As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in East Midlands region stands at 8.4 crimes per 1000 people. East Midlands's current crime levels are at 114% of the national crime rate. Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 7.9% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 40.0k, and this number has decreased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.
| East Midlands region | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 7.3 |
| 114% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 7.9% | share of all crimes | 7.2% |
| 40.0k | crimes reported | 410k |
| -4.1% | annual change | -5.5% |
| County | Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate | Crime rate per 1000 workday people | Total number of crimes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 102% | 7 | 7348 | |
| Leicestershire | 122% | 9 | 8727 | |
| Lincolnshire | 122% | 9 | 8929 | |
| Northamptonshire | 94% | 7 | 4669 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 125% | 9 | 10110 | |
| Rutland | 61% | 4 | 170 | |
Crime rate ranking : East Midlands region has the 3. highest crime rate out of 9 regions
The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 40.0k, and this number has decreased by 4.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between December 2024 - November 2025 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.
-4.1% annual change, crime is declining
40.0k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to November 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.
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