London drugs crime statistics

As of August 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 5.7 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 168% of the national crime rate. Drugs crime makes up 4.4% of all crimes reported in the region. Drugs crime totalled 49.7k representing a decrease 1.2% year-over-year.

London drugs crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Londoncrime statisticEngland & Wales
5.7annual crime rate per 1k workday people3.4
168%ratio of national crime rate100%
4.4% share of all crimes3.4%
49.7kcrimes reported191k
-1.2%annual change0.5%

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 1378%13130
BR1 259%221
BR1 3146%557
BR1 4184%667
BR1 5185%678
BR2 0281%1088
BR2 646%24
BR2 781%319
BR2 874%323
BR2 9126%454
BR3 1190%751
BR3 383%333
BR3 475%328
BR3 591%314
BR3 6100%313
BR4 057%215
BR4 927%17
BR5 182%325
BR5 2213%782
BR5 3208%775
BR5 4108%432
BR6 093%333
BR6 623%14
BR6 749%214
BR6 866%217
BR6 933%112
BR7 541%18
BR7 679%323
CR0 0147%575
CR0 1683%23441
CR0 2478%16343
CR0 3246%8141
CR0 4136%5107
CR0 5111%438
CR0 6157%585
CR0 790%335
CR0 873%223
CR0 990%324
CR2 055%214
CR2 6139%547
CR2 7155%529
CR2 878%323
CR2 953%210
CR4 1153%561
CR4 2124%440
CR4 3212%7100
CR4 4141%553
CR5 1112%427
CR5 297%329
CR7 6188%644
CR7 7184%695
CR7 8269%9128
CR8 1103%412
CR8 2196%753
CR8 384%312
CR8 481%312
CR8 563%213
DA1 4126%446
DA14 440%111
DA14 5110%427
DA14 6109%432
DA15 778%314
DA15 890%332
DA15 9122%426
DA16 178%323
DA16 298%332
DA16 382%322
DA17 5113%428
DA17 6190%650
DA18 476%315
DA5 131%16
DA5 243%16
DA5 370%214
DA6 7341%1287
DA6 8124%424
DA7 4146%549
DA7 553%214
DA7 674%320
DA8 1373%13148
DA8 2190%664
DA8 366%219
E1 0358%12114
E1 1364%12109
E1 2346%12109
E1 3213%742
E1 4218%7131
E1 5325%11114
E1 6118%487
E1 757%242
E1 876%351
E10 5334%11151
E10 6139%576
E10 7300%10131
E11 1277%991
E11 278%324
E11 3185%671
E11 4297%10119
E12 5197%789
E12 697%367
E13 0172%682
E13 8152%572
E13 9269%9132
E14 0312%11112
E14 2623%2136
E14 3272%9113
E14 436%123
E14 514%033
E14 6351%12116
E14 7448%15175
E14 8178%6110
E14 9231%8211
E15 1397%14198
E15 2855%29326
E15 3190%774
E15 4330%11150
E16 1520%18178
E16 2426%15163
E16 3196%776
E16 4189%677
E17 3276%9111
E17 4237%8122
E17 5148%570
E17 6197%795
E17 7290%1096
E17 8150%561
E17 9229%881
E18 1138%528
E18 2107%430
E1W 1147%527
E1W 2150%527
E1W 3260%936
E2 0308%1199
E2 6252%959
E2 7243%865
E2 8318%1183
E2 9276%984
E3 2416%14159
E3 3388%13142
E3 4390%13159
E3 5155%552
E4 6143%560
E4 7228%886
E4 8226%893
E4 9182%686
E5 0178%673
E5 8282%10111
E5 9249%9109
E6 1310%11156
E6 2317%11167
E6 3141%578
E6 5193%778
E6 6162%682
E7 0157%557
E7 8117%475
E7 9117%458
E8 1262%986
E8 2453%15130
E8 3187%657
E8 4312%1188
E9 5293%10118
E9 6170%673
E9 7163%655
EC1A 271%210
EC1A 463%27
EC1A 718%17
