London crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in London region is 123.8 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 248k crimes were violent crimes which is 23.1% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 81% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 37.3% over the last twelve months.The category of "theft from the person crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Theft from the person crime" rate is at 450% of national crime rate which puts London on 1. position out of 8 England's and Wales' regions in this crime category. "Theft from the person crime" makes up 7.1% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 76.6k cases and has increased by 16.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (8 regions)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	23.1%	1. lowest	81%	248k	-1.8%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	19.5%	2. highest	153%	210k	-16.7%
Other theft crime →	12.0%	1. highest	187%	129k	0.6%
Vehicle crime →	8.9%	1. highest	176%	95.2k	-10.6%
Theft from the person crime →	7.1%	1. highest	450%	76.6k	16.1%
Public order crime →	5.4%	2. lowest	86%	58.4k	-4.2%
Shoplifting crime →	5.2%	1. lowest	90%	56.0k	37.3%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	5.1%	1. lowest	79%	54.6k	0.8%
Burglary crime →	4.7%	2. highest	137%	50.9k	-2.8%
Drugs crime →	3.1%	1. highest	142%	33.6k	-16.3%
Robbery crime →	2.9%	1. highest	284%	31.1k	8.5%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.5%	1. highest	166%	15.9k	-14.3%
Other crime →	0.9%	1. lowest	58%	9.2k	-13.9%
Possession of weapons crime →	0.4%	1. lowest	60%	4.8k	-4.3%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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