London possession of weapons crime statistics

As of August 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 79% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.6% of all crimes reported in the region. Possession of weapons crime totalled 6.9k representing an increase 33.8% year-over-year.

London possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Londoncrime statisticEngland & Wales
0.8annual crime rate per 1k workday people1
79%ratio of national crime rate100%
0.6% share of all crimes1.0%
6.9kcrimes reported56.7k
33.8%annual change8.1%

London possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

London possession of weapons crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
BR1 1118%112
BR1 238%04
BR1 326%03
BR1 4102%111
BR1 5128%116
BR2 0129%112
BR2 678%12
BR2 714%01
BR2 843%04
BR2 978%110
BR3 163%15
BR3 351%16
BR3 418%02
BR4 051%14
BR4 913%01
BR5 155%15
BR5 2105%112
BR5 3103%111
BR5 4126%111
BR6 057%16
BR6 748%04
BR6 826%02
BR6 919%02
BR7 535%02
BR7 658%15
CR0 0106%116
CR0 1298%357
CR0 2188%240
CR0 3106%118
CR0 4107%125
CR0 559%16
CR0 6131%121
CR0 752%16
CR0 811%01
CR0 989%17
CR2 040%03
CR2 6110%111
CR2 754%13
CR2 891%18
CR2 954%13
CR4 1119%114
CR4 2125%112
CR4 386%112
CR4 472%18
CR5 142%03
CR5 268%16
CR7 658%14
CR7 778%112
CR7 8163%223
CR8 187%13
CR8 262%15
CR8 491%14
CR8 516%01
DA1 418%02
DA14 425%02
DA14 541%03
DA14 646%04
DA15 738%02
DA15 829%03
DA16 134%03
DA16 210%01
DA16 376%16
DA17 541%03
DA17 677%16
DA18 4103%16
DA5 170%14
DA5 224%01
DA5 334%02
DA6 7119%19
DA6 817%01
DA7 470%17
DA7 513%01
DA7 637%03
DA8 168%18
DA8 2130%113
DA8 3151%213
E1 0106%110
E1 1146%113
E1 2193%218
E1 3102%16
E1 484%115
E1 5106%111
E1 655%112
E1 736%08
E1 820%04
E10 5157%221
E10 680%113
E10 777%110
E11 151%15
E11 233%03
E11 344%05
E11 4118%114
E12 597%113
E12 634%07
E13 042%06
E13 8100%114
E13 9206%230
E14 0151%216
E14 2117%12
E14 341%05
E14 45%01
E14 57%05
E14 6153%215
E14 7138%116
E14 838%07
E14 970%119
E15 1223%233
E15 2310%335
E15 369%18
E15 4171%223
E16 1325%333
E16 2124%114
E16 3148%117
E16 450%16
E17 384%110
E17 472%111
E17 586%112
E17 642%06
E17 7194%219
E17 858%17
E17 9115%112
E18 183%15
E18 248%04
E1W 256%13
E1W 398%14
E2 0126%112
E2 6130%19
E2 7139%111
E2 8142%111
E2 9200%218
E3 2150%217
E3 392%110
E3 4149%218
E3 570%17
E4 640%05
E4 762%17
E4 882%110
E4 936%05
E5 090%111
E5 8154%218
E5 9123%116
E6 1161%224
E6 283%113
E6 3116%119
E6 525%03
E6 6160%224
E7 084%19
E7 842%08
E7 948%07
E8 182%18
