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 48.6k representing a decrease 8.2% 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%
48.6kcrimes reported190k
-8.2%annual change-2.6%

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 1349%12119
BR1 271%225
BR1 3199%777
BR1 4208%775
BR1 5199%783
BR2 0238%874
BR2 635%13
BR2 777%318
BR2 888%327
BR2 9136%558
BR3 1192%751
BR3 376%330
BR3 478%329
BR3 579%312
BR3 6109%414
BR4 034%19
BR4 955%214
BR5 176%323
BR5 2212%781
BR5 3207%774
BR5 492%327
BR6 094%333
BR6 634%16
BR6 750%214
BR6 886%322
BR6 925%19
BR7 552%210
BR7 676%322
CR0 0136%569
CR0 1684%23438
CR0 2479%16341
CR0 3241%8137
CR0 4142%5111
CR0 5174%659
CR0 6134%572
CR0 788%334
CR0 874%223
CR0 991%324
CR2 075%319
CR2 6161%554
CR2 7151%528
CR2 885%325
CR2 9112%421
CR4 1152%560
CR4 2131%442
CR4 3220%7103
CR4 4152%557
CR5 192%322
CR5 287%326
CR7 6193%745
CR7 7195%7100
CR7 8298%10141
CR8 169%28
CR8 2246%866
CR8 385%312
CR8 474%311
CR8 573%215
DA1 4132%448
DA14 433%19
DA14 5111%427
DA14 6113%433
DA15 773%213
DA15 860%221
DA15 9104%422
DA16 165%219
DA16 295%331
DA16 387%323
DA17 5122%430
DA17 6183%648
DA18 4102%320
DA5 147%29
DA5 244%16
DA5 361%212
DA6 7356%1290
DA6 8104%420
DA7 4126%442
DA7 561%216
DA7 667%218
DA8 1356%12140
DA8 2179%660
DA8 366%219
E1 0348%12110
E1 1340%12101
E1 2342%12107
E1 3179%635
E1 4196%7117
E1 5285%1099
E1 6115%484
E1 752%238
E1 875%350
E10 5294%10132
E10 6134%573
E10 7260%9113
E11 1270%988
E11 275%323
E11 3176%667
E11 4302%10120
E12 5219%798
E12 689%361
E13 0142%567
E13 8151%571
E13 9261%9127
E14 0343%12122
E14 2575%2033
E14 3262%9108
E14 427%117
E14 515%134
E14 6350%12115
E14 7459%16178
E14 8175%6107
E14 9200%7181
E15 1412%14204
E15 2856%29324
E15 3207%780
E15 4317%11143
E16 1497%17169
E16 2459%16174
E16 3177%668
E16 4188%676
E17 3288%10115
E17 4206%7105
E17 5158%574
E17 6195%793
E17 7268%988
E17 8158%564
E17 9211%774
E18 1104%421
E18 297%327
E1W 1164%630
E1W 2162%629
E1W 3233%832
E2 0295%1094
E2 6246%857
E2 7283%1075
E2 8293%1076
E2 9301%1091
E3 2427%14162
E3 3341%12124
E3 4356%12144
E3 5177%659
E4 6134%556
E4 7195%773
E4 8225%892
E4 9181%685
E5 0184%675
E5 8272%9106
E5 9256%9111
E6 1300%10150
E6 2338%11177
E6 3138%576
E6 5237%895
E6 6180%690
E7 0167%660
E7 899%363
E7 9124%461
E8 1264%986
E8 2477%16136
E8 3202%761
E8 4311%1187
E9 5265%9106
E9 6171%673
E9 7176%659
EC1A 257%28
EC1A 454%26
EC1A 713%05
EC1A 942%15
EC1M 3176%66
EC1M 451%24
EC1M 515%13
EC1M 645%29
EC1M 737%11
EC1N 642%11
EC1N 722%15
EC1N 839%111
EC1R 060%212
EC1R 182%37
EC1R 392%39
EC1R 4111%415
EC1R 5123%410
EC1V 0127%420
EC1V 1403%1415
EC1V 2140%514
EC1V 376%39
EC1V 438%15
EC1V 7110%415
EC1V 8122%410
EC1V 9324%1177
EC1Y 0375%1331
EC1Y 173%23
EC1Y 868%230
