London drugs crime statistics

As of July 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 5.9 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 169% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 4.5% of all crimes reported in the region. Drugs crime totalled 51.0k representing an increase 5.4% year-over-year.

London drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Londoncrime statisticEngland & Wales
5.9annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.5
169%ratio of national crime rate100%
4.5% share of all crimes3.5%
51.0kcrimes reported194k
5.4%annual change4.0%

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 1370%13129
BR1 258%221
BR1 3126%450
BR1 4160%659
BR1 5168%672
BR2 0289%1092
BR2 669%26
BR2 776%318
BR2 889%328
BR2 9126%455
BR3 1191%752
BR3 390%336
BR3 477%329
BR3 577%312
BR3 6106%414
BR4 056%215
BR4 927%17
BR5 190%328
BR5 2205%780
BR5 3202%774
BR5 4117%435
BR6 075%327
BR6 628%15
BR6 759%217
BR6 854%214
BR6 949%218
BR7 541%18
BR7 677%323
CR0 0164%685
CR0 1648%23425
CR0 2454%16331
CR0 3238%8138
CR0 4135%5108
CR0 5104%436
CR0 6167%692
CR0 788%335
CR0 869%222
CR0 993%325
CR2 066%217
CR2 6146%550
CR2 7132%525
CR2 880%324
CR2 952%210
CR4 1148%560
CR4 2122%440
CR4 3213%7102
CR4 4149%557
CR5 1102%425
CR5 2112%434
CR7 6177%642
CR7 7188%799
CR7 8277%10134
CR8 193%311
CR8 2146%540
CR8 390%313
CR8 479%312
CR8 562%213
DA1 4129%448
DA14 450%214
DA14 5117%429
DA14 6114%434
DA15 772%213
DA15 8103%437
DA15 9125%427
DA16 183%325
DA16 2102%434
DA16 377%321
DA17 5111%428
DA17 6183%649
DA18 4120%424
DA5 131%16
DA5 250%27
DA5 374%315
DA6 7371%1396
DA6 8112%422
DA7 4158%654
DA7 552%214
DA7 676%321
DA8 1355%12143
DA8 2202%769
DA8 371%221
E1 0424%15137
E1 1378%13115
E1 2341%12109
E1 3205%741
E1 4213%7130
E1 5343%12122
E1 6130%597
E1 759%244
E1 873%350
E10 5329%11151
E10 6135%575
E10 7279%10124
E11 1270%990
E11 280%325
E11 3190%774
E11 4295%10120
E12 5220%8101
E12 6100%370
E13 0169%682
E13 8150%572
E13 9295%10147
E14 0286%10104
E14 2630%2237
E14 3284%10120
E14 439%125
E14 514%033
E14 6358%12120
E14 7451%16179
E14 8179%6112
E14 9250%9232
E15 1411%14208
E15 2868%30336
E15 3193%776
E15 4358%12165
E16 1544%19189
E16 2397%14154
E16 3196%777
E16 4189%778
E17 3274%10112
E17 4224%8117
E17 5142%568
E17 6190%793
E17 7327%11110
E17 8157%565
E17 9240%886
E18 1131%527
E18 2123%435
E1W 1123%423
E1W 2148%527
E1W 3235%833
E2 0312%11102
E2 6257%961
E2 7243%866
E2 8317%1184
E2 9288%1089
E3 2405%14157
E3 3411%14153
E3 4372%13154
E3 5179%661
E4 6138%559
E4 7261%9100
E4 8230%896
E4 9181%687
E5 0187%678
E5 8313%11125
E5 9259%9115
E6 1332%12170
E6 2316%11169
E6 3137%577
E6 5217%889
E6 6168%686
E7 0155%557
E7 8115%475
E7 9123%462
E8 1258%986
E8 2467%16136
E8 3172%653
E8 4321%1192
E9 5281%10115
E9 6167%673
E9 7146%550
EC1A 263%29
EC1A 453%26
EC1A 718%17
EC1A 965%28
EC1M 386%33
EC1M 438%13
EC1M 510%02
