London drugs crime statistics

As of May 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 6.2 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 175% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 4.7% of all crimes reported in the region. Drugs crime totalled 53.5k representing an increase 20.3% year-over-year.

London drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Londoncrime statisticEngland & Wales
6.2annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.5
175%ratio of national crime rate100%
4.7% share of all crimes3.5%
53.5kcrimes reported197k
20.3%annual change9.8%

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 1338%12120
BR1 249%218
BR1 3119%448
BR1 4165%662
BR1 5166%672
BR2 0251%981
BR2 690%38
BR2 770%217
BR2 8118%438
BR2 9117%452
BR3 1177%649
BR3 383%334
BR3 475%329
BR3 569%211
BR3 6120%416
BR4 055%215
BR4 926%17
BR5 189%328
BR5 2239%895
BR5 3231%886
BR5 4115%435
BR6 066%224
BR6 633%16
BR6 748%214
BR6 849%213
BR6 953%220
BR7 535%17
BR7 673%322
CR0 0184%797
CR0 1620%22413
CR0 2417%15309
CR0 3225%8133
CR0 4133%5108
CR0 599%435
CR0 6207%7116
CR0 784%334
CR0 868%222
CR0 9102%428
CR2 080%321
CR2 6178%662
CR2 7176%634
CR2 8111%434
CR2 946%29
CR4 1168%669
CR4 2120%440
CR4 3218%8106
CR4 4139%554
CR5 1125%431
CR5 2100%431
CR7 6186%745
CR7 7174%693
CR7 8269%9132
CR8 1108%413
CR8 2162%645
CR8 3123%418
CR8 4104%416
CR8 589%319
DA1 4145%555
DA14 449%214
DA14 5103%426
DA14 689%327
DA15 765%212
DA15 8104%438
DA15 9168%637
DA16 192%328
DA16 2112%438
DA16 380%322
DA17 5102%426
DA17 6173%647
DA18 4128%526
DA5 140%18
DA5 270%210
DA5 373%315
DA6 7395%14104
DA6 8136%527
DA7 4179%662
DA7 544%212
DA7 664%218
DA8 1457%16187
DA8 2204%771
DA8 390%327
E1 0436%15143
E1 1385%14119
E1 2329%12107
E1 3211%743
E1 4233%8144
E1 5326%12118
E1 6120%491
E1 755%242
E1 871%249
E10 5339%12158
E10 6152%586
E10 7297%10134
E11 1242%982
E11 276%324
E11 3185%773
E11 4278%10115
E12 5217%8101
E12 6101%472
E13 0181%689
E13 8137%567
E13 9284%10144
E14 0249%992
E14 2721%2543
E14 3350%12150
E14 438%125
E14 512%029
E14 6340%12116
E14 7476%17192
E14 8200%7127
E14 9267%9252
E15 1350%12180
E15 2859%30338
E15 3177%671
E15 4382%13179
E16 1546%19193
E16 2385%14152
E16 3202%781
E16 4174%673
E17 3291%10121
E17 4215%8114
E17 5168%682
E17 6183%691
E17 7349%12119
E17 8150%563
E17 9272%1099
E18 1134%528
E18 2162%647
E1W 1148%528
E1W 2140%526
E1W 3231%833
E2 0320%11106
E2 6319%1177
E2 7254%970
E2 8297%1080
E2 9287%1090
E3 2398%14157
E3 3407%14154
E3 4350%12147
E3 5370%13128
E4 6134%558
E4 7287%10112
E4 8224%895
E4 9195%795
E5 0187%779
E5 8333%12135
E5 9266%9120
E6 1329%12171
E6 2307%11167
E6 3130%574
E6 5285%10119
E6 6177%692
E7 0131%549
E7 8108%471
E7 9127%465
E8 1245%983
E8 2442%16131
E8 3201%763
E8 4330%1296
E9 5257%9107
E9 6165%673
E9 7235%882
EC1A 262%29
EC1A 443%25
EC1A 725%110
