London drugs crime statistics

As of October 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 5.6 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 165% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 4.3% of all crimes reported in the region. Drugs crime totalled 48.8k representing a decrease 6.4% year-over-year.

London drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Londoncrime statisticEngland & Wales
5.6annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.4
165%percentage of national crime rate100%
4.3% share of all crimes3.4%
48.8kcrimes reported191k
-6.4%annual change-1.6%

London drugs crime rate comparison map

London drugs crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
BR1 1377%13129
BR1 265%223
BR1 3173%667
BR1 4191%669
BR1 5191%680
BR2 0212%766
BR2 658%25
BR2 769%216
BR2 874%323
BR2 9136%558
BR3 1187%650
BR3 381%332
BR3 481%330
BR3 579%312
BR3 6108%414
BR4 050%213
BR4 935%19
BR5 176%323
BR5 2214%782
BR5 3206%774
BR5 4109%432
BR6 094%333
BR6 628%15
BR6 746%213
BR6 878%320
BR6 936%113
BR7 552%210
BR7 682%324
CR0 0138%570
CR0 1655%22421
CR0 2460%16329
CR0 3242%8138
CR0 4135%5106
CR0 5159%554
CR0 6141%576
CR0 782%332
CR0 873%223
CR0 987%323
CR2 071%218
CR2 6142%548
CR2 7145%527
CR2 881%324
CR2 974%314
CR4 1146%558
CR4 2131%442
CR4 3224%8105
CR4 4152%557
CR5 1104%425
CR5 2101%330
CR7 6189%644
CR7 7182%694
CR7 8297%10141
CR8 1104%412
CR8 2219%759
CR8 385%312
CR8 488%313
CR8 558%212
DA1 4132%448
DA14 444%112
DA14 5111%427
DA14 6116%434
DA15 784%315
DA15 874%326
DA15 9104%422
DA16 164%219
DA16 298%332
DA16 375%320
DA17 5121%430
DA17 6183%648
DA18 477%315
DA5 147%29
DA5 243%16
DA5 371%214
DA6 7331%1184
DA6 8120%423
DA7 4141%547
DA7 553%214
DA7 674%320
DA8 1380%13150
DA8 2188%663
DA8 366%219
E1 0353%12112
E1 1345%12103
E1 2351%12110
E1 3203%740
E1 4207%7124
E1 5321%11112
E1 6120%488
E1 758%243
E1 872%248
E10 5338%12152
E10 6132%572
E10 7285%10124
E11 1284%1093
E11 272%222
E11 3183%670
E11 4303%10121
E12 5207%793
E12 696%366
E13 0156%574
E13 8163%677
E13 9262%9128
E14 0322%11115
E14 2660%2238
E14 3254%9105
E14 436%123
E14 515%134
E14 6334%11110
E14 7444%15173
E14 8187%6115
E14 9213%7194
E15 1399%14198
E15 2848%29322
E15 3201%778
E15 4327%11148
E16 1493%17168
E16 2449%15171
E16 3189%673
E16 4182%674
E17 3299%10120
E17 4228%8117
E17 5155%573
E17 6206%799
E17 7288%1095
E17 8150%561
E17 9224%879
E18 1124%425
E18 2100%328
E1W 1153%528
E1W 2167%630
E1W 3254%935
E2 0315%11101
E2 6262%961
E2 7270%972
E2 8323%1184
E2 9281%1085
E3 2415%14158
E3 3375%13137
E3 4384%13156
E3 5168%656
E4 6139%558
E4 7197%774
E4 8227%893
E4 9187%688
E5 0176%672
E5 8258%9101
E5 9248%8108
E6 1291%10146
E6 2320%11168
E6 3134%574
E6 5206%783
E6 6185%693
E7 0158%557
E7 8105%467
E7 9117%458
E8 1273%989
E8 2465%16133
E8 3185%656
E8 4306%1086
E9 5272%9109
E9 6175%675
E9 7169%657
EC1A 264%29
EC1A 463%27
EC1A 718%17
EC1A 942%15
EC1M 3117%44
EC1M 451%24
EC1M 510%02
EC1M 645%29
EC1M 736%11
EC1N 642%11
EC1N 727%16
EC1N 839%111
