London possession of weapons crime statistics

As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in London region stands at 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 68% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 5.7k, and this number has increased by 20.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.

London possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
London regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
0.7annual crime rate per 1k workday people1
68%ratio of national crime rate100%
0.5% share of all crimes1.0%
5.7kcrimes reported54.3k
20.1%annual change5.1%

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 172%17
BR1 220%02
BR1 336%04
BR1 478%18
BR1 5142%117
BR2 0135%112
BR2 641%01
BR2 857%15
BR2 966%18
BR3 179%16
BR3 336%04
BR3 49%01
BR3 627%01
BR4 040%03
BR4 927%02
BR5 146%04
BR5 292%110
BR5 3147%115
BR5 496%18
BR6 070%17
BR6 660%13
BR6 725%02
BR6 814%01
BR6 939%04
BR7 518%01
BR7 624%02
CR0 062%19
CR0 1191%235
CR0 2147%130
CR0 3136%122
CR0 476%117
CR0 531%03
CR0 691%114
CR0 7108%112
CR0 856%15
CR0 940%03
CR2 028%02
CR2 683%18
CR2 775%14
CR2 860%15
CR2 919%01
CR4 1124%114
CR4 2131%112
CR4 382%111
CR4 447%05
CR5 158%14
CR5 247%04
CR7 675%15
CR7 795%114
CR7 8118%116
CR8 130%01
CR8 252%14
CR8 447%02
DA1 438%04
DA14 426%02
DA14 543%03
DA14 684%17
DA15 820%02
DA16 112%01
DA16 221%02
DA16 3106%18
DA17 557%14
DA17 653%14
DA18 4108%16
DA5 251%02
DA5 318%01
DA6 7111%18
DA6 837%02
DA7 4116%111
DA7 513%01
DA7 639%03
DA8 198%111
DA8 2125%112
DA8 397%18
E1 066%16
E1 1177%215
E1 2123%111
E1 371%14
E1 4100%117
E1 591%19
E1 657%112
E1 733%07
E1 810%02
E10 5133%117
E10 664%110
E10 781%110
E11 143%04
E11 223%02
E11 355%16
E11 444%05
E12 562%18
E12 620%04
E13 059%18
E13 874%110
E13 9172%224
E14 089%19
E14 2122%12
E14 368%18
E14 55%03
E14 6203%219
E14 7126%114
E14 823%04
E14 942%011
E15 1226%232
E15 2314%334
E15 336%04
E15 4171%222
E16 1165%216
E16 2148%116
E16 3100%111
E16 443%05
E17 388%110
E17 469%110
E17 545%06
E17 681%111
E17 764%16
E17 835%04
E17 9140%114
E18 1104%16
E18 250%04
E1W 220%01
E1W 3102%14
E2 099%19
E2 660%14
E2 779%16
E2 8108%18
E2 9209%218
E3 2166%218
E3 396%110
E3 487%110
E3 584%18
E4 667%18
E4 784%19
E4 877%19
E4 930%04
E5 069%18
E5 8143%116
E5 9185%223
E6 1119%117
E6 260%19
E6 383%113
E6 535%04
E6 663%19
E7 078%18
E7 861%111
E7 936%05
E8 1118%111
E8 2196%216
E8 3116%110
E8 4163%213
E9 5175%220
E9 6197%224
E9 742%04
EC1A 250%02
EC1A 79%01
EC1M 618%01
EC1N 731%02
EC1N 812%01
EC1R 1206%25
EC1R 452%12
EC1R 543%01
EC1V 089%14
EC1V 1282%33
EC1V 235%01
EC1V 3148%15
EC1V 751%02
EC1V 885%12
EC1V 929%02
EC1Y 186%11
EC1Y 88%01
EC2A 370%16
EC2A 434%05
EC2M 122%01
EC2M 3131%13
EC2M 455%17
EC2M 544%01
EC2M 733%03
EC2Y 511%01
EC3A 516%01
EC3A 761%12
EC3N 211%01
EC3N 435%02
EC3R 796%14
EC3R 819%02
EC3V 322%01
EC3V 944%01
EC4M 972%12
EC4V 331%03
EC4V 626%01
EC4Y 138%01
EN1 147%06
EN1 237%02
EN1 358%17
EN1 486%19