E8 2270%323
E8 3244%222
E8 4132%111
E9 5151%218
E9 6134%117
E9 740%04
EC1A 248%02
EC1A 430%01
EC1A 79%01
EC1A 956%12
EC1M 398%11
EC1M 617%01
EC1N 715%01
EC1N 824%02
EC1R 139%01
EC1R 425%01
EC1R 5164%24
EC1V 064%13
EC1V 1180%22
EC1V 267%12
EC1V 357%12
EC1V 8122%13
EC1V 998%17
EC1Y 88%01
EC2A 344%04
EC2A 433%05
EC2M 3125%13
EC2M 430%04
EC2M 542%01
EC2M 721%02
EC2V 634%02
EC2Y 925%01
EC3A 515%01
EC3N 210%01
EC3N 433%02
EC3R 746%02
EC3V 321%01
EC4A 19%01
EC4M 738%02
EC4M 934%01
EC4N 5196%22
EN1 145%06
EN1 252%13
EN1 371%19
EN1 491%110
EN2 041%03
EN2 6100%16
EN2 717%01
EN2 867%16
EN2 989%12
EN3 4141%116
EN3 5126%117
EN3 6126%120
EN3 749%07
EN4 040%02
EN4 863%16
EN4 916%01
EN5 116%01
EN5 232%04
EN5 370%12
EN5 526%02
HA0 178%19
HA0 2125%113
HA0 3135%111
HA0 488%110
HA1 1168%216
HA1 241%04
HA1 331%05
HA1 457%16
HA2 032%03
HA2 672%14
HA2 728%02
HA2 8114%111
HA2 919%02
HA3 064%16
HA3 570%16
HA3 612%01
HA3 763%16
HA3 838%04
HA3 961%17
HA4 036%03
HA4 622%02
HA4 712%01
HA4 877%15
HA4 914%01
HA5 129%02
HA5 247%03
HA5 311%01
HA5 415%01
HA5 532%02
HA6 112%01
HA6 242%04
HA7 143%03
HA7 214%01
HA7 345%03
HA7 444%04
HA8 0107%111
HA8 570%17
HA8 658%15
HA8 794%16
HA8 854%16
HA8 933%03
HA9 0173%212
HA9 676%18
HA9 7112%19
HA9 8106%113
HA9 9146%115
IG1 195%116
IG1 278%114
IG1 339%05
IG1 455%17
IG11 060%19
IG11 7134%120
IG11 8190%223
IG11 981%112
IG2 670%18
IG2 770%18
IG3 859%110
IG3 978%111
IG4 572%16
IG5 047%06
IG6 188%17
IG6 249%15
IG6 375%15
IG7 462%14
IG8 040%03
IG8 729%02
IG8 888%16
IG8 944%03
IG9 682%13
KT1 1197%220
KT1 277%19
KT1 379%18
KT1 433%01
KT2 537%04
KT2 624%02
KT2 774%18
KT3 367%17
KT3 440%03
KT3 540%03
KT3 644%04
KT4 848%06
KT5 827%02
KT5 956%14
KT6 457%13
KT6 692%15
KT6 747%05
KT8 946%02
KT9 149%04
KT9 230%03
N1 042%05
N1 1116%19
N1 2142%115
N1 3104%16
N1 463%14
N1 5224%217
N1 6151%216
N1 726%03
N1 865%16
N1 979%114
N10 174%15
N10 244%03
N10 339%03
N11 184%19
N11 262%15
N11 3102%17
N12 0161%212
N12 771%13
N12 869%15
N12 930%02
N13 473%17
N13 573%17
N13 6118%16
N14 446%04
N14 526%02
N14 616%01
N14 723%01
N15 398%18
N15 4141%115
N15 5278%324
N15 6153%217
N16 566%19
N16 6121%116
N16 7147%112
N16 8174%216
N16 944%02
N17 0134%117
N17 698%116
N17 786%17
N17 8188%215
N17 9191%226
N18 1137%121
N18 2201%233
N18 3747%84
N19 3205%220
N19 4224%217
N19 5130%115
N1C 4158%22
N2 028%02
N2 8103%15
N2 932%02
N20 023%02
N20 922%01
N21 147%03
N21 218%01
N21 317%01
N22 5206%221
N22 698%113
N22 736%03
N22 8118%19
N3 173%16
N3 221%02
N3 334%02
