: Violence and sexual offences
2,284
Sep 2026 · 7,739 crimes in all
Verified against source, 6 November 2026, 07:01 UTCSource: Home Office – police.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
14 rows
| Category | Crimes recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,284 |
| Shoplifting | 1,253 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 755 |
| Public order | 637 |
| Other theft | 566 |
| Vehicle crime | 494 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 416 |
| Drugs | 408 |
| Burglary | 231 |
| Bicycle theft | 174 |
| Robbery | 171 |
| Theft from the person | 161 |
| Possession of weapons | 100 |
| Other crime | 89 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Home Office – police.uk
- Check it yourself
- https://data.police.uk/docs/method/crime-street/
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 6 November 2026, 06:57 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street-datesSHA-256 07a2302748defdf669add4e11c8d46a67d4c727062a4c71b33a41cabc8596580 · 20,915 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.4797&lng=-1.9026&date=2026-09SHA-256 0ccaaecee1e3ad054336b216358bcfa28900c4b682cd732588ac2a0bfcf14e6e · 711,392 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.4794&lng=-2.2453&date=2026-09SHA-256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945 · 2 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.7996&lng=-1.5491&date=2026-09SHA-256 934fe4a304714bf2815cdfe026d7363328a5660b852a811aff2bdf70dc002d4c · 577,311 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=51.4545&lng=-2.5973&date=2026-09SHA-256 80232bfdb3d35e1cb08d96b171529b06a6efc6cdb1e9ba26aaec4f2a4f6a57a3 · 651,066 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.4075&lng=-2.9919&date=2026-09SHA-256 b27f998a7f0315ac9fcb734dbb4bb708854be3f6bec7eadf983872353f2ebc5a · 534,047 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=51.4816&lng=-3.1791&date=2026-09SHA-256 47c508bd1a5845675286db7f260119df74a75806bfe486055a479c1f259e38d4 · 529,433 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crime-categories?date=2026-09SHA-256 d64446251df1922e2f6698c4a31f146cae39e1e378e6ef86274cbd198685555c · 729 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 6 November 2026, 07:01 UTC Run at 6 November 2026, 07:01 UTC; 14 of 14 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Home Office – police.uk; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-06T06:57:13Z; 8 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 8 of 8 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 14 of 14 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 14 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 14 of 14 figures match exactly after downloading 8 source file(s) again (8 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Not run | Second official route | No independent second route to these figures is published; the live re-fetch is the check. |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://data.police.uk/docs/method/crime-street/ – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- police.uk places each crime at an anonymised map point near where it happened, and the one-mile query is centred on each city's civic square (coordinates are listed in the raw file names and the method notes).