EN2 029%02
EN2 687%15
EN2 718%01
EN2 835%03
EN2 993%12
EN3 4157%217
EN3 5108%114
EN3 659%19
EN3 715%02
EN4 083%14
EN4 833%03
EN4 934%02
EN5 168%14
EN5 225%03
EN5 373%12
HA0 136%04
HA0 290%19
HA0 364%15
HA0 446%05
HA1 1143%113
HA1 253%15
HA1 313%02
HA1 459%16
HA2 055%15
HA2 695%15
HA2 744%03
HA2 876%17
HA2 929%03
HA3 089%18
HA3 586%17
HA3 650%04
HA3 766%16
HA3 810%01
HA3 927%03
HA4 025%02
HA4 635%03
HA4 738%03
HA4 816%01
HA4 943%03
HA5 115%01
HA5 233%02
HA5 312%01
HA5 416%01
HA5 533%02
HA6 125%02
HA7 145%03
HA7 214%01
HA7 348%03
HA7 434%03
HA8 081%18
HA8 532%03
HA8 660%15
HA8 7131%18
HA8 819%02
HA8 947%04
HA9 0121%18
HA9 689%19
HA9 765%15
HA9 868%18
HA9 971%17
IG1 187%114
IG1 282%114
IG1 364%18
IG1 433%04
IG11 077%111
IG11 7133%119
IG11 8199%223
IG11 935%05
IG2 637%04
IG2 755%16
IG3 855%19
IG3 959%18
IG4 575%16
IG5 025%03
IG6 153%14
IG6 241%04
IG6 378%15
IG7 433%02
IG8 042%03
IG8 730%02
IG8 877%15
IG8 946%03
IG9 6114%14
KT1 1216%221
KT1 253%16
KT1 383%18
KT2 510%01
KT2 637%03
KT2 768%17
KT3 3101%110
KT3 414%01
KT3 528%02
KT3 680%17
KT4 825%03
KT5 828%02
KT5 9102%17
KT6 440%02
KT6 638%02
KT6 759%16
KT8 9120%15
KT9 113%01
KT9 231%03
N1 044%05
N1 1108%18
N1 279%18
N1 3109%16
N1 433%02
N1 5110%18
N1 699%110
N1 727%03
N1 868%16
N1 971%112
N10 162%14
N10 262%14
N10 341%03
N11 129%03
N11 252%14
N11 361%14
N12 056%14
N12 750%02
N12 829%02
N12 947%03
N13 488%18
N13 598%19
N13 682%14
N14 460%15
N14 540%03
N14 773%13
N15 3102%18
N15 4128%113
N15 5169%214
N15 6123%113
N16 554%17
N16 679%110
N16 7167%213
N16 8125%111
N16 970%13
N17 0140%117
N17 677%112
N17 777%16
N17 8171%213
N17 9192%225
N18 195%114
N18 2184%229
N19 3150%114
N19 4151%111
N19 5136%115
N1C 4247%23
N2 058%14
N2 843%02
N2 950%03
N20 061%15
N21 133%02
N21 335%02
N22 5194%219
N22 6103%113
N22 750%04
N22 896%17
N3 151%04
N3 222%02
N3 335%02
N4 1130%113
N4 2186%233
N4 3242%221
N4 4121%15
N5 168%16
N6 423%01
N6 527%02
N7 011%01
N7 6216%213
N7 7145%110
N7 896%19
N7 978%18
N8 0112%19
N8 744%03
N8 844%03
N8 943%03
N9 0146%117
N9 7114%19
N9 8115%111
N9 961%18
NW1 032%04
NW1 134%04
NW1 251%09
NW1 328%03
NW1 5106%15
NW1 629%03
NW1 749%05
NW1 8114%112
NW1 955%15
NW10 056%16
NW10 1146%111
NW10 2186%215
NW10 328%02
NW10 4107%19
NW10 567%16
NW10 628%02
NW10 721%04
NW10 880%19
NW10 9117%110
NW11 020%01
NW11 641%02
NW11 718%01
NW11 838%02
NW11 927%02
NW2 1108%19
NW2 2144%18
NW2 366%14
NW2 4154%18
NW2 560%14
NW2 6146%115
NW2 757%16
NW3 123%01
NW3 219%03
NW3 344%03
NW3 453%13
NW3 593%16
NW3 674%15
NW4 154%13
NW4 255%14
NW4 3103%111
NW4 489%17
NW5 258%15
NW5 378%14
NW5 4100%17
NW6 114%01
NW6 288%14
NW6 4134%18
NW6 5144%113
NW6 6155%211
NW6 770%16
NW7 115%01
NW7 216%01
NW7 337%02
NW7 4151%17
NW8 017%01
NW8 698%14
NW8 777%14
NW8 875%18
NW8 933%02
NW9 062%16
NW9 5133%121
NW9 626%02
NW9 863%15
NW9 961%15
RM1 1472%524
RM1 258%13
RM1 398%17
RM1 410%01
RM10 781%19
RM10 8113%112
RM10 973%110
RM11 143%04
RM11 341%03
RM12 443%05
RM12 531%02