EC1M 654%211
EC1N 641%11
EC1N 731%17
EC1N 842%112
EC1R 054%211
EC1R 1104%49
EC1R 380%38
EC1R 4145%520
EC1R 5144%512
EC1V 0162%626
EC1V 1551%1921
EC1V 2137%514
EC1V 366%28
EC1V 460%28
EC1V 7144%520
EC1V 8167%614
EC1V 9411%14100
EC1Y 0734%2562
EC1Y 196%34
EC1Y 8101%446
EC2A 183%36
EC2A 2492%1733
EC2A 3559%19172
EC2A 4217%8114
EC2M 3207%717
EC2M 455%225
EC2M 5146%512
EC2M 743%114
EC2N 412%02
EC2R 755%29
EC2V 625%15
EC2V 732%17
EC2V 860%27
EC2Y 564%221
EC2Y 839%124
EC2Y 97%01
EC3A 563%214
EC3A 78%01
EC3N 152%213
EC3N 233%111
EC3N 468%214
EC3R 513%03
EC3R 720%13
EC3R 816%16
EC3V 025%16
EC3V 330%15
EC3V 9122%410
EC4A 16%02
EC4M 772%313
EC4M 9120%412
EC4N 5200%77
EC4R 09%05
EC4R 157%22
EC4V 326%19
EC4V 467%24
EC4V 673%310
EC4Y 073%37
EC4Y 1150%514
EN1 1130%559
EN1 261%212
EN1 3150%565
EN1 4190%771
EN2 0116%429
EN2 6107%422
EN2 764%213
EN2 872%222
EN2 965%25
EN3 4299%10116
EN3 5184%685
EN3 6138%575
EN3 7156%576
EN4 035%16
EN4 8117%438
EN4 975%316
EN5 181%317
EN5 268%229
EN5 3153%515
EN5 5124%432
HA0 1634%22250
HA0 2292%10104
HA0 3104%429
HA0 4366%13142
HA1 1352%12115
HA1 2295%1099
HA1 3108%459
HA1 4177%664
HA2 0141%546
HA2 6138%526
HA2 774%318
HA2 8109%436
HA2 970%226
HA3 0130%542
HA3 5253%974
HA3 680%323
HA3 7260%984
HA3 863%223
HA3 999%339
HA4 0116%433
HA4 6106%433
HA4 7177%650
HA4 8126%428
HA4 972%218
HA5 163%215
HA5 2133%529
HA5 357%217
HA5 465%215
HA5 5116%425
HA6 1187%653
HA6 234%111
HA7 1129%431
HA7 2116%429
HA7 3115%426
HA7 4140%544
HA8 0195%769
HA8 5147%550
HA8 6108%432
HA8 7142%531
HA8 8107%441
HA8 9101%331
HA9 0704%24167
HA9 6326%11118
HA9 7360%1399
HA9 8293%10123
HA9 9697%24245
IG1 1322%11185
IG1 2146%590
IG1 3185%682
IG1 4329%11144
IG11 093%348
IG11 7302%10155
IG11 8812%28336
IG11 9151%577
IG2 677%330
IG2 7100%339
IG3 8153%589
IG3 9126%461
IG4 5119%434
IG5 099%343
IG6 163%217
IG6 269%224
IG6 3122%428
IG7 4173%638
IG8 067%217
IG8 772%217
IG8 8129%430
IG8 9103%424
IG9 6151%519
KT1 1457%16159
KT1 2241%897
KT1 387%330
KT1 449%25
KT2 5121%445
KT2 6208%760
KT2 759%222
KT3 345%216
KT3 459%215
KT3 589%323
KT3 645%214
KT4 861%226
KT5 883%321
KT5 957%214
KT6 4160%629
KT6 648%29
KT6 7215%779
KT8 994%314
KT9 165%218
KT9 2128%444
N1 0154%563
N1 1222%859
N1 2197%771
N1 3212%742
N1 4475%16103
N1 5370%1396
N1 6456%16165
N1 7112%444
N1 8149%547
N1 9166%6100
N10 1125%429
N10 2125%429
N10 372%319
N11 1163%660
N11 295%326
N11 3149%535
N12 0148%538
N12 756%28
N12 8101%425
N12 9110%425
N13 4144%547
N13 5222%873
N13 6225%839
N14 491%327
N14 553%214
N14 670%215
N14 734%15
N15 3132%537
N15 4359%12131
N15 5240%871
N15 6166%663
N16 0112%425
N16 595%344
N16 646%221
N16 7240%867
N16 8334%12105
N16 9169%626
N17 0363%13158
N17 6252%9141
N17 7220%861
N17 8352%1296
N17 9301%10140
N18 1215%7113
N18 2509%18287
N18 3382%137
N19 3263%988
N19 4303%1179
N19 5164%665
N1C 4736%2632
N2 065%216
N2 897%316
N2 951%211
N20 095%328
N20 8148%517