EC1A 980%310
EC1M 385%33
EC1M 437%13
EC1M 510%02
EC1M 668%214
EC1N 640%11
EC1N 730%17
EC1N 851%215
EC1R 053%211
EC1R 1113%410
EC1R 379%38
EC1R 4128%518
EC1R 5177%615
EC1V 0159%626
EC1V 1698%2527
EC1V 2135%514
EC1V 365%28
EC1V 459%28
EC1V 7226%832
EC1V 8246%921
EC1V 9408%14101
EC1Y 0757%2765
EC1Y 194%34
EC1Y 8104%448
EC2A 181%36
EC2A 2572%2039
EC2A 3559%20175
EC2A 4210%7112
EC2M 3180%615
EC2M 450%223
EC2M 5132%511
EC2M 739%113
EC2N 46%01
EC2R 754%29
EC2V 619%14
EC2V 727%16
EC2V 859%27
EC2Y 563%221
EC2Y 842%126
EC2Y 97%01
EC3A 562%214
EC3A 78%01
EC3N 151%213
EC3N 242%114
EC3N 472%315
EC3R 513%03
EC3R 713%02
EC3R 816%16
EC3V 025%16
EC3V 342%17
EC3V 9132%511
EC4A 13%01
EC4A 33%01
EC4M 777%314
EC4M 9128%513
EC4N 5225%88
EC4R 05%03
EC4R 156%22
EC4R 23%01
EC4V 323%18
EC4V 449%23
EC4V 687%312
EC4Y 0103%410
EC4Y 1158%615
EN1 1135%562
EN1 255%211
EN1 3125%455
EN1 4226%886
EN2 0130%533
EN2 6110%423
EN2 768%214
EN2 880%325
EN2 951%24
EN3 4324%11128
EN3 5185%787
EN3 6127%470
EN3 7145%572
EN4 034%16
EN4 8103%434
EN4 992%320
EN5 189%319
EN5 260%226
EN5 3160%616
EN5 5160%642
HA0 1836%29335
HA0 2312%11113
HA0 392%326
HA0 4444%16175
HA1 1310%11103
HA1 2294%10100
HA1 398%354
HA1 4141%552
HA2 0145%548
HA2 6141%527
HA2 765%216
HA2 898%333
HA2 969%226
HA3 0125%441
HA3 5279%1083
HA3 6109%432
HA3 7274%1090
HA3 862%223
HA3 9100%440
HA4 0110%432
HA4 6101%432
HA4 7164%647
HA4 8111%425
HA4 971%218
HA5 150%212
HA5 2117%426
HA5 353%216
HA5 469%216
HA5 5119%426
HA6 1191%755
HA6 227%19
HA7 1111%427
HA7 2137%535
HA7 3100%423
HA7 4144%546
HA8 0206%774
HA8 5145%550
HA8 6106%432
HA8 7144%532
HA8 8113%444
HA8 9122%438
HA9 0664%23160
HA9 6309%11114
HA9 7404%14113
HA9 8283%10121
HA9 9708%25253
IG1 1308%11180
IG1 2165%6103
IG1 3182%682
IG1 4337%12150
IG11 098%351
IG11 7296%10154
IG11 8876%31368
IG11 9168%687
IG2 676%330
IG2 7104%441
IG3 8193%7114
IG3 9122%460
IG4 593%327
IG5 084%337
IG6 180%322
IG6 274%326
IG6 3120%428
IG7 4157%635
IG8 043%111
IG8 771%217
IG8 8152%536
IG8 9110%426
IG9 6125%416
KT1 1478%17169
KT1 2244%9100
KT1 391%332
KT1 4153%516
KT2 5125%447
KT2 6181%653
KT2 761%223
KT3 347%217
KT3 454%214
KT3 5111%429
KT3 650%216
KT4 855%224
KT5 893%324
KT5 944%211
KT6 4152%528
KT6 653%210
KT6 7231%886
KT8 985%313
KT9 160%217
KT9 2124%443
N1 0186%777
N1 1233%863
N1 2191%770
N1 3229%846
N1 4486%17107
N1 5368%1397
N1 6470%17173
N1 7137%555
N1 8172%655
N1 9187%7115
N10 1157%637
N10 2131%531
N10 379%321
N11 1187%770
N11 2122%434
N11 3151%536
N12 0154%540
N12 761%29
N12 8107%427
N12 9100%423
N13 4154%551
N13 5218%873
N13 6204%736
N14 489%327
N14 563%217
N14 664%214
N14 747%27
N15 3137%539
N15 4370%13137
N15 5296%1089
N15 6166%664
N16 0128%529
N16 5100%447
N16 645%221
N16 7251%971
N16 8395%14126
N16 9166%626
N17 0373%13165
N17 6285%10162
N17 7259%973
N17 8383%13106
N17 9332%12157
N18 1243%9130
N18 2585%21335