EC2A 156%24
EC2A 2366%1224
EC2A 3505%17152
EC2A 4148%576
EC2M 3237%819
EC2M 457%225
EC2M 5137%511
EC2M 741%113
EC2N 412%02
EC2R 750%28
EC2V 635%17
EC2V 733%17
EC2V 844%15
EC2Y 553%217
EC2Y 830%118
EC2Y 98%01
EC3A 569%215
EC3A 717%12
EC3N 161%215
EC3N 231%110
EC3N 465%213
EC3R 59%02
EC3R 728%14
EC3R 813%05
EC3V 026%16
EC3V 331%15
EC3V 9125%410
EC4A 16%02
EC4M 751%29
EC4M 992%39
EC4N 5117%44
EC4R 09%05
EC4R 159%22
EC4V 329%110
EC4V 468%24
EC4V 675%310
EC4Y 096%39
EC4Y 1132%412
EN1 1131%458
EN1 247%29
EN1 3127%454
EN1 4199%773
EN2 082%320
EN2 669%214
EN2 745%29
EN2 850%215
EN2 9146%511
EN3 4258%998
EN3 5190%686
EN3 6152%581
EN3 7132%463
EN4 036%16
EN4 8104%433
EN4 938%18
EN5 168%214
EN5 267%228
EN5 373%27
EN5 5119%430
HA0 1392%13151
HA0 2261%991
HA0 3118%432
HA0 4303%10115
HA1 1388%13124
HA1 2308%10101
HA1 3116%462
HA1 4214%776
HA2 0182%658
HA2 6206%738
HA2 776%318
HA2 8152%549
HA2 975%327
HA3 092%329
HA3 5259%974
HA3 696%327
HA3 7250%879
HA3 898%335
HA3 994%336
HA4 0133%437
HA4 6115%435
HA4 7185%651
HA4 8125%427
HA4 953%213
HA5 164%215
HA5 2108%423
HA5 358%217
HA5 480%318
HA5 595%320
HA6 1166%646
HA6 244%114
HA7 1128%430
HA7 294%323
HA7 3109%424
HA7 4146%545
HA8 0165%657
HA8 5126%442
HA8 6107%431
HA8 7178%638
HA8 8104%439
HA8 967%220
HA9 0626%21145
HA9 6206%773
HA9 7249%867
HA9 8270%9111
HA9 9416%14143
IG1 1327%11184
IG1 2158%595
IG1 3170%674
IG1 4282%10121
IG11 0107%454
IG11 7271%9136
IG11 8772%26312
IG11 9180%690
IG2 689%334
IG2 797%337
IG3 8132%475
IG3 9118%456
IG4 5132%437
IG5 0103%444
IG6 179%321
IG6 280%327
IG6 3148%533
IG7 4167%636
IG8 068%217
IG8 774%217
IG8 8127%429
IG8 9128%429
IG9 6163%620
KT1 1559%19190
KT1 2318%11125
KT1 377%326
KT1 490%39
KT2 5135%549
KT2 6199%756
KT2 763%223
KT3 337%113
KT3 452%213
KT3 568%217
KT3 636%111
KT4 857%224
KT5 880%320
KT5 975%318
KT6 4153%527
KT6 649%29
KT6 7137%549
KT8 989%313
KT9 177%321
KT9 2149%550
N1 0168%667
N1 1219%757
N1 2212%775
N1 3279%954
N1 4425%1490
N1 5394%13100
N1 6421%14149
N1 7104%440
N1 8140%543
N1 9178%6105
N10 1111%425
N10 2119%427
N10 3113%429
N11 1161%558
N11 2119%432
N11 3148%534
N12 0196%749
N12 750%27
N12 8141%534
N12 9153%534
N13 4157%550
N13 5149%548
N13 6188%632
N14 486%325
N14 554%214
N14 695%320
N14 742%16
N15 3165%645
N15 4317%11113
N15 5246%871
N15 6162%560
N16 083%318
N16 579%336
N16 652%223
N16 7209%757
N16 8290%1089
N16 9159%524
N17 0324%11138
N17 6183%6100
N17 7195%753
N17 8296%1079
N17 9325%11148
N18 1235%8121
N18 2490%17270
N18 3446%158
N19 3272%989
N19 4275%970
N19 5179%669
N1C 4730%2531
N2 071%217
N2 8123%420
N2 957%212
N20 0107%431
N20 8142%516
N20 998%315
N21 179%317
N21 294%317
N21 365%213
N22 5313%11107
N22 6147%565
N22 7136%538
N22 8251%964
N3 1206%757
N3 2189%660
