London possession of weapons crime statistics

As of October 2026, the annual crime rate in London stands at 0.8 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 80% 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 7.0k representing an increase 30.5% 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
80%percentage of national crime rate100%
0.6% share of all crimes1.0%
7.0kcrimes reported56.6k
30.5%annual change6.1%

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 189%19
BR1 257%16
BR1 343%05
BR1 4112%112
BR1 5120%115
BR2 0108%110
BR2 679%12
BR2 714%01
BR2 833%03
BR2 971%19
BR3 151%14
BR3 351%16
BR3 418%02
BR4 051%14
BR4 926%02
BR5 155%15
BR5 2132%115
BR5 356%16
BR5 4126%111
BR6 048%05
BR6 760%15
BR6 866%15
BR6 99%01
BR7 535%02
BR7 681%17
CR0 0119%118
CR0 1304%358
CR0 2203%243
CR0 395%116
CR0 490%121
CR0 579%18
CR0 6118%119
CR0 752%16
CR0 832%03
CR0 9102%18
CR2 053%14
CR2 6100%110
CR2 736%02
CR2 8114%110
CR2 954%13
CR4 1153%218
CR4 2147%114
CR4 386%112
CR4 454%16
CR5 170%15
CR5 268%16
CR7 672%15
CR7 778%112
CR7 8220%231
CR8 158%12
CR8 288%17
CR8 491%14
CR8 516%01
DA1 418%02
DA14 412%01
DA14 555%14
DA14 646%04
DA15 738%02
DA15 838%04
DA15 916%01
DA16 123%02
DA16 210%01
DA16 363%15
DA17 527%02
DA17 690%17
DA18 4103%16
DA5 170%14
DA5 224%01
DA5 334%02
DA6 7119%19
DA6 853%13
DA7 471%17
DA7 513%01
DA7 650%14
DA8 185%110
DA8 290%19
DA8 3175%215
E1 0138%113
E1 1192%217
E1 2204%219
E1 3103%16
E1 4113%120
E1 5106%111
E1 637%08
E1 741%09
E1 820%04
E10 5150%220
E10 674%112
E10 770%19
E11 182%18
E11 233%03
E11 371%18
E11 4143%117
E12 582%111
E12 644%09
E13 064%19
E13 893%113
E13 9200%229
E14 0160%217
E14 2117%12
E14 365%18
E14 411%02
E14 56%04
E14 6143%114
E14 7182%221
E14 833%06
E14 963%117
E15 1217%232
E15 2301%334
E15 378%19
E15 4142%119
E16 1306%331
E16 288%110
E16 3148%117
E16 450%16
E17 392%111
E17 472%111
E17 579%111
E17 677%111
E17 7225%222
E17 858%17
E17 996%110
E18 150%13
E18 236%03
E1W 256%13
E1W 398%14
E2 0126%112
E2 6145%110
E2 789%17
E2 8207%216
E2 9189%217
E3 2177%220
E3 392%110
E3 4183%222
E3 561%16
E4 640%05
E4 754%16
E4 899%112
E4 936%05
E5 074%19
E5 8155%218
E5 9100%113
E6 1148%122
E6 290%114
E6 398%116
E6 525%03
E6 6141%121
E7 075%18
E7 858%111
E7 961%19
E8 172%17
E8 2271%323
E8 3222%220
E8 4132%111
E9 5118%114
E9 6165%221
E9 750%15
EC1A 248%02
EC1A 430%01
EC1A 79%01
EC1A 956%12
EC1M 398%11
EC1M 634%02
EC1N 715%01
EC1N 824%02
EC1R 140%01
EC1R 450%12
EC1R 5165%24
EC1V 021%01
EC1V 1270%33
EC1V 267%12
EC1V 357%12
EC1V 725%01
EC1V 882%12
EC1V 999%17
EC1Y 88%01
EC2A 333%03
EC2A 439%06
EC2M 3167%24
EC2M 430%04
EC2M 710%01
EC2V 634%02
EC2Y 925%01
EC3A 515%01