N18 3376%137
N19 3288%1098
N19 4314%1183
N19 5179%672
N1C 4679%2430
N2 048%212
N2 895%316
N2 968%215
N20 093%328
N20 8137%516
N20 9220%835
N21 149%211
N21 242%18
N21 357%212
N22 5461%16164
N22 6154%571
N22 7155%545
N22 8268%971
N3 1202%758
N3 2267%988
N3 3301%1162
N4 1222%881
N4 2615%22396
N4 3450%16142
N4 4179%627
N5 1231%874
N5 2308%1192
N6 457%29
N6 560%216
N6 672%37
N7 0342%12113
N7 6388%1485
N7 7560%20141
N7 8263%990
N7 9374%13140
N8 0254%974
N8 7169%642
N8 864%216
N8 9126%432
N9 0475%17201
N9 7342%1298
N9 8314%11109
N9 9300%11143
NW1 0222%8101
NW1 1216%892
NW1 2123%479
NW1 386%334
NW1 4163%636
NW1 5217%837
NW1 6106%440
NW1 7318%11117
NW1 8592%21226
NW1 9217%872
NW10 0215%884
NW10 1556%20152
NW10 2313%1192
NW10 3156%640
NW10 4339%12104
NW10 5201%766
NW10 691%324
NW10 7124%485
NW10 8330%12135
NW10 9429%15133
NW11 0123%422
NW11 662%211
NW11 7203%740
NW11 8203%739
NW11 9191%751
NW2 1155%547
NW2 2123%425
NW2 3326%1272
NW2 4175%633
NW2 5161%639
NW2 6140%552
NW2 7163%662
NW3 119%13
NW3 244%225
NW3 3156%639
NW3 459%212
NW3 564%215
NW3 698%324
NW3 769%212
NW4 1280%1057
NW4 2151%540
NW4 3229%889
NW4 4291%1083
NW5 176%327
NW5 2190%759
NW5 3150%528
NW5 4126%432
NW6 161%216
NW6 2351%1258
NW6 3110%418
NW6 4239%852
NW6 5188%762
NW6 6182%647
NW6 7306%1196
NW7 1991%35234
NW7 2138%532
NW7 3127%425
NW7 442%17
NW8 096%320
NW8 668%210
NW8 768%213
NW8 8194%775
NW8 936%18
NW9 071%325
NW9 5305%11175
NW9 6110%431
NW9 7192%737
NW9 8143%541
NW9 960%218
RM1 1902%32167
RM1 2326%1261
RM1 3200%752
RM1 4100%436
RM10 7219%889
RM10 8259%9100
RM10 9166%682
RM11 1136%546
RM11 2112%430
RM11 378%321
RM12 4144%561
RM12 582%319
RM12 677%321
RM13 7158%637
RM13 8392%14101
RM13 9253%9101
RM14 171%320
RM14 273%320
RM14 363%213
RM2 5174%631
RM2 6104%416
RM3 074%330
RM3 7172%642
RM3 8329%12108
RM3 9295%1082
RM5 2176%640
RM5 3246%968
RM6 4225%885
RM6 5286%1084
RM6 6151%544
RM7 0204%7105
RM7 7291%1036
RM7 8352%1262
RM7 9118%420
RM8 1177%670
RM8 2200%782
RM8 3105%433
RM9 4135%547
RM9 5180%662
RM9 6349%12118
SE1 043%242
SE1 1132%575
SE1 244%248
SE1 3155%570
SE1 4183%671
SE1 5240%881
SE1 6319%1188
SE1 763%268
SE1 890%347
SE1 941%136
SE10 0344%12119
SE10 8232%857
SE10 9272%1089
SE11 4248%967
SE11 5150%551
SE11 6106%423
SE12 0122%431
SE12 884%320
SE12 9200%747
SE13 5430%15150
SE13 6210%7102
SE13 7340%12148
SE14 5152%560
SE14 6308%1198
SE15 1159%640
SE15 2201%765
SE15 3157%655
SE15 4129%528
SE15 5551%19175
SE15 6303%11101
SE16 2195%763
SE16 399%332
SE16 4266%948
SE16 557%27
SE16 632%13
SE16 7162%629
SE17 1727%26153
SE17 2320%11124
SE17 3305%1198
SE18 1327%12134
SE18 2200%751
SE18 3149%548
SE18 4145%557
SE18 5341%12103
SE18 6335%12159
SE18 7254%992
SE19 1207%746
SE19 2198%738
SE19 3128%537
SE2 0210%765
SE2 9314%11126
SE20 7223%869
SE20 8319%1196
SE21 740%16
SE21 8108%432
SE22 079%318
SE22 886%326