EC1R 060%212
EC1R 182%37
EC1R 392%39
EC1R 4118%416
EC1R 5134%511
EC1V 0140%522
EC1V 1402%1415
EC1V 2150%515
EC1V 351%26
EC1V 468%29
EC1V 7117%416
EC1V 8133%511
EC1V 9339%1281
EC1Y 0652%2254
EC1Y 173%23
EC1Y 883%337
EC2A 156%24
EC2A 2349%1223
EC2A 3510%17154
EC2A 4148%576
EC2M 3236%819
EC2M 452%223
EC2M 5137%511
EC2M 743%114
EC2N 412%02
EC2R 750%28
EC2V 625%15
EC2V 728%16
EC2V 852%26
EC2Y 553%217
EC2Y 830%118
EC2Y 98%01
EC3A 555%212
EC3A 79%01
EC3N 161%215
EC3N 231%110
EC3N 464%213
EC3R 59%02
EC3R 727%14
EC3R 813%05
EC3V 026%16
EC3V 331%15
EC3V 9149%512
EC4A 16%02
EC4M 751%29
EC4M 992%39
EC4N 5204%77
EC4R 011%06
EC4R 158%22
EC4V 329%110
EC4V 468%24
EC4V 675%310
EC4Y 075%37
EC4Y 1142%513
EN1 1142%563
EN1 252%210
EN1 3124%453
EN1 4185%668
EN2 0106%426
EN2 679%316
EN2 750%210
EN2 853%216
EN2 9132%510
EN3 4273%9104
EN3 5181%682
EN3 6158%584
EN3 7150%572
EN4 036%16
EN4 8107%434
EN4 957%212
EN5 168%214
EN5 267%228
EN5 383%38
EN5 5122%431
HA0 1411%14159
HA0 2254%989
HA0 3117%432
HA0 4305%10116
HA1 1378%13121
HA1 2316%11104
HA1 3109%458
HA1 4202%772
HA2 0166%653
HA2 6200%737
HA2 771%217
HA2 8151%549
HA2 975%327
HA3 0104%433
HA3 5261%975
HA3 692%326
HA3 7252%980
HA3 884%330
HA3 9106%441
HA4 0136%538
HA4 6115%435
HA4 7184%651
HA4 8124%427
HA4 961%215
HA5 164%215
HA5 2121%426
HA5 358%217
HA5 489%320
HA5 595%320
HA6 1172%648
HA6 244%114
HA7 1123%429
HA7 298%324
HA7 3113%425
HA7 4146%545
HA8 0182%663
HA8 5138%546
HA8 6110%432
HA8 7168%636
HA8 8109%441
HA8 973%222
HA9 0628%21146
HA9 6290%10103
HA9 7241%865
HA9 8269%9111
HA9 9661%23228
IG1 1314%11177
IG1 2141%585
IG1 3177%677
IG1 4295%10127
IG11 0101%351
IG11 7262%9132
IG11 8764%26310
IG11 9174%687
IG2 694%336
IG2 789%334
IG3 8139%579
IG3 9124%459
IG4 5142%540
IG5 0108%446
IG6 179%321
IG6 265%222
IG6 3156%535
IG7 4153%533
IG8 064%216
IG8 778%318
IG8 8131%430
IG8 9110%425
IG9 6162%620
KT1 1516%18176
KT1 2268%9106
KT1 392%331
KT1 470%27
KT2 5115%442
KT2 6198%756
KT2 766%224
KT3 334%112
KT3 464%216
KT3 579%320
KT3 642%113
KT4 859%225
KT5 884%321
KT5 975%318
KT6 4152%527
KT6 649%29
KT6 7206%774
KT8 989%313
KT9 166%218
KT9 2143%548
N1 0162%665
N1 1222%858
N1 2200%771
N1 3263%951
N1 4433%1592
N1 5404%14103
N1 6442%15157
N1 7103%440
N1 8133%541
N1 9177%6105
N10 1106%424
N10 2127%429
N10 3101%326
N11 1161%558
N11 2122%433
N11 3148%534
N12 0179%645
N12 757%28
N12 8136%533
N12 9148%533
N13 4159%551
N13 5195%763
N13 6200%734
N14 482%324
N14 546%212
N14 685%318
N14 735%15
N15 3157%543
N15 4296%10106
N15 5238%869
N15 6177%666
N16 082%318
N16 588%340
N16 649%222
N16 7223%861
N16 8289%1089
N16 9159%524
N17 0349%12149
N17 6222%8122
N17 7198%754
N17 8322%1186
N17 9322%11147
N18 1219%7113
N18 2490%17271
N18 3501%179
N19 3253%983
N19 4278%971
N19 5175%668
N1C 4704%2430
N2 071%217
N2 8105%417
N2 952%211
N20 0100%329
N20 8151%517
N20 9150%523
N21 170%215
N21 282%315
N21 355%211
N22 5367%13126
N22 6149%566
N22 7135%538
N22 8254%965
N3 1209%758
N3 2185%659
N3 3201%740
N4 1224%879
N4 2452%15281
N4 3328%11100