N20 9211%733
N21 164%214
N21 259%211
N21 358%212
N22 5417%14146
N22 6161%673
N22 7143%541
N22 8253%966
N3 1194%755
N3 2210%768
N3 3232%847
N4 1209%775
N4 2612%21388
N4 3373%13116
N4 4135%520
N5 1207%765
N5 2282%1083
N6 464%210
N6 573%319
N6 663%26
N7 0230%875
N7 6403%1487
N7 7566%20140
N7 8282%1095
N7 9307%11113
N8 0230%866
N8 7123%430
N8 857%214
N8 9100%325
N9 0470%16196
N9 7312%1188
N9 8308%11105
N9 9258%9121
NW1 0237%8106
NW1 1233%898
NW1 2116%473
NW1 390%335
NW1 4179%639
NW1 5232%839
NW1 6116%443
NW1 7313%11113
NW1 8615%21231
NW1 9193%763
NW10 0211%781
NW10 1543%19146
NW10 2312%1190
NW10 3158%640
NW10 4381%13115
NW10 5211%768
NW10 6100%326
NW10 7126%485
NW10 8321%11129
NW10 9413%14126
NW11 0136%524
NW11 646%28
NW11 7237%846
NW11 8180%634
NW11 9179%647
NW2 1144%543
NW2 2125%425
NW2 3345%1275
NW2 4156%529
NW2 5143%534
NW2 6150%555
NW2 7171%664
NW3 126%14
NW3 249%227
NW3 3159%639
NW3 455%211
NW3 557%213
NW3 683%320
NW3 770%212
NW4 1279%1056
NW4 2158%541
NW4 3224%886
NW4 4260%973
NW5 172%225
NW5 2170%652
NW5 3120%422
NW5 4116%429
NW6 146%212
NW6 2406%1466
NW6 399%316
NW6 4242%852
NW6 5213%769
NW6 6193%749
NW6 7292%1090
NW7 1641%22149
NW7 2149%534
NW7 3134%526
NW7 442%17
NW8 098%320
NW8 662%29
NW8 791%317
NW8 8176%667
NW8 941%19
NW9 087%330
NW9 5211%7119
NW9 6111%431
NW9 7180%634
NW9 8170%648
NW9 968%220
RM1 1939%33171
RM1 2299%1055
RM1 3231%859
RM1 487%331
RM10 7213%785
RM10 8226%886
RM10 9150%573
RM11 1141%547
RM11 279%321
RM11 372%319
RM12 4132%555
RM12 579%318
RM12 690%324
RM13 7178%641
RM13 8363%1392
RM13 9211%783
RM14 161%217
RM14 256%215
RM14 344%29
RM2 5114%420
RM2 6139%521
RM3 085%334
RM3 7167%640
RM3 8304%1198
RM3 9252%969
RM5 2179%640
RM5 3177%648
RM6 4226%884
RM6 5229%866
RM6 6129%437
RM7 0210%7106
RM7 7271%933
RM7 8277%1048
RM7 9138%523
RM8 1164%664
RM8 2176%671
RM8 3116%436
RM9 4134%546
RM9 5180%661
RM9 6352%12117
SE1 039%137
SE1 1132%574
SE1 238%141
SE1 3141%563
SE1 4175%667
SE1 5205%768
SE1 6335%1291
SE1 767%271
SE1 889%346
SE1 943%137
SE10 0337%12115
SE10 8244%859
SE10 9252%981
SE11 4226%860
SE11 5138%546
SE11 6131%528
SE12 0152%538
SE12 864%215
SE12 9186%643
SE13 5461%16158
SE13 6201%796
SE13 7327%11140
SE14 5144%556
SE14 6297%1093
SE15 1166%641
SE15 2229%873
SE15 3148%551
SE15 4131%528
SE15 5585%20183
SE15 6262%986
SE16 2173%655
SE16 3117%437
SE16 4248%944
SE16 567%28
SE16 621%12
SE16 7165%629
SE17 1700%24145
SE17 2309%11118
SE17 3281%1089
SE18 1320%11129
SE18 2163%641
SE18 3136%543
SE18 4160%662
SE18 5309%1192
SE18 6347%12162
SE18 7235%884
SE19 1146%532
SE19 2206%739
SE19 3116%433
SE2 0216%866
SE2 9316%11125
SE20 7247%975
SE20 8304%1190
SE21 754%28
SE21 8117%434
SE22 085%319
SE22 884%325
SE22 976%314
SE23 1120%430
SE23 2114%435
SE23 3126%435
SE24 0101%423
SE24 977%317
SE25 4174%656
SE25 5162%643
SE25 6190%765
SE26 4219%855
SE26 5185%648
SE26 6105%428
SE27 0177%655
SE27 9101%326