SE22 970%213
SE23 1106%427
SE23 2125%439
SE23 396%327
SE24 0117%427
SE24 994%321
SE25 4181%659
SE25 5160%643
SE25 6219%876
SE26 4192%749
SE26 5194%751
SE26 699%427
SE27 0181%657
SE27 9103%427
SE28 0162%659
SE28 8210%7108
SE3 0153%531
SE3 7142%529
SE3 8117%429
SE3 9153%533
SE4 1134%551
SE4 2198%762
SE5 0307%1186
SE5 7311%11101
SE5 8185%789
SE5 986%351
SE6 1134%557
SE6 2220%898
SE6 3255%985
SE6 4422%15148
SE7 7139%557
SE7 8337%1299
SE8 3365%1397
SE8 4426%15104
SE8 5297%1081
SE9 1109%434
SE9 2117%438
SE9 3159%654
SE9 4316%11100
SE9 5286%1066
SE9 6235%862
SM1 1249%971
SM1 267%225
SM1 399%339
SM1 4137%546
SM2 563%227
SM2 6133%534
SM2 712%02
SM3 8123%431
SM3 997%336
SM4 475%326
SM4 5154%552
SM4 6167%656
SM5 1145%550
SM5 2146%544
SM5 362%214
SM5 433%15
SM6 0148%531
SM6 7258%948
SM6 8113%434
SM6 9203%766
SW10 0166%674
SW10 992%327
SW11 1164%644
SW11 2234%872
SW11 3150%555
SW11 4319%1180
SW11 5170%665
SW11 655%214
SW12 098%317
SW12 851%216
SW12 9200%746
SW13 0129%524
SW13 8342%1213
SW13 9105%424
SW14 7150%531
SW14 896%326
SW15 1162%648
SW15 284%327
SW15 3425%15115
SW15 4202%762
SW15 5141%545
SW15 697%322
SW16 1128%536
SW16 276%331
SW16 3153%536
SW16 4139%549
SW16 5167%670
SW16 6145%554
SW17 0127%488
SW17 6101%43
SW17 770%227
SW17 8112%446
SW17 9137%557
SW18 1278%10104
SW18 2118%431
SW18 3136%545
SW18 4120%449
SW18 563%221
SW19 1131%546
SW19 2126%447
SW19 357%223
SW19 419%16
SW19 584%315
SW19 697%326
SW19 741%19
SW19 886%338
SW1A 0533%199
SW1A 162%215
SW1A 244%222
SW1E 5106%427
SW1E 620%16
SW1H 018%16
SW1H 92%01
SW1P 141%118
SW1P 236%124
SW1P 311%07
SW1P 439%117
SW1V 197%326
SW1V 2197%735
SW1V 3147%532
SW1V 47%01
SW1W 024%19
SW1W 8113%423
SW1W 922%18
SW1X 068%26
SW1X 784%325
SW1X 819%13
SW1X 947%29
SW1Y 477%320
SW1Y 545%213
SW1Y 6105%423
SW2 1766%27162
SW2 2169%644
SW2 3171%654
SW2 4167%639
SW2 5168%650
SW20 0123%431
SW20 841%111
SW20 9106%421
SW3 147%215
SW3 240%19
SW3 342%19
SW3 439%18
SW3 5121%422
SW3 658%214
SW4 0139%527
SW4 6156%636
SW4 7307%1159
SW4 8166%628
SW4 992%321
SW5 0120%427
SW5 9304%1175
SW6 1320%1191
SW6 2142%557
SW6 373%322
SW6 4151%539
SW6 5195%740
SW6 654%215
SW6 7167%646
SW7 189%316
SW7 248%218
SW7 338%16
SW7 469%214
SW7 525%17
SW8 1143%551
SW8 2139%545
SW8 3168%634
SW8 4151%543
SW8 5424%1573
SW9 0193%746
SW9 6203%744
SW9 7528%19152
SW9 81042%37214
SW9 9206%761
TN16 285%37
TN16 348%216
TW1 166%215
TW1 239%16
TW1 387%320
TW1 487%323
TW10 588%38
TW10 662%217
TW10 7117%424
TW11 0321%1181
TW11 826%18
TW11 975%318
TW12 166%215
TW12 273%320
TW12 382%315
TW13 4132%555
TW13 596%325
TW13 6121%431
TW13 793%321
TW14 0140%551
TW14 888%335
TW14 9175%654
TW2 555%214
TW2 654%214
TW2 765%220
TW3 1596%21233
TW3 2160%639
TW3 3345%12123
TW3 4148%542
TW4 5247%975
TW4 6112%432
TW4 7163%648
TW5 0144%550
TW5 9136%577
TW6 2200%725
TW6 3139%510
TW7 4250%959
TW7 591%343
TW7 696%337