N4 4131%419
N5 1236%873
N5 2322%1193
N6 491%314
N6 562%216
N6 654%25
N7 0204%765
N7 6411%1487
N7 7502%17122
N7 8284%1094
N7 9257%993
N8 0220%862
N8 7104%425
N8 867%216
N8 998%324
N9 0462%16189
N9 7274%976
N9 8290%1097
N9 9241%8111
NW1 0217%795
NW1 1243%8100
NW1 2115%471
NW1 3129%449
NW1 4248%853
NW1 5261%943
NW1 6143%552
NW1 7333%11118
NW1 8619%21228
NW1 9209%767
NW10 0202%776
NW10 1641%22169
NW10 2282%1080
NW10 3166%641
NW10 4399%14118
NW10 5209%766
NW10 6106%427
NW10 7115%476
NW10 8337%11133
NW10 9428%15128
NW11 0150%526
NW11 688%315
NW11 7252%948
NW11 8210%739
NW11 9171%644
NW2 1151%544
NW2 2159%531
NW2 3366%1278
NW2 4209%738
NW2 5163%638
NW2 6161%558
NW2 7163%660
NW3 133%15
NW3 251%228
NW3 3154%537
NW3 451%210
NW3 558%213
NW3 681%319
NW3 777%313
NW4 1336%1166
NW4 2172%644
NW4 3229%886
NW4 4273%975
NW5 164%222
NW5 2146%544
NW5 3144%526
NW5 4123%430
NW6 179%320
NW6 2433%1569
NW6 3120%419
NW6 4285%1060
NW6 5227%872
NW6 6173%643
NW6 7278%984
NW7 1206%747
NW7 2143%532
NW7 3126%424
NW7 425%14
NW8 0100%320
NW8 670%210
NW8 793%317
NW8 8158%559
NW8 951%211
NW9 092%331
NW9 5213%7118
NW9 6113%431
NW9 7140%526
NW9 8162%645
NW9 959%217
RM1 1991%34177
RM1 2266%948
RM1 3251%963
RM1 475%326
RM10 7222%887
RM10 8193%772
RM10 9130%462
RM11 1159%552
RM11 281%321
RM11 370%218
RM12 4135%555
RM12 580%318
RM12 688%323
RM13 7186%642
RM13 8318%1179
RM13 9156%560
RM14 155%215
RM14 238%110
RM14 335%17
RM2 576%313
RM2 6122%418
RM3 092%336
RM3 7174%641
RM3 8316%11100
RM3 9276%974
RM5 2155%534
RM5 397%326
RM6 4208%776
RM6 5170%648
RM6 6132%437
RM7 0216%7107
RM7 7276%933
RM7 8188%632
RM7 9141%523
RM8 1157%560
RM8 2152%560
RM8 3109%433
RM9 4125%442
RM9 5168%656
RM9 6309%11101
SE1 041%138
SE1 1137%575
SE1 241%144
SE1 3156%568
SE1 4168%663
SE1 5181%659
SE1 6368%1398
SE1 764%267
SE1 897%349
SE1 943%136
SE10 0311%11104
SE10 8223%853
SE10 9279%1088
SE11 4242%863
SE11 5140%546
SE11 6134%528
SE12 0163%640
SE12 874%317
SE12 9163%637
SE13 5490%17165
SE13 6190%689
SE13 7310%11130
SE14 5141%554
SE14 6329%11101
SE15 1206%750
SE15 2228%871
SE15 3139%547
SE15 4114%424
SE15 5551%19169
SE15 6249%880
SE16 2164%651
SE16 3141%544
SE16 4259%945
SE16 5102%312
SE16 622%12
SE16 7151%526
SE17 1758%26154
SE17 2313%11117
SE17 3280%1087
SE18 1296%10117
SE18 2142%535
SE18 3119%437
SE18 4152%558
SE18 5308%1190
SE18 6365%12167
SE18 7226%879
SE19 1126%427
SE19 2189%635
SE19 3129%436
SE2 0207%762
SE2 9341%12132
SE20 7198%759
SE20 8317%1192
SE21 790%313
SE21 8126%436
SE22 087%319
SE22 889%326
SE22 972%213
SE23 1138%534
SE23 2106%432
SE23 3143%539
SE24 0108%424
SE24 979%317
SE25 4174%655
SE25 5169%644
SE25 6200%767
SE26 4235%858
SE26 5165%642
SE26 695%325
SE27 0167%651
SE27 9103%326
SE28 0173%661
SE28 8196%797
SE3 0123%424
SE3 7107%421
SE3 8130%431
SE3 9206%743
SE4 1123%445
SE4 2206%762
SE5 0332%1190
SE5 7374%13117
SE5 8162%675
SE5 973%242
SE6 1124%451
SE6 2239%8103
SE6 3242%878
SE6 4460%16156
SE7 7113%445
SE7 8289%1082
SE8 3257%966
SE8 4437%15103
SE8 5282%1074
SE9 176%323
SE9 289%328