N4 1143%115
N4 2178%233
N4 3187%217
N4 469%13
N5 176%17
N5 247%04
N6 422%01
N6 539%03
N6 636%01
N7 063%16
N7 6222%214
N7 7180%213
N7 881%18
N7 9158%217
N8 084%17
N8 714%01
N8 842%03
N8 982%16
N9 0189%223
N9 773%16
N9 8110%111
N9 951%17
NW1 054%17
NW1 165%18
NW1 265%112
NW1 335%04
NW1 416%01
NW1 5224%211
NW1 637%04
NW1 785%19
NW1 8119%113
NW1 952%15
NW10 0151%217
NW10 1229%218
NW10 2119%110
NW10 368%15
NW10 4272%324
NW10 585%18
NW10 626%02
NW10 741%08
NW10 8102%112
NW10 9202%218
NW11 039%02
NW11 639%02
NW11 753%13
NW11 854%13
NW11 926%02
NW2 180%17
NW2 269%14
NW2 3268%317
NW2 4111%16
NW2 5101%17
NW2 693%110
NW2 764%17
NW3 218%03
NW3 384%16
NW3 434%02
NW3 530%02
NW3 671%15
NW3 760%13
NW4 185%15
NW4 226%02
NW4 380%19
NW4 449%04
NW5 159%16
NW5 2101%19
NW5 356%13
NW5 4137%110
NW6 166%15
NW6 2105%15
NW6 321%01
NW6 4160%210
NW6 5159%215
NW6 6176%213
NW6 7100%19
NW7 129%02
NW7 215%01
NW7 335%02
NW8 067%14
NW8 694%14
NW8 755%13
NW8 8126%114
NW8 916%01
NW9 059%16
NW9 5164%227
NW9 649%04
NW9 885%17
NW9 958%15
RM1 1451%524
RM1 274%14
RM1 380%16
RM1 429%03
RM10 7120%114
RM10 8108%112
RM10 991%113
RM11 1103%110
RM11 278%16
RM11 326%02
RM12 466%18
RM12 575%15
RM12 651%14
RM13 789%16
RM13 8135%110
RM13 9105%112
RM14 125%02
RM14 251%14
RM14 333%02
RM2 520%01
RM2 668%13
RM3 043%05
RM3 7143%110
RM3 8180%217
RM3 9125%110
RM5 276%15
RM5 376%16
RM6 4147%116
RM6 547%04
RM6 648%04
RM7 0122%118
RM7 728%01
RM7 820%01
RM7 962%13
RM8 1123%114
RM8 277%19
RM8 344%04
RM9 460%16
RM9 540%04
RM9 693%19
SE1 018%05
SE1 161%110
SE1 225%08
SE1 346%06
SE1 4143%116
SE1 5186%218
SE1 6227%218
SE1 736%011
SE1 840%06
SE1 956%114
SE10 0131%113
SE10 857%14
SE10 9128%112
SE11 4129%110
SE11 5113%111
SE11 648%03
SE12 069%15
SE12 8116%18
SE12 930%02
SE13 5240%224
SE13 6158%222
SE13 7128%116
SE14 5194%222
SE14 6219%220
SE15 1152%211
SE15 2194%218
SE15 3139%114
SE15 4160%210
SE15 5263%324
SE15 6167%216
SE16 275%17
SE16 3108%110
SE16 4154%28
SE16 5142%15
SE16 673%12
SE16 7117%16
SE17 1265%316
SE17 2215%224
SE17 3217%220
SE18 1127%115
SE18 282%16
SE18 397%19
SE18 497%111
SE18 5196%217
SE18 6139%119
SE18 7115%112
SE19 1157%210
SE19 2127%17
SE19 3121%110
SE2 0101%19
SE2 9147%117
SE20 7113%110
SE20 8127%111
SE21 747%02
SE21 882%17
SE22 858%15
SE22 919%01
SE23 182%16
SE23 278%17
SE23 325%02
SE24 0166%211
SE24 978%15
SE25 4128%112
SE25 5155%212
SE25 6130%113
SE26 4109%18
SE26 5132%110
SE26 6128%110
SE27 0187%217
SE27 9172%213
SE28 057%16
SE28 8142%121
SE3 0103%16
SE3 768%14