TW7 7104%426
TW8 0180%657
TW8 8204%744
TW8 9283%10108
TW9 149%214
TW9 276%317
TW9 313%02
TW9 489%319
UB1 1315%11112
UB1 2318%11157
UB1 3144%556
UB10 0196%760
UB10 828%19
UB10 9154%546
UB11 11407%507
UB2 4250%9136
UB2 5203%7119
UB3 192%351
UB3 2178%669
UB3 3195%764
UB3 4229%875
UB3 598%327
UB4 0244%986
UB4 8115%444
UB4 9331%12107
UB5 4135%554
UB5 5283%1099
UB5 6239%8117
UB6 0102%438
UB6 7164%648
UB6 8141%581
UB6 9226%895
UB7 044%262
UB7 7230%865
UB7 8275%1088
UB7 9251%966
UB8 1229%8114
UB8 2194%7138
UB8 3159%6107
UB9 650%214
W10 4610%22176
W10 5337%12165
W10 6324%11122
W11 11026%36309
W11 2582%21135
W11 3335%1265
W11 4177%661
W12 0151%585
W12 7167%6155
W12 8591%21208
W12 9125%443
W13 0302%1185
W13 8248%951
W13 9199%773
W14 0125%444
W14 8148%563
W14 9188%778
W1B 178%35
W1B 2107%416
W1B 3333%121
W1B 4148%55
W1B 591%38
W1C 1508%1810
W1D 26719%23732
W1D 3463%1679
W1D 4922%3391
W1D 5448%1654
W1D 6343%1258
W1D 7761%2796
W1F 0356%1375
W1F 7125%439
W1F 8112%430
W1F 9106%427
W1G 0234%810
W1G 642%15
W1G 723%12
W1G 99%04
W1H 149%26
W1H 221%11
W1H 435%13
W1H 590%310
W1H 69%01
W1H 7289%1052
W1J 021%12
W1J 521%14
W1J 629%16
W1J 751%213
W1J 828%14
W1K 182%35
W1K 237%17
W1K 422%12
W1K 584%311
W1K 6118%411
W1K 71223%43117
W1S 138%115
W1S 24%01
W1S 339%13
W1S 470%215
W1T 15%02
W1T 213%02
W1T 310%02
W1T 413%03
W1T 563%216
W1T 638%13
W1T 747%25
W1U 1107%418
W1U 29%01
W1U 36%01
W1U 465%25
W1U 536%14
W1U 666%27
W1U 725%13
W1W 525%13
W1W 615%14
W1W 714%03
W1W 861%212
W2 1126%491
W2 2645%23165
W2 3436%15103
W2 4338%1291
W2 5272%1085
W2 694%349
W3 074%321
W3 6169%678
W3 7243%9110
W3 8144%561
W3 9396%1490
W4 154%215
W4 253%219
W4 372%320
W4 476%316
W4 586%338
W5 1114%434
W5 2102%441
W5 3176%658
W5 445%215
W5 5101%429
W6 090%350
W6 7214%890
W6 8181%681
W6 9171%689
W7 187%324
W7 243%210
W7 3183%654
W8 450%211
W8 521%18
W8 665%216
W8 713%03
W9 1182%653
W9 2249%975
W9 3347%12132
WC1A 1277%1023
WC1A 243%25
WC1B 334%111
WC1B 451%23
WC1B 5135%59
WC1E 615%14
WC1E 715%13
WC1H 040%19
WC1H 8160%623
WC1H 964%221
WC1N 166%213
WC1N 271%311
WC1N 352%222
WC1R 435%19
WC1R 57%01
WC1V 618%12
WC1V 711%01
WC1X 0251%938
WC1X 881%316
WC1X 9231%840
WC2A 114%02
WC2A 38%02
WC2B 432%15
WC2B 511%06
WC2B 6117%43
WC2E 713%06
WC2E 874%36
WC2E 951%212
WC2H 01156%4189
WC2H 71441%51194
WC2H 8117%420
WC2H 950%217
WC2N 4356%1372
WC2N 526%111
WC2N 6187%737
WC2R 0111%49
WC2R 114%02
WC2R 2126%43

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 53.5k representing an increase 20.3% 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 May 2025 - April 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.

+20.3% annual change, crime is increasing

53.5k 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 April 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 →
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