SE9 3144%547
SE9 4347%12106
SE9 5197%744
SE9 6181%646
SM1 1222%861
SM1 272%226
SM1 386%333
SM1 4170%655
SM2 553%222
SM2 6149%537
SM2 76%01
SM3 8119%429
SM3 986%331
SM4 481%327
SM4 5165%654
SM4 6146%547
SM5 1165%655
SM5 2131%438
SM5 368%215
SM5 434%15
SM6 0139%528
SM6 7211%738
SM6 889%326
SM6 9159%550
SW10 0132%557
SW10 999%328
SW11 1270%970
SW11 2232%869
SW11 3135%548
SW11 4264%964
SW11 5195%772
SW11 657%214
SW12 0107%418
SW12 850%215
SW12 9162%636
SW13 0128%423
SW13 8300%1011
SW13 982%318
SW14 760%212
SW14 842%111
SW15 1172%649
SW15 2103%432
SW15 3295%1077
SW15 4179%653
SW15 5147%545
SW15 687%319
SW16 1107%429
SW16 258%223
SW16 3163%637
SW16 4202%769
SW16 5203%782
SW16 6116%442
SW17 0163%6109
SW17 6105%43
SW17 757%221
SW17 8119%447
SW17 9137%555
SW18 1315%11114
SW18 2153%539
SW18 394%330
SW18 4142%556
SW18 556%218
SW19 1106%436
SW19 2155%556
SW19 361%224
SW19 423%17
SW19 581%314
SW19 6104%427
SW19 761%213
SW19 882%335
SW1A 0613%2110
SW1A 173%217
SW1A 258%228
SW1E 5106%426
SW1E 628%18
SW1H 018%16
SW1H 910%05
SW1P 133%114
SW1P 242%127
SW1P 313%08
SW1P 431%113
SW1V 185%322
SW1V 2163%628
SW1V 3143%530
SW1V 415%12
SW1W 025%19
SW1W 896%319
SW1W 940%114
SW1X 059%25
SW1X 787%325
SW1X 820%13
SW1X 944%18
SW1Y 476%319
SW1Y 539%111
SW1Y 685%318
SW2 1603%21123
SW2 2167%642
SW2 3170%652
SW2 4208%747
SW2 5160%546
SW20 0103%425
SW20 835%19
SW20 9104%420
SW3 148%215
SW3 246%210
SW3 354%211
SW3 436%17
SW3 585%315
SW3 639%19
SW4 0128%424
SW4 6270%960
SW4 7372%1369
SW4 8178%629
SW4 9136%530
SW5 0101%322
SW5 9268%964
SW6 1336%1192
SW6 2124%448
SW6 372%221
SW6 492%323
SW6 5161%532
SW6 648%213
SW6 7196%752
SW7 175%313
SW7 236%113
SW7 333%15
SW7 472%214
SW7 526%17
SW8 1148%551
SW8 2172%654
SW8 3133%526
SW8 4157%543
SW8 5289%1048
SW9 0257%959
SW9 6196%741
SW9 7612%21170
SW9 81160%40230
SW9 9252%972
TN16 2125%410
TN16 347%215
TW1 159%213
TW1 247%27
TW1 363%214
TW1 459%215
TW10 568%26
TW10 656%215
TW10 791%318
TW11 0136%533
TW11 831%19
TW11 939%19
TW12 154%212
TW12 260%216
TW12 3108%419
TW13 4139%556
TW13 591%323
TW13 6117%429
TW13 755%212
TW14 0130%446
TW14 886%333
TW14 9147%544
TW2 557%214
TW2 644%111
TW2 754%216
TW3 1557%19210
TW3 2166%639
TW3 3334%11115
TW3 4135%537
TW4 5249%873
TW4 6106%429
TW4 7148%542
TW5 0143%548
TW5 9106%458
TW6 2149%518
TW6 3188%613
TW7 4276%963
TW7 588%340
TW7 689%333
TW7 7133%532
TW8 0176%654
TW8 8144%530
TW8 992%334
TW9 151%214
TW9 279%317
TW9 320%13
TW9 497%320
UB1 1382%13131
UB1 2271%9129
UB1 3165%662
UB10 0149%544
UB10 870%222
UB10 9156%545
UB11 12083%7110
UB2 4249%8131
UB2 5172%697
UB3 175%340
UB3 2198%774
UB3 3130%441
UB3 4167%653
UB3 556%215
UB4 0206%770
UB4 884%331
UB4 9314%1198
UB5 4140%554
UB5 5252%985
UB5 6249%8118
UB6 0106%438
UB6 7110%431
UB6 8154%585
UB6 9215%787
UB7 050%269
UB7 7165%645
UB7 8188%658
UB7 9288%1073
UB8 1220%8106
UB8 2187%6128
UB8 3157%5102
UB9 670%219
W10 4517%18144
W10 5342%12162
W10 6353%12128
W11 1650%22189
W11 2353%1279
W11 3363%1268
W11 4169%656
W12 0161%587
W12 7143%5128