N3 3217%743
N4 1214%775
N4 2468%16290
N4 3339%12103
N4 497%314
N5 1224%869
N5 2313%1190
N6 485%313
N6 559%215
N6 665%26
N7 0207%766
N7 6417%1488
N7 7508%17123
N7 8301%1099
N7 9247%889
N8 0175%649
N8 7105%425
N8 859%214
N8 998%324
N9 0493%17201
N9 7283%1078
N9 8285%1095
N9 9233%8107
NW1 0224%898
NW1 1231%895
NW1 2110%468
NW1 3143%554
NW1 4286%1061
NW1 5262%943
NW1 6146%553
NW1 7320%11113
NW1 8594%20218
NW1 9210%767
NW10 0205%777
NW10 1608%21160
NW10 2262%974
NW10 3174%643
NW10 4407%14120
NW10 5222%870
NW10 695%324
NW10 7112%474
NW10 8336%11132
NW10 9423%14126
NW11 0151%526
NW11 6106%418
NW11 7253%948
NW11 8206%738
NW11 9167%643
NW2 1141%541
NW2 2154%530
NW2 3386%1382
NW2 4204%737
NW2 5155%536
NW2 6173%662
NW2 7189%669
NW3 140%16
NW3 251%228
NW3 3158%538
NW3 466%213
NW3 571%216
NW3 681%319
NW3 772%212
NW4 1332%1165
NW4 2181%646
NW4 3214%780
NW4 4274%975
NW5 162%221
NW5 2167%650
NW5 3156%528
NW5 4119%429
NW6 183%321
NW6 2441%1570
NW6 3108%417
NW6 4286%1060
NW6 5234%874
NW6 6173%643
NW6 7282%1085
NW7 1176%640
NW7 2134%530
NW7 3121%423
NW7 425%14
NW8 085%317
NW8 663%29
NW8 788%316
NW8 8166%662
NW8 947%210
NW9 095%332
NW9 5223%8123
NW9 6121%433
NW9 7141%526
NW9 8167%646
NW9 969%220
RM1 1977%33174
RM1 2233%842
RM1 3248%862
RM1 478%327
RM10 7230%890
RM10 8204%776
RM10 9141%567
RM11 1200%765
RM11 266%217
RM11 374%319
RM12 4123%450
RM12 585%319
RM12 696%325
RM13 7178%640
RM13 8331%1182
RM13 9141%554
RM14 152%214
RM14 250%213
RM14 335%17
RM2 576%313
RM2 6129%419
RM3 0100%339
RM3 7192%745
RM3 8314%1199
RM3 9262%970
RM5 2128%428
RM5 3102%327
RM6 4193%770
RM6 5159%545
RM6 6132%437
RM7 0216%7107
RM7 7260%931
RM7 8177%630
RM7 9148%524
RM8 1155%559
RM8 2152%560
RM8 3106%432
RM9 4117%439
RM9 5172%657
RM9 6313%11102
SE1 040%137
SE1 1135%574
SE1 249%252
SE1 3154%567
SE1 4168%663
SE1 5173%656
SE1 6380%13101
SE1 767%270
SE1 8109%455
SE1 946%239
SE10 0303%10101
SE10 8216%751
SE10 9264%983
SE11 4258%967
SE11 5132%443
SE11 6129%427
SE12 0168%641
SE12 874%317
SE12 9151%534
SE13 5516%18173
SE13 6191%689
SE13 7313%11131
SE14 5139%553
SE14 6346%12106
SE15 1203%749
SE15 2228%871
SE15 3140%547
SE15 4115%424
SE15 5533%18163
SE15 6237%876
SE16 2158%549
SE16 3132%441
SE16 4259%945
SE16 594%311
SE16 633%13
SE16 7140%524
SE17 1751%25152
SE17 2303%10113
SE17 3291%1090
SE18 1302%10119
SE18 2135%533
SE18 3126%439
SE18 4145%555
SE18 5303%1088
SE18 6359%12164
SE18 7229%880
SE19 1136%529
SE19 2179%633
SE19 3126%435
SE2 0205%761
SE2 9339%12131
SE20 7171%651
SE20 8311%1190
SE21 791%313
SE21 8130%437
SE22 091%320
SE22 886%325
SE22 967%212
SE23 1135%533
SE23 2107%432
SE23 3132%436
SE24 0117%426
SE24 970%215
SE25 4162%651
SE25 5181%647
SE25 6221%874
SE26 4232%857
SE26 5146%537
SE26 696%325
SE27 0142%543