SE3 856%14
SE3 9161%210
SE4 1119%113
SE4 289%18
SE5 087%17
SE5 7172%216
SE5 836%05
SE5 976%113
SE6 1123%115
SE6 2179%223
SE6 3251%324
SE6 4317%332
SE7 776%19
SE7 836%03
SE8 3144%111
SE8 4328%323
SE8 5128%110
SE9 145%04
SE9 297%19
SE9 362%16
SE9 4121%111
SE9 5151%210
SE9 6119%19
SM1 1159%213
SM1 219%02
SM1 335%04
SM1 493%19
SM2 524%03
SM2 641%03
SM3 828%02
SM3 956%16
SM4 410%01
SM4 582%18
SM4 642%04
SM5 1141%114
SM5 235%03
SM5 3153%210
SM6 0100%16
SM6 737%02
SM6 835%03
SM6 932%03
SW10 055%17
SW10 912%01
SW11 1129%110
SW11 2181%216
SW11 385%19
SW11 469%15
SW11 5173%219
SW11 628%02
SW12 080%14
SW12 8100%19
SW12 976%15
SW13 019%01
SW13 892%11
SW13 915%01
SW14 717%01
SW15 124%02
SW15 222%02
SW15 377%16
SW15 491%18
SW15 577%17
SW15 661%14
SW16 1124%110
SW16 2102%112
SW16 315%01
SW16 4108%111
SW16 5175%221
SW16 665%17
SW17 085%117
SW17 6118%11
SW17 763%17
SW17 851%16
SW17 984%110
SW18 1139%115
SW18 226%02
SW18 342%04
SW18 4111%113
SW18 531%03
SW19 130%03
SW19 265%17
SW19 317%02
SW19 411%01
SW19 539%02
SW19 639%03
SW19 747%03
SW19 832%04
SW1A 02265%2311
SW1A 143%03
SW1A 242%06
SW1E 5191%214
SW1E 658%15
SW1H 914%02
SW1P 124%03
SW1P 247%09
SW1P 327%05
SW1P 440%05
SW1V 165%15
SW1V 2117%16
SW1V 364%14
SW1V 426%01
SW1W 09%01
SW1W 868%14
SW1W 919%02
SW1X 735%03
SW1X 867%13
SW1X 918%01
SW1Y 548%04
SW1Y 648%03
SW2 1296%318
SW2 2121%19
SW2 3121%111
SW2 4104%17
SW2 570%16
SW20 028%02
SW20 826%02
SW20 952%13
SW3 154%15
SW3 417%01
SW3 519%01
SW3 629%02
SW4 6181%212
SW4 7163%29
SW4 841%02
SW4 9121%18
SW5 031%02
SW5 9113%18
SW6 1184%215
SW6 270%18
SW6 335%03
SW6 440%03
SW6 551%13
SW6 612%01
SW6 7127%110
SW7 119%01
SW7 219%02
SW7 322%01
SW8 1127%113
SW8 297%19
SW8 3103%16
SW8 4171%214
SW8 581%14
SW9 0102%17
SW9 680%15
SW9 7314%326
SW9 8593%635
SW9 9129%111
TN16 2126%13
TN16 321%02
TW1 115%01
TW1 315%01
TW1 413%01
TW10 576%12
TW10 638%03
TW10 734%02
TW11 811%01
TW11 944%03
TW12 161%14
TW12 225%02
TW13 475%19
TW13 5133%110
TW13 6190%214
TW13 7186%212
TW14 048%05
TW14 862%17
TW14 9158%214
TW2 527%02
TW2 627%02
TW2 734%03
TW3 1205%223
TW3 378%18
TW3 437%03
TW4 5126%111
TW4 673%16
TW4 7153%213
TW5 0100%110
TW5 931%05
TW6 284%13
TW6 3291%36
TW7 444%03
TW7 529%04
TW7 645%05
TW7 756%14
TW8 077%17
TW8 8113%17
TW9 112%01
TW9 293%16
TW9 323%01
TW9 449%03
UB1 1264%327
UB1 271%110
UB1 380%19
UB10 057%15
UB10 821%02
UB10 923%02
UB11 1700%71
UB2 4102%116
UB2 571%112
UB3 182%113
UB3 281%19
UB3 3106%110
UB3 485%18
UB4 049%15
UB4 845%05
UB4 997%19