SE28 0167%660
SE28 8206%7104
SE3 0135%527
SE3 7129%426
SE3 8111%427
SE3 9174%637
SE4 1131%549
SE4 2218%867
SE5 0319%1188
SE5 7357%12114
SE5 8180%685
SE5 965%238
SE6 1129%454
SE6 2219%896
SE6 3253%983
SE6 4457%16158
SE7 7138%556
SE7 8325%1194
SE8 3302%1079
SE8 4417%14100
SE8 5272%973
SE9 1101%331
SE9 2119%438
SE9 3156%552
SE9 4334%12104
SE9 5229%852
SE9 6208%754
SM1 1253%971
SM1 262%223
SM1 392%336
SM1 4154%551
SM2 562%226
SM2 6151%538
SM2 712%02
SM3 8113%428
SM3 998%336
SM4 476%326
SM4 5156%552
SM4 6152%550
SM5 1159%654
SM5 2135%540
SM5 363%214
SM5 433%15
SM6 0136%528
SM6 7273%950
SM6 898%329
SM6 9169%654
SW10 0148%565
SW10 9115%433
SW11 1227%860
SW11 2237%872
SW11 3144%552
SW11 4291%1072
SW11 5178%667
SW11 660%215
SW12 093%316
SW12 846%214
SW12 9181%641
SW13 082%315
SW13 8241%89
SW13 953%212
SW14 769%214
SW14 845%212
SW15 1172%650
SW15 295%330
SW15 3405%14108
SW15 4169%651
SW15 5128%440
SW15 681%318
SW16 1112%431
SW16 272%329
SW16 3138%532
SW16 4184%664
SW16 5187%677
SW16 6125%446
SW17 0135%592
SW17 669%22
SW17 766%225
SW17 8117%447
SW17 9144%559
SW18 1304%11112
SW18 2127%433
SW18 3129%442
SW18 4120%448
SW18 558%219
SW19 1116%440
SW19 2150%555
SW19 363%225
SW19 416%15
SW19 574%313
SW19 6106%428
SW19 746%210
SW19 871%231
SW1A 0541%199
SW1A 175%318
SW1A 253%226
SW1E 5108%427
SW1E 620%16
SW1H 024%18
SW1H 96%03
SW1P 142%118
SW1P 237%124
SW1P 313%08
SW1P 440%117
SW1V 187%323
SW1V 2200%735
SW1V 3158%534
SW1V 415%12
SW1W 025%19
SW1W 8109%422
SW1W 931%111
SW1X 069%26
SW1X 789%326
SW1X 813%02
SW1X 948%29
SW1Y 478%320
SW1Y 549%214
SW1Y 6107%423
SW2 1731%25152
SW2 2160%641
SW2 3154%548
SW2 4187%643
SW2 5140%541
SW20 0121%430
SW20 842%111
SW20 997%319
SW3 151%216
SW3 245%210
SW3 348%210
SW3 425%15
SW3 5106%419
SW3 655%213
SW4 0120%423
SW4 6194%744
SW4 7307%1158
SW4 8163%627
SW4 998%322
SW5 0113%425
SW5 9292%1071
SW6 1318%1189
SW6 2124%449
SW6 374%322
SW6 4126%432
SW6 5183%637
SW6 651%214
SW6 7185%650
SW7 173%313
SW7 244%216
SW7 339%16
SW7 465%213
SW7 525%17
SW8 1140%549
SW8 2144%546
SW8 3116%423
SW8 4157%544
SW8 5401%1468
SW9 0235%855
SW9 6201%743
SW9 7543%19154
SW9 81064%37215
SW9 9216%863
TN16 298%38
TN16 352%217
TW1 162%214
TW1 239%16
TW1 384%319
TW1 485%322
TW10 578%37
TW10 655%215
TW10 774%315
TW11 0230%857
TW11 830%19
TW11 959%214
TW12 153%212
TW12 274%320
TW12 395%317
TW13 4139%557
TW13 5101%426
TW13 6127%432
TW13 759%213
TW14 0134%548
TW14 892%336
TW14 9138%542
TW2 564%216
TW2 655%214
TW2 753%216
TW3 1601%21231
TW3 2159%638
TW3 3345%12121
TW3 4144%540
TW4 5268%980
TW4 6100%328
TW4 7165%648
TW5 0158%554
TW5 9117%465
TW6 2179%622
TW6 3170%612
TW7 4262%961
TW7 595%344
TW7 684%332
TW7 794%323
TW8 0163%651
TW8 8132%528
TW8 9141%553
TW9 150%214
TW9 268%215
TW9 320%13
TW9 495%320
UB1 1332%12116
UB1 2294%10143
UB1 3157%560
UB10 0183%655
UB10 838%112
UB10 9164%648
UB11 11839%649
UB2 4237%8127
UB2 5205%7118
UB3 183%345