EC1A 950%26
EC1M 3116%44
EC1M 438%13
EC1M 515%13
EC1M 645%29
EC1N 641%11
EC1N 727%16
EC1N 839%111
EC1R 049%210
EC1R 1105%49
EC1R 381%38
EC1R 4140%519
EC1R 5122%410
EC1V 0164%626
EC1V 1480%1618
EC1V 2149%515
EC1V 359%27
EC1V 461%28
EC1V 7109%415
EC1V 8133%511
EC1V 9367%1388
EC1Y 0697%2458
EC1Y 1122%45
EC1Y 896%343
EC2A 142%13
EC2A 2303%1020
EC2A 3524%18159
EC2A 4178%692
EC2M 3235%819
EC2M 454%224
EC2M 5136%511
EC2M 740%113
EC2N 412%02
EC2R 756%29
EC2V 625%15
EC2V 732%17
EC2V 861%27
EC2Y 559%219
EC2Y 838%123
EC2Y 97%01
EC3A 555%212
EC3A 79%01
EC3N 152%213
EC3N 228%19
EC3N 464%213
EC3R 514%03
EC3R 727%14
EC3R 813%05
EC3V 026%16
EC3V 331%15
EC3V 9136%511
EC4A 16%02
EC4M 762%211
EC4M 9122%412
EC4N 5233%88
EC4R 011%06
EC4R 158%22
EC4V 332%111
EC4V 468%24
EC4V 674%310
EC4Y 074%37
EC4Y 1153%514
EN1 1126%456
EN1 257%211
EN1 3140%560
EN1 4193%771
EN2 0114%428
EN2 694%319
EN2 755%211
EN2 863%219
EN2 9105%48
EN3 4285%10109
EN3 5182%683
EN3 6157%584
EN3 7160%577
EN4 035%16
EN4 8107%434
EN4 962%213
EN5 177%316
EN5 267%228
EN5 3124%412
EN5 5130%433
HA0 1479%16186
HA0 2290%10102
HA0 3110%430
HA0 4327%11125
HA1 1398%14128
HA1 2327%11108
HA1 3108%458
HA1 4168%660
HA2 0162%652
HA2 6156%529
HA2 771%217
HA2 8142%546
HA2 971%226
HA3 0107%434
HA3 5264%976
HA3 685%324
HA3 7270%986
HA3 864%223
HA3 9106%441
HA4 0135%538
HA4 6121%437
HA4 7169%647
HA4 8128%428
HA4 961%215
HA5 155%213
HA5 2121%426
HA5 358%217
HA5 488%320
HA5 5104%422
HA6 1183%651
HA6 231%110
HA7 1131%431
HA7 297%324
HA7 3112%425
HA7 4145%545
HA8 0196%768
HA8 5149%550
HA8 6110%432
HA8 7158%534
HA8 8109%441
HA8 973%222
HA9 0698%24163
HA9 6303%10108
HA9 7325%1188
HA9 8280%10116
HA9 9690%24239
IG1 1307%11174
IG1 2142%586
IG1 3183%680
IG1 4320%11138
IG11 099%350
IG11 7279%10141
IG11 8822%28335
IG11 9165%683
IG2 699%338
IG2 797%337
IG3 8149%585
IG3 9122%458
IG4 5138%539
IG5 096%341
IG6 167%218
IG6 264%222
IG6 3129%429
IG7 4157%534
IG8 072%218
IG8 777%318
IG8 8131%430
IG8 996%322
IG9 6170%621
KT1 1482%16165
KT1 2252%9100
KT1 380%327
KT1 469%27
KT2 5115%442
KT2 6211%760
KT2 768%225
KT3 340%114
KT3 459%215
KT3 591%323
KT3 636%111
KT4 859%225
KT5 888%322
KT5 958%214
KT6 4168%630
KT6 649%29
KT6 7205%774
KT8 988%313
KT9 173%220
KT9 2127%443
N1 0159%564
N1 1221%858
N1 2200%771
N1 3246%848
N1 4464%1699
N1 5375%1396
N1 6474%16169
N1 7111%443
N1 8145%545
N1 9168%6100
N10 1114%426
N10 2118%427
N10 377%320
N11 1171%662
N11 2107%429
N11 3147%534
N12 0171%643
N12 756%28
N12 8115%428
N12 9130%429
N13 4159%551
N13 5197%764
N13 6210%736
N14 482%324
N14 553%214
N14 676%316
N14 735%15
N15 3145%540
N15 4326%11117
N15 5285%1083
N15 6177%666
N16 096%321
N16 583%338
N16 654%224
N16 7237%865
N16 8298%1092
N16 9151%523
N17 0343%12147
N17 6238%8131
N17 7201%755
N17 8346%1293
N17 9325%11149
N18 1220%8114
N18 2506%17281