SE27 9103%326
SE28 0171%660
SE28 8188%693
SE3 0133%526
SE3 7102%320
SE3 8135%532
SE3 9207%743
SE4 1117%443
SE4 2206%762
SE5 0337%1191
SE5 7356%12111
SE5 8158%573
SE5 974%242
SE6 1118%448
SE6 2247%8106
SE6 3240%877
SE6 4465%16157
SE7 7101%340
SE7 8304%1086
SE8 3203%752
SE8 4465%16109
SE8 5282%1074
SE9 166%220
SE9 290%328
SE9 3104%434
SE9 4361%12110
SE9 5194%743
SE9 6201%751
SM1 1226%862
SM1 272%226
SM1 387%333
SM1 4164%653
SM2 559%224
SM2 6158%539
SM2 76%01
SM3 890%322
SM3 987%331
SM4 478%326
SM4 5178%658
SM4 6146%547
SM5 1172%657
SM5 2131%438
SM5 355%212
SM5 441%16
SM6 0104%421
SM6 7212%738
SM6 897%328
SM6 9144%545
SW10 0116%450
SW10 996%327
SW11 1278%972
SW11 2256%976
SW11 3150%553
SW11 4166%640
SW11 5182%667
SW11 666%216
SW12 095%316
SW12 860%218
SW12 9140%531
SW13 0151%527
SW13 8329%1112
SW13 987%319
SW14 755%211
SW14 827%17
SW15 1176%650
SW15 291%328
SW15 3207%754
SW15 4170%650
SW15 5154%547
SW15 692%320
SW16 1107%429
SW16 258%223
SW16 3163%637
SW16 4215%773
SW16 5191%677
SW16 6109%439
SW17 0160%5107
SW17 6105%43
SW17 749%218
SW17 899%339
SW17 9133%553
SW18 1325%11117
SW18 2138%535
SW18 379%325
SW18 4143%556
SW18 550%216
SW19 1118%440
SW19 2167%660
SW19 359%223
SW19 423%17
SW19 593%316
SW19 6108%428
SW19 770%215
SW19 880%334
SW1A 0554%199
SW1A 177%318
SW1A 256%227
SW1E 5102%325
SW1E 631%19
SW1H 018%16
SW1H 912%06
SW1P 133%114
SW1P 242%127
SW1P 310%06
SW1P 429%112
SW1V 189%323
SW1V 2170%629
SW1V 3148%531
SW1V 415%12
SW1W 028%110
SW1W 886%317
SW1W 943%115
SW1X 082%37
SW1X 787%325
SW1X 820%13
SW1X 933%16
SW1Y 480%320
SW1Y 543%112
SW1Y 690%319
SW2 1560%19114
SW2 2180%645
SW2 3161%549
SW2 4209%747
SW2 5157%545
SW20 0103%425
SW20 839%110
SW20 9125%424
SW3 142%113
SW3 246%210
SW3 339%18
SW3 431%16
SW3 585%315
SW3 639%19
SW4 0128%424
SW4 6293%1065
SW4 7368%1268
SW4 8179%629
SW4 9154%534
SW5 097%321
SW5 9290%1069
SW6 1326%1189
SW6 2112%443
SW6 369%220
SW6 480%320
SW6 5157%531
SW6 645%212
SW6 7208%755
SW7 169%212
SW7 233%112
SW7 333%15
SW7 472%214
SW7 526%17
SW8 1158%554
SW8 2183%657
SW8 3129%425
SW8 4157%543
SW8 5205%734
SW9 0258%959
SW9 6182%638
SW9 7624%21173
SW9 81093%37216
SW9 9246%870
TN16 2126%410
TN16 350%216
TW1 159%213
TW1 254%28
TW1 364%214
TW1 455%214
TW10 580%37
TW10 657%215
TW10 791%318
TW11 0107%426
TW11 831%19
TW11 922%15
TW12 150%211
TW12 245%212
TW12 3103%318
TW13 4147%559
TW13 596%324
TW13 6114%428
TW13 746%210
TW14 0137%548
TW14 884%332
TW14 9145%543
TW2 557%214
TW2 640%110
TW2 750%215
TW3 1572%19215
TW3 2171%640
TW3 3309%10106
TW3 4143%539
TW4 5257%975
TW4 6102%328
TW4 7155%544
TW5 0135%545
TW5 9103%356
TW6 2141%517
TW6 3188%613
TW7 4290%1066
TW7 584%338
TW7 683%331
TW7 7142%534
TW8 0154%547
TW8 8144%530
TW8 987%332
TW9 155%215