RM12 654%14
RM13 778%15
RM13 885%16
RM13 964%17
RM14 113%01
RM2 541%02
RM2 647%02
RM3 036%04
RM3 7179%212
RM3 8133%112
RM3 939%03
RM5 280%15
RM5 379%16
RM6 4144%115
RM6 562%15
RM6 650%04
RM7 071%110
RM7 759%12
RM7 841%02
RM8 1101%111
RM8 236%04
RM8 358%15
RM9 463%16
RM9 542%04
RM9 665%16
SE1 019%05
SE1 145%07
SE1 217%05
SE1 324%03
SE1 466%17
SE1 5173%216
SE1 6184%214
SE1 734%010
SE1 842%06
SE1 946%011
SE10 0105%110
SE10 844%03
SE10 9134%112
SE11 467%15
SE11 5107%110
SE11 634%02
SE12 0115%18
SE12 861%14
SE12 931%02
SE13 5188%218
SE13 6150%120
SE13 7159%219
SE14 5147%116
SE14 6183%216
SE15 1116%18
SE15 2124%111
SE15 3198%219
SE15 4134%18
SE15 5263%323
SE15 6164%215
SE16 245%04
SE16 368%16
SE16 4121%16
SE16 589%13
SE16 677%12
SE16 741%02
SE17 1190%211
SE17 2272%329
SE17 3181%216
SE18 180%19
SE18 257%14
SE18 3102%19
SE18 4111%112
SE18 5168%214
SE18 6199%226
SE18 7170%217
SE19 1115%17
SE19 2170%29
SE19 388%17
SE2 070%16
SE2 972%18
SE20 759%15
SE20 8145%112
SE21 837%03
SE22 048%03
SE22 884%17
SE23 1143%110
SE23 247%04
SE23 313%01
SE24 079%15
SE24 998%16
SE25 478%17
SE25 594%17
SE25 673%17
SE26 4100%17
SE26 5124%19
SE26 613%01
SE27 0138%112
SE27 9152%111
SE28 090%19
SE28 850%07
SE3 0126%17
SE3 771%14
SE3 859%14
SE3 934%02
SE4 176%18
SE4 2105%19
SE5 0104%18
SE5 7123%111
SE5 853%17
SE5 943%07
SE6 1103%112
SE6 2163%220
SE6 3196%218
SE6 4321%331
SE7 762%17
SE7 874%16
SE8 3178%213
SE8 4254%217
SE8 5160%212
SE9 147%04
SE9 2112%110
SE9 354%15
SE9 469%16
SE9 5110%17
SE9 6138%110
SM1 1153%112
SM1 229%03
SM1 364%17
SM1 454%15
SM2 551%06
SM2 628%02
SM3 858%14
SM3 939%04
SM4 421%02
SM4 554%15
SM4 676%17
SM5 1105%110
SM5 272%16
SM5 396%16
SM6 070%14
SM6 759%13
SM6 836%03
SM6 922%02
SW10 049%06
SW10 925%02
SW11 1135%110
SW11 2130%111
SW11 310%01
SW11 487%16
SW11 567%17
SW11 629%02
SW12 063%13
SW12 893%18
SW12 963%14
SW13 020%01
SW14 718%01
SW14 813%01
SW15 149%04
SW15 211%01
SW15 367%15
SW15 483%17
SW15 557%15
SW15 616%01
SW16 178%16
SW16 262%17
SW16 331%02
SW16 482%18
SW16 587%110
SW16 639%04
SW17 0115%122
SW17 6123%11
SW17 757%16
SW17 836%04
SW17 9105%112
SW18 1107%111
SW18 241%03
SW18 344%04
SW18 471%18
SW18 544%04
SW19 141%04
SW19 249%05
SW19 318%02
SW19 412%01
SW19 5102%15
SW19 614%01
SW19 733%02
SW19 858%17
SW1A 01076%105
SW1A 130%02
SW1A 237%05
SW1E 571%15
SW1E 661%15
SW1P 150%06
SW1P 255%110
SW1P 340%07
SW1P 417%02
SW1V 1176%213
SW1V 2123%16
SW1V 3117%17
SW1V 427%01
SW1W 020%02
SW1W 8125%17
SW1W 920%02
SW1X 724%02
SW1X 847%02
SW1Y 414%01
SW1Y 525%02
SW1Y 617%01
SW2 1292%317
SW2 270%15
SW2 3138%112
SW2 4125%18
SW2 573%16
SW20 014%01
SW20 814%01
SW20 937%02
SW3 134%03
SW3 334%02
SW3 454%13
SW3 520%01
SW3 630%02
SW4 679%15
SW4 7114%16
SW4 886%14
SW4 963%14
SW5 016%01
SW5 959%14
SW6 1128%110
SW6 255%16
SW6 324%02
SW6 428%02
SW6 553%13
SW6 766%15
SW7 140%02
SW7 259%16
SW7 323%01
SW7 418%01
SW7 513%01
SW8 1112%111
SW8 290%18
SW8 372%14
SW8 4141%111
SW8 563%13
SW9 061%14
SW9 667%14