UB3 2215%782
UB3 3168%654
UB3 4211%768
UB3 588%324
UB4 0231%880
UB4 890%334
UB4 9314%11100
UB5 4132%552
UB5 5276%1095
UB5 6245%8118
UB6 096%335
UB6 7132%538
UB6 8154%587
UB6 9194%780
UB7 049%269
UB7 7187%752
UB7 8232%873
UB7 9267%969
UB8 1210%7103
UB8 2190%7133
UB8 3157%5104
UB9 661%217
W10 4613%21174
W10 5342%12165
W10 6373%13138
W11 1988%34293
W11 2574%20131
W11 3335%1264
W11 4154%552
W12 0154%585
W12 7161%6147
W12 8583%20202
W12 9127%443
W13 0209%758
W13 8138%528
W13 9161%658
W14 0124%443
W14 8134%556
W14 9169%669
W1B 180%35
W1B 275%311
W1B 3339%121
W1B 4151%55
W1B 581%37
W1C 1413%148
W1D 27041%24433
W1D 3518%1887
W1D 4937%3391
W1D 5422%1550
W1D 6373%1362
W1D 7669%2383
W1F 0371%1377
W1F 7130%540
W1F 8125%433
W1F 9120%430
W1G 0285%1012
W1G 642%15
W1G 712%01
W1G 910%04
W1H 150%26
W1H 424%12
W1H 5101%411
W1H 69%01
W1H 7322%1157
W1J 022%12
W1J 521%14
W1J 629%16
W1J 756%214
W1J 836%15
W1K 1116%47
W1K 232%16
W1K 423%12
W1K 5101%413
W1K 6153%514
W1K 71211%42114
W1S 139%115
W1S 24%01
W1S 339%13
W1S 471%215
W1T 15%02
W1T 233%15
W1T 310%02
W1T 413%03
W1T 572%218
W1T 6153%512
W1T 748%25
W1U 1121%420
W1U 29%01
W1U 312%02
W1U 440%13
W1U 59%01
W1U 687%39
W1U 726%13
W1W 526%13
W1W 619%15
W1W 714%03
W1W 867%213
W2 1129%492
W2 2668%23168
W2 3349%1281
W2 4313%1183
W2 5273%984
W2 6103%453
W3 093%326
W3 6150%568
W3 7240%8107
W3 8130%554
W3 9416%1493
W4 151%214
W4 254%219
W4 377%321
W4 472%315
W4 580%335
W5 199%329
W5 271%228
W5 3163%653
W5 439%113
W5 5124%435
W6 082%345
W6 7201%783
W6 8145%564
W6 9147%575
W7 177%321
W7 244%210
W7 3179%652
W8 460%213
W8 521%18
W8 683%320
W8 713%03
W9 1167%648
W9 2179%653
W9 3312%11117
WC1A 1294%1024
WC1A 226%13
WC1B 334%111
WC1B 434%12
WC1B 5153%510
WC1E 615%14
WC1E 725%15
WC1H 049%211
WC1H 8156%522
WC1H 956%218
WC1N 157%211
WC1N 279%312
WC1N 346%219
WC1R 435%19
WC1R 57%01
WC1V 618%12
WC1V 712%01
WC1X 0194%729
WC1X 883%316
WC1X 9229%839
WC2A 114%02
WC2A 38%02
WC2B 413%02
WC2B 516%19
WC2B 6119%43
WC2E 713%06
WC2E 887%37
WC2E 956%213
WC2H 01293%4598
WC2H 71547%54205
WC2H 8137%523
WC2H 951%217
WC2N 4377%1375
WC2N 531%113
WC2N 6179%635
WC2R 075%36
WC2R 114%02
WC2R 2170%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 51.0k representing an increase 5.4% 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 July 2025 - June 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.

+5.4% annual change, crime is increasing

51.0k 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 June 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
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Criminal damage and arson crime →
Drugs crime →
Other crime →
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Possession of weapons crime →
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Shoplifting crime →
Theft from the person crime →
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