W12 8568%19193
W12 9106%435
W13 0188%651
W13 886%317
W13 9102%336
W14 0106%436
W14 8124%451
W14 9163%665
W1B 165%24
W1B 297%314
W1B 3345%121
W1B 4184%66
W1B 5130%411
W1C 1368%137
W1D 26961%23732
W1D 3565%1993
W1D 4923%3188
W1D 5422%1449
W1D 6392%1364
W1D 7707%2486
W1F 0423%1486
W1F 7132%540
W1F 8147%538
W1F 9146%536
W1G 0291%1012
W1G 617%12
W1G 910%04
W1H 151%26
W1H 437%13
W1H 5112%412
W1H 69%01
W1H 7334%1158
W1J 011%01
W1J 533%16
W1J 65%01
W1J 753%213
W1J 844%16
W1K 1152%59
W1K 233%16
W1K 5103%413
W1K 6156%514
W1K 71278%44118
W1S 142%116
W1S 353%24
W1S 463%213
W1T 15%02
W1T 227%14
W1T 316%13
W1T 422%15
W1T 585%321
W1T 6156%512
W1T 778%38
W1U 1117%419
W1U 210%01
W1U 318%13
W1U 441%13
W1U 519%12
W1U 698%310
W1U 726%13
W1W 517%12
W1W 619%15
W1W 714%03
W1W 873%214
W2 1122%485
W2 2721%25178
W2 3316%1172
W2 4288%1075
W2 5245%874
W2 6103%452
W3 0102%328
W3 6117%452
W3 7229%8100
W3 8130%453
W3 9429%1594
W4 145%212
W4 247%216
W4 375%320
W4 488%318
W4 584%336
W5 194%327
W5 259%223
W5 3173%655
W5 434%111
W5 5105%429
W6 075%340
W6 7202%782
W6 8145%563
W6 9156%578
W7 1101%327
W7 245%210
W7 3155%544
W8 461%213
W8 522%18
W8 676%318
W8 722%15
W9 1163%646
W9 2169%649
W9 3346%12127
WC1A 1324%1126
WC1A 236%14
WC1B 335%111
WC1B 435%12
WC1B 5140%59
WC1E 620%15
WC1E 726%15
WC1H 036%18
WC1H 8173%624
WC1H 960%219
WC1N 158%211
WC1N 273%311
WC1N 337%115
WC1R 432%18
WC1R 57%01
WC1V 712%01
WC1X 0130%419
WC1X 890%317
WC1X 9197%733
WC2A 114%02
WC2A 34%01
WC2B 47%01
WC2B 515%18
WC2B 6121%43
WC2E 714%06
WC2E 889%37
WC2E 966%215
WC2H 01197%4189
WC2H 71493%51194
WC2H 8133%522
WC2H 958%219
WC2N 4415%1481
WC2N 529%112
WC2N 6162%631
WC2R 051%24
WC2R 17%01
WC2R 2217%75

London drugs crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : London has the 1. highest crime rate out of 9 regions

London drugs crime rate rank

London drugs crime rate compared to other regions

Drugs crime totalled 48.8k representing a decrease 6.4% year-over-year. 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 September 2025 - August 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.

-6.4% annual change, crime is declining

48.8k crimes reported

London drugs crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

London drugs crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to August 2026.

London drugs crime volume

London drugs crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

London drugs crime rate

London drugs crime seasonality

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.

London drugs crime seasonality

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Crime Statistics Detail for London
Antisocial behaviour crime →
Bicycle theft crime →
Burglary crime →
Criminal damage and arson crime →
Drugs crime →
Other crime →
Other theft crime →
Possession of weapons crime →
Public order crime →
Robbery crime →
Shoplifting crime →
Theft from the person crime →
Vehicle crime →
Violent crime →

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