SW9 7253%220
SW9 8319%318
SW9 9147%112
TN16 244%01
TN16 366%16
TW1 148%03
TW1 223%01
TW1 332%02
TW10 5119%13
TW10 653%14
TW10 771%14
TW11 029%02
TW11 812%01
TW11 915%01
TW12 148%03
TW12 240%03
TW12 320%01
TW13 435%04
TW13 5153%111
TW13 6199%214
TW13 765%14
TW14 030%03
TW14 892%110
TW14 959%15
TW2 514%01
TW2 642%03
TW2 712%01
TW3 1261%328
TW3 275%15
TW3 382%18
TW3 413%01
TW4 572%16
TW4 664%15
TW4 799%18
TW5 073%17
TW5 926%04
TW6 258%12
TW6 3203%24
TW7 431%02
TW7 58%01
TW7 666%17
TW8 069%16
TW8 884%15
TW8 919%02
TW9 138%03
TW9 249%03
TW9 434%02
UB1 1113%111
UB1 252%17
UB1 384%19
UB10 060%15
UB10 845%04
UB10 924%02
UB11 1731%71
UB2 4127%119
UB2 581%113
UB3 139%06
UB3 256%16
UB3 3100%19
UB3 4122%111
UB3 513%01
UB4 062%16
UB4 847%05
UB4 990%18
UB5 482%19
UB5 562%16
UB5 696%113
UB6 059%16
UB6 762%15
UB6 857%19
UB6 9121%114
UB7 08%03
UB7 777%16
UB7 880%17
UB7 9111%18
UB8 180%111
UB8 231%06
UB8 322%04
UB9 626%02
W10 4252%220
W10 5200%227
W10 697%110
W11 1290%324
W11 2172%211
W11 375%14
W11 453%15
W12 058%19
W12 778%120
W12 8320%331
W12 985%18
W13 0142%111
W13 818%01
W13 959%16
W14 010%01
W14 877%19
W14 979%19
W1B 157%11
W1B 224%01
W1B 4108%11
W1C 1554%53
W1D 2764%71
W1D 343%02
W1D 4147%14
W1D 5121%14
W1D 665%13
W1D 787%13
W1F 035%02
W1F 723%02
W1F 854%14
W1F 929%02
W1G 630%01
W1G 743%01
W1H 160%12
W1H 566%12
W1H 740%02
W1J 519%01
W1J 771%15
W1K 1178%23
W1K 316%01
W1K 584%13
W1K 678%12
W1K 7304%38
W1S 137%04
W1S 451%03
W1T 19%01
W1T 528%02
W1T 734%01
W1U 495%12
W1U 634%01
W1W 530%01
W1W 614%01
W1W 716%01
W2 170%114
W2 2100%17
W2 392%16
W2 4243%218
W2 570%16
W2 614%02
W3 064%15
W3 679%110
W3 756%17
W3 852%16
W3 996%16
W4 126%02
W4 231%03
W4 353%14
W4 452%13
W4 557%17
W5 137%03
W5 272%18
W5 322%02
W5 433%03
W5 576%16
W6 059%19
W6 735%04
W6 841%05
W6 949%07
W7 179%16
W7 216%01
W7 349%04
W8 449%03
W8 519%02
W8 660%14
W8 747%03
W9 112%01
W9 260%15
W9 396%110
WC1A 231%01
WC1B 311%01
WC1B 462%11
WC1B 555%11
WC1H 016%01
WC1H 876%13
WC1H 955%15
WC1N 118%01
WC1N 39%01
WC1R 524%01
WC1X 048%02
WC1X 837%02
WC1X 984%14
WC2B 447%02
WC2B 520%03
WC2E 931%02
WC2H 0378%48
WC2H 7216%28
WC2H 8128%16
WC2H 954%15
WC2N 436%02
WC2N 517%02
WC2N 6128%17
WC2R 090%12
WC2R 2153%11

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : London region has the 1. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

London possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 5.7k, and this number has increased by 20.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025. 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 January 2025 - December 2025 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.

+20.1% annual change, crime is increasing

5.7k 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 December 2025.

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 2021 till 2025.

London possession of weapons crime seasonality

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