TW9 279%317
TW9 320%13
TW9 498%320
UB1 1360%12123
UB1 2251%9119
UB1 3163%661
UB10 0146%543
UB10 874%223
UB10 9143%541
UB11 12508%8512
UB2 4242%8127
UB2 5167%694
UB3 183%344
UB3 2210%778
UB3 3130%441
UB3 4158%550
UB3 553%214
UB4 0192%765
UB4 889%333
UB4 9280%987
UB5 4145%556
UB5 5247%883
UB5 6244%8115
UB6 0112%440
UB6 7114%432
UB6 8138%576
UB6 9201%781
UB7 049%267
UB7 7151%541
UB7 8169%652
UB7 9297%1075
UB8 1225%8108
UB8 2195%7133
UB8 3148%596
UB9 674%320
W10 4674%23187
W10 5396%13187
W10 6437%15158
W11 1976%33283
W11 2591%20132
W11 3590%20110
W11 4178%659
W12 0137%574
W12 7136%5121
W12 8570%19193
W12 994%331
W13 0162%644
W13 881%316
W13 9110%439
W14 0103%435
W14 8110%445
W14 9158%563
W1B 165%24
W1B 2104%415
W1B 3347%121
W1B 4185%66
W1B 5130%411
W1C 1317%116
W1D 26766%23031
W1D 3572%1994
W1D 4937%3289
W1D 5449%1552
W1D 6394%1364
W1D 7726%2588
W1F 0444%1590
W1F 7130%439
W1F 8151%539
W1F 9131%432
W1G 0292%1012
W1G 617%12
W1G 712%01
W1G 910%04
W1H 160%27
W1H 437%13
W1H 5132%414
W1H 619%12
W1H 7364%1263
W1J 011%01
W1J 533%16
W1J 65%01
W1J 753%213
W1J 844%16
W1K 1152%59
W1K 233%16
W1K 596%312
W1K 6168%615
W1K 71336%45123
W1S 145%217
W1S 354%24
W1S 463%213
W1T 110%04
W1T 227%14
W1T 316%13
W1T 422%15
W1T 585%321
W1T 6157%512
W1T 768%27
W1U 1123%420
W1U 210%01
W1U 318%13
W1U 441%13
W1U 519%12
W1U 6118%412
W1U 726%13
W1W 59%01
W1W 620%15
W1W 714%03
W1W 884%316
W2 1126%488
W2 2801%27197
W2 3291%1066
W2 4413%14107
W2 5353%12106
W2 6105%453
W3 0102%328
W3 6106%447
W3 7223%897
W3 8125%451
W3 9421%1492
W4 137%110
W4 244%115
W4 383%322
W4 4103%421
W4 568%229
W5 194%327
W5 257%222
W5 3164%652
W5 431%110
W5 5109%430
W6 075%340
W6 7220%789
W6 8146%563
W6 9138%569
W7 1105%428
W7 245%210
W7 3148%542
W8 466%214
W8 524%19
W8 689%321
W8 727%16
W9 1164%646
W9 2159%546
W9 3421%14154
WC1A 1313%1125
WC1A 227%13
WC1B 335%111
WC1B 435%12
WC1B 594%36
WC1E 624%16
WC1E 731%16
WC1H 027%16
WC1H 8202%728
WC1H 966%221
WC1N 163%212
WC1N 254%28
WC1N 339%116
WC1R 432%18
WC1R 514%02
WC1V 724%12
WC1X 0117%417
WC1X 890%317
WC1X 9186%631
WC2A 114%02
WC2A 34%01
WC2B 47%01
WC2B 515%18
WC2B 640%11
WC2E 77%03
WC2E 889%37
WC2E 962%214
WC2H 01174%4087
WC2H 71536%52199
WC2H 8116%419
WC2H 962%220
WC2N 4458%1689
WC2N 539%116
WC2N 6152%529
WC2R 051%24
WC2R 115%02
WC2R 2174%64

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 48.6k representing a decrease 8.2% 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 October 2025 - September 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.

-8.2% annual change, crime is declining

48.6k 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 September 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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