N18 3443%158
N19 3246%881
N19 4292%1075
N19 5167%665
N1C 4771%2633
N2 066%216
N2 892%315
N2 952%211
N20 093%327
N20 8150%517
N20 9188%629
N21 160%213
N21 266%212
N21 364%213
N22 5386%13133
N22 6155%569
N22 7135%538
N22 8237%861
N3 1212%759
N3 2207%766
N3 3220%844
N4 1215%776
N4 2487%17304
N4 3350%12107
N4 4130%419
N5 1206%764
N5 2321%1193
N6 478%312
N6 562%216
N6 653%25
N7 0212%768
N7 6409%1487
N7 7517%18126
N7 8280%1093
N7 9273%999
N8 0219%862
N8 7120%429
N8 858%214
N8 986%321
N9 0468%16192
N9 7302%1084
N9 8315%11106
N9 9244%8113
NW1 0220%897
NW1 1225%893
NW1 2116%472
NW1 3110%442
NW1 4210%745
NW1 5229%838
NW1 6126%446
NW1 7340%12121
NW1 8617%21228
NW1 9205%766
NW10 0209%779
NW10 1578%20153
NW10 2299%1085
NW10 3169%642
NW10 4390%13116
NW10 5220%870
NW10 698%325
NW10 7122%481
NW10 8349%12138
NW10 9429%15129
NW11 0150%526
NW11 658%210
NW11 7251%948
NW11 8193%736
NW11 9178%646
NW2 1150%544
NW2 2138%527
NW2 3346%1274
NW2 4192%735
NW2 5145%534
NW2 6163%659
NW2 7174%664
NW3 133%15
NW3 251%228
NW3 3153%537
NW3 456%211
NW3 557%213
NW3 684%320
NW3 771%212
NW4 1324%1164
NW4 2168%643
NW4 3217%782
NW4 4275%976
NW5 170%224
NW5 2176%653
NW5 3149%527
NW5 4122%430
NW6 163%216
NW6 2419%1467
NW6 3120%419
NW6 4270%957
NW6 5232%874
NW6 6172%643
NW6 7273%983
NW7 1393%1390
NW7 2142%532
NW7 3120%423
NW7 431%15
NW8 099%320
NW8 663%29
NW8 792%317
NW8 8162%661
NW8 942%19
NW9 088%330
NW9 5211%7117
NW9 695%326
NW9 7150%528
NW9 8173%648
NW9 965%219
RM1 1931%32167
RM1 2270%949
RM1 3238%860
RM1 474%326
RM10 7218%786
RM10 8206%777
RM10 9137%566
RM11 1153%550
RM11 281%321
RM11 373%319
RM12 4132%454
RM12 585%319
RM12 691%324
RM13 7181%641
RM13 8348%1287
RM13 9181%670
RM14 159%216
RM14 242%111
RM14 340%18
RM2 587%315
RM2 6128%419
RM3 087%334
RM3 7173%641
RM3 8305%1097
RM3 9278%1075
RM5 2150%533
RM5 3119%432
RM6 4229%884
RM6 5204%758
RM6 6121%434
RM7 0207%7103
RM7 7317%1138
RM7 8199%734
RM7 9140%523
RM8 1170%665
RM8 2174%669
RM8 3115%435
RM9 4131%444
RM9 5167%656
RM9 6329%11108
SE1 037%135
SE1 1129%471
SE1 237%140
SE1 3153%567
SE1 4165%662
SE1 5184%660
SE1 6355%1295
SE1 768%271
SE1 893%347
SE1 946%239
SE10 0319%11107
SE10 8235%856
SE10 9265%984
SE11 4252%966
SE11 5155%551
SE11 6129%427
SE12 0171%642
SE12 873%317
SE12 9176%640
SE13 5483%16163
SE13 6198%793
SE13 7316%11133
SE14 5136%552
SE14 6334%11103
SE15 1185%645
SE15 2233%873
SE15 3136%546
SE15 4119%425
SE15 5588%20181
SE15 6260%984
SE16 2163%651
SE16 3141%544
SE16 4223%839
SE16 593%311
SE16 622%12
SE16 7179%631
SE17 1721%25147
SE17 2293%10110
SE17 3273%985
SE18 1302%10120
SE18 2154%538
SE18 3125%439
SE18 4157%560
SE18 5290%1085
SE18 6357%12164
SE18 7233%882
SE19 1135%529
SE19 2204%738
SE19 3122%434
SE2 0216%765
SE2 9324%11126
SE20 7224%867
SE20 8302%1088
SE21 762%29
SE21 8108%431
SE22 086%319
SE22 886%325
SE22 972%213
