East Midlands violent crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in East Midlands region stands at 38.2 crimes per 1000 people. East Midlands's current crime levels are at 108% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 36.0% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "violent crime" is 182k, and this number has decreased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

East Midlands violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
East Midlands region	crime statistic	England & Wales
38.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	35.4
108%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
36.0%	share of all crimes	35.2%
182k	crimes reported	2.0M
-1.4%	annual change	1.0%

East Midlands violent crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Derbyshire	120%	43	41741
Leicestershire	103%	36	35578
Lincolnshire	109%	39	38698
Northamptonshire	107%	38	25657
Nottinghamshire	103%	36	39996
Rutland	56%	20	762

East Midlands violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : East Midlands region has the 4. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

East Midlands violent crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "violent crime" is 182k, and this number has decreased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026. 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 February 2025 - January 2026 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.

-1.4% annual change, crime is declining

182k crimes reported