UB5 443%05
UB5 5119%112
UB5 6135%119
UB6 075%18
UB6 748%04
UB6 885%114
UB6 991%111
UB7 07%03
UB7 7136%111
UB7 833%03
UB7 966%15
UB8 198%114
UB8 254%111
UB8 336%07
UB9 612%01
W10 4193%216
W10 5185%226
W10 6102%111
W11 1266%323
W11 2105%17
W11 372%14
W11 420%02
W12 050%18
W12 768%118
W12 8326%333
W12 961%16
W13 0111%19
W13 834%02
W13 985%19
W14 059%16
W14 857%17
W14 984%110
W1B 270%13
W1B 31160%121
W1B 579%12
W1C 1354%42
W1C 2177%21
W1D 22923%304
W1D 382%14
W1D 4211%26
W1D 5289%310
W1D 662%13
W1D 7138%15
W1F 066%14
W1F 733%03
W1F 852%14
W1F 927%02
W1G 081%11
W1G 629%01
W1G 741%01
W1H 594%13
W1H 7116%16
W1J 727%02
W1J 824%01
W1K 1340%36
W1K 218%01
W1K 580%13
W1K 637%01
W1K 7291%38
W1S 135%04
W1S 481%15
W1T 117%02
W1T 317%01
W1T 541%03
W1T 644%01
W1U 162%13
W1U 445%01
W1W 558%12
W1W 613%01
W2 1115%124
W2 2150%211
W2 3103%17
W2 4194%215
W2 578%17
W2 620%03
W3 073%16
W3 698%113
W3 785%111
W3 874%19
W3 9153%210
W4 125%02
W4 220%02
W4 313%01
W4 4132%18
W4 531%04
W5 170%16
W5 278%19
W5 363%16
W5 431%03
W5 5109%19
W6 044%07
W6 766%18
W6 847%06
W6 933%05
W7 1101%18
W7 359%15
W8 416%01
W8 536%04
W8 628%02
W8 730%02
W9 148%04
W9 2162%214
W9 3119%113
WC1A 184%12
WC1A 260%12
WC1B 332%03
WC1B 552%11
WC1E 735%02
WC1H 824%01
WC1H 942%04
WC1N 188%15
WC1N 316%02
WC1R 523%01
WC1V 740%01
WC1X 092%14
WC1X 818%01
WC1X 960%13
WC2A 313%01
WC2B 422%01
WC2E 959%14
WC2H 0497%511
WC2H 7284%311
WC2H 8102%15
WC2H 952%15
WC2N 469%14
WC2N 524%03
WC2N 6333%319
WC2R 0129%13
WC2R 2146%11

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : London has the 2. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

London possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

Possession of weapons crime totalled 6.9k representing an increase 33.8% 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 August 2025 - July 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.

+33.8% annual change, crime is increasing

6.9k crimes reported

London possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

London possession of weapons crime volume

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

London possession of weapons crime volume

London possession of weapons crime rate

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

London possession of weapons crime rate

London possession of weapons 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 possession of weapons crime seasonality

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