SE23 1130%432
SE23 2116%435
SE23 3139%538
SE24 094%321
SE24 983%318
SE25 4174%655
SE25 5165%643
SE25 6187%663
SE26 4222%855
SE26 5153%539
SE26 6103%427
SE27 0163%650
SE27 9102%326
SE28 0170%660
SE28 8203%7101
SE3 0132%526
SE3 7121%424
SE3 8121%429
SE3 9186%639
SE4 1136%550
SE4 2211%764
SE5 0346%1294
SE5 7356%12112
SE5 8163%676
SE5 968%239
SE6 1131%454
SE6 2236%8102
SE6 3245%879
SE6 4438%15149
SE7 7143%557
SE7 8323%1192
SE8 3272%970
SE8 4440%15104
SE8 5273%972
SE9 182%325
SE9 2105%433
SE9 3146%548
SE9 4339%12104
SE9 5210%747
SE9 6192%749
SM1 1239%866
SM1 274%327
SM1 394%336
SM1 4166%654
SM2 570%229
SM2 6149%537
SM2 76%01
SM3 8118%429
SM3 991%333
SM4 480%327
SM4 5156%551
SM4 6154%550
SM5 1167%656
SM5 2133%539
SM5 368%215
SM5 434%15
SM6 0143%529
SM6 7238%843
SM6 886%325
SM6 9171%654
SW10 0122%453
SW10 9109%431
SW11 1276%972
SW11 2244%873
SW11 3132%547
SW11 4275%967
SW11 5194%772
SW11 649%212
SW12 0107%418
SW12 853%216
SW12 9171%638
SW13 094%317
SW13 8245%89
SW13 959%213
SW14 770%214
SW14 849%213
SW15 1174%650
SW15 293%329
SW15 3393%13103
SW15 4175%652
SW15 5139%543
SW15 696%321
SW16 1103%428
SW16 263%225
SW16 3153%535
SW16 4190%665
SW16 5195%779
SW16 6124%445
SW17 0152%5102
SW17 670%22
SW17 762%223
SW17 8124%449
SW17 9134%554
SW18 1300%10109
SW18 2145%537
SW18 3110%435
SW18 4124%449
SW18 553%217
SW19 1117%440
SW19 2149%554
SW19 364%225
SW19 420%16
SW19 575%313
SW19 6107%428
SW19 747%210
SW19 872%231
SW1A 0550%199
SW1A 185%320
SW1A 258%228
SW1E 5113%428
SW1E 621%16
SW1H 021%17
SW1H 98%04
SW1P 143%118
SW1P 237%124
SW1P 315%09
SW1P 435%115
SW1V 188%323
SW1V 2163%628
SW1V 3142%530
SW1V 423%13
SW1W 022%18
SW1W 8111%422
SW1W 932%111
SW1X 070%26
SW1X 786%325
SW1X 813%02
SW1X 949%29
SW1Y 480%320
SW1Y 543%112
SW1Y 694%320
SW2 1639%22131
SW2 2159%540
SW2 3170%652
SW2 4199%745
SW2 5149%543
SW20 0115%428
SW20 839%110
SW20 9114%422
SW3 151%216
SW3 245%210
SW3 358%212
SW3 435%17
SW3 590%316
SW3 643%110
SW4 0112%421
SW4 6233%852
SW4 7322%1160
SW4 8184%630
SW4 9113%425
SW5 096%321
SW5 9276%966
SW6 1323%1189
SW6 2121%447
SW6 372%221
SW6 4100%325
SW6 5181%636
SW6 655%215
SW6 7195%752
SW7 175%313
SW7 242%115
SW7 333%15
SW7 461%212
SW7 526%17
SW8 1148%551
SW8 2159%550
SW8 3128%425
SW8 4160%544
SW8 5329%1155
SW9 0247%857
SW9 6219%746
SW9 7588%20164
SW9 81125%38224
SW9 9251%972
TN16 2112%49
TN16 350%216
TW1 168%215
TW1 233%15
TW1 386%319
TW1 478%320
TW10 590%38
TW10 652%214
TW10 770%214
TW11 0168%641
TW11 827%18
TW11 960%214
TW12 154%212
TW12 267%218
TW12 396%317
TW13 4134%554
TW13 595%324
TW13 6113%428
TW13 755%212
TW14 0121%443
TW14 889%334
TW14 9150%545
TW2 565%216
TW2 648%212
TW2 750%215
TW3 1594%20225
TW3 2157%537
TW3 3330%11114
TW3 4138%538
TW4 5269%979
TW4 6105%429
TW4 7164%647
TW5 0140%547
TW5 9110%460
TW6 2173%621
TW6 3201%714
TW7 4275%963
TW7 594%343
TW7 686%332
TW7 7108%426
TW8 0172%653
TW8 8124%426
TW8 9119%444
TW9 147%213
TW9 274%316
TW9 320%13
TW9 4107%422
UB1 1372%13128
UB1 2272%9130
UB1 3156%559
UB10 0142%542
UB10 854%217
UB10 9163%647
UB11 11867%649
UB2 4244%8129
UB2 5182%6103
UB3 191%349
UB3 2197%774
UB3 3145%546
UB3 4186%659
UB3 575%320
UB4 0202%769
UB4 883%331
UB4 9309%1197
UB5 4134%552
UB5 5263%989
UB5 6240%8114
UB6 0106%438
UB6 7113%432
UB6 8158%588
UB6 9199%781
UB7 049%268
UB7 7154%542
UB7 8210%765
UB7 9287%1073
UB8 1215%7104
UB8 2185%6127
UB8 3154%5100
UB9 673%320
W10 4608%21170
W10 5345%12164
W10 6373%13136
W11 11007%34294
W11 2582%20131
W11 3335%1163
W11 4159%553
W12 0156%585
W12 7153%5137
W12 8563%19192
W12 9111%437
W13 0172%647
W13 885%317
W13 998%335
W14 0114%439
W14 8128%453
W14 9167%667
W1B 181%35
W1B 276%311
W1B 3344%121
W1B 4183%66
W1B 594%38
W1C 1419%148
W1D 27149%24433
W1D 3556%1992
W1D 4961%3392
W1D 5463%1654
W1D 6385%1363
W1D 7687%2484
W1F 0401%1482
W1F 7122%437
W1F 8138%536
W1F 9134%533
W1G 0314%1113
W1G 643%15
W1G 712%01
W1G 910%04
W1H 151%26
W1H 436%13
W1H 5103%411
W1H 69%01
W1H 7327%1157
W1J 011%01
W1J 527%15
W1J 629%16
W1J 761%215
W1J 836%15
W1K 1168%610
W1K 233%16
W1K 423%12
W1K 5103%413
W1K 6166%615
W1K 71262%43117
W1S 142%116
W1S 340%13
W1S 468%214
W1T 15%02
W1T 233%15
W1T 310%02
W1T 413%03
W1T 573%218
W1T 6169%613
W1T 768%27
W1U 1122%420
W1U 210%01
W1U 318%13
W1U 454%24
W1U 59%01
W1U 688%39
W1U 726%13
W1W 517%12
W1W 619%15
W1W 714%03
W1W 873%214
W2 1128%490
W2 2710%24176
W2 3337%1277
W2 4314%1182
W2 5291%1088
W2 695%348
W3 094%326
W3 6134%560
W3 7239%8105
W3 8122%450
W3 9422%1493
W4 144%212
W4 249%217
W4 382%322
W4 478%316
W4 586%337
W5 190%326
W5 269%227
W5 3163%652
W5 437%112
W5 5111%431
W6 078%342
W6 7209%785
W6 8145%563
W6 9155%578
W7 178%321
W7 249%211
W7 3168%648
W8 465%214
W8 522%18
W8 676%318
W8 722%15
W9 1156%544
W9 2144%542
W9 3317%11117
WC1A 1286%1023
WC1A 227%13
WC1B 335%111
WC1B 435%12
WC1B 5155%510
WC1E 616%14
WC1E 726%15
WC1H 041%19
WC1H 8179%625
WC1H 960%219
WC1N 163%212
WC1N 273%311
WC1N 341%117
WC1R 432%18
WC1R 57%01
WC1V 618%12
WC1V 712%01
WC1X 0177%626
WC1X 889%317
WC1X 9226%838
WC2A 114%02
WC2A 38%02
WC2B 47%01
WC2B 517%19
WC2B 6121%43
WC2E 714%06
WC2E 889%37
WC2E 961%214
WC2H 01273%4495
WC2H 71555%53203
WC2H 8139%523
WC2H 952%217
WC2N 4383%1375
WC2N 531%113
WC2N 6172%633
WC2R 076%36
WC2R 114%02
WC2R 2216%75

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 49.7k representing a decrease 1.2% 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 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.

-1.2% annual change, crime is declining

49.7k 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 July 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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