EC3N 210%01
EC3N 417%01
EC3R 746%02
EC3V 321%01
EC4A 19%01
EC4M 738%02
EC4M 934%01
EC4N 5197%22
EC4V 310%01
EN1 183%111
EN1 270%14
EN1 371%19
EN1 4119%113
EN2 055%14
EN2 683%15
EN2 717%01
EN2 845%04
EN2 989%12
EN3 4124%114
EN3 5134%118
EN3 6126%120
EN3 763%19
EN4 080%14
EN4 864%16
EN4 916%01
EN5 116%01
EN5 240%05
EN5 370%12
EN5 527%02
HA0 170%18
HA0 2144%115
HA0 3123%110
HA0 480%19
HA1 1126%112
HA1 272%17
HA1 344%07
HA1 438%04
HA2 053%15
HA2 673%14
HA2 728%02
HA2 8104%110
HA2 919%02
HA3 053%15
HA3 582%17
HA3 612%01
HA3 753%15
HA3 847%05
HA3 979%19
HA4 060%15
HA4 611%01
HA4 712%01
HA4 877%15
HA4 955%14
HA5 143%03
HA5 247%03
HA5 311%01
HA6 112%01
HA6 242%04
HA7 129%02
HA7 227%02
HA7 315%01
HA7 444%04
HA8 0126%113
HA8 550%15
HA8 670%16
HA8 779%15
HA8 863%17
HA8 9100%19
HA9 0174%212
HA9 685%19
HA9 7150%212
HA9 8106%113
HA9 9186%219
IG1 184%114
IG1 278%114
IG1 339%05
IG1 471%19
IG11 080%112
IG11 7107%116
IG11 8158%219
IG11 987%113
IG2 671%18
IG2 779%19
IG3 865%111
IG3 964%19
IG4 572%16
IG5 055%17
IG6 189%17
IG6 259%16
IG6 3120%18
IG7 478%15
IG8 040%03
IG8 715%01
IG8 859%14
IG8 959%14
IG9 627%01
KT1 1148%115
KT1 260%17
KT1 370%17
KT1 433%01
KT2 565%17
KT2 624%02
KT2 756%16
KT3 348%05
KT3 440%03
KT3 553%14
KT3 644%04
KT4 856%17
KT5 814%01
KT5 942%03
KT6 438%02
KT6 674%14
KT6 784%19
KT9 149%04
KT9 240%04
N1 059%17
N1 1103%18
N1 2114%112
N1 3104%16
N1 448%03
N1 5198%215
N1 6142%115
N1 744%05
N1 844%04
N1 991%116
N10 189%16
N10 244%03
N10 326%02
N11 175%18
N11 275%16
N11 3132%19
N12 0134%110
N12 771%13
N12 856%14
N12 945%03
N13 453%15
N13 531%03
N13 679%14
N14 435%03
N14 513%01
N14 648%03
N14 723%01
N15 398%18
N15 4169%218
N15 5313%327
N15 6136%115
N16 552%17
N16 698%113
N16 7148%112
N16 8153%214
N17 0142%118
N17 6104%117
N17 787%17
N17 8164%213
N17 9177%224
N18 1144%122
N18 2213%235
N18 3749%84
N19 3195%219
N19 4198%215
N19 5130%115
N1C 4158%22
N2 028%02
N2 8104%15
N2 916%01
N20 012%01
N20 966%13
N21 131%02
N21 218%01
N21 317%01
N22 5187%219
N22 6114%115
N22 748%04
N22 8145%111
N3 136%03
N3 221%02
N3 334%02
N4 1191%220
N4 2173%232
N4 3199%218
N4 423%01
N5 176%17
N5 258%15
N6 553%14
N6 672%12
N7 095%19
N7 6271%317
N7 7180%213
N7 892%19
N7 9158%217
N8 072%16
N8 770%15
N8 842%03
N8 996%17
N9 0181%222
N9 761%15
N9 8131%113
N9 958%18
NW1 054%17
NW1 149%06
NW1 254%110
NW1 344%05
NW1 432%02
NW1 5225%211
NW1 646%05
NW1 776%18
NW1 8110%112
NW1 952%15
NW10 0188%221
NW10 1191%215
NW10 2143%112
NW10 382%16
NW10 4296%326
NW10 574%17
NW10 627%02
NW10 746%09
NW10 8145%117
NW10 9191%217
NW11 058%13
NW11 659%13
NW11 753%13
NW11 854%13
NW11 939%03
NW2 1115%110
NW2 234%02
NW2 3316%320
NW2 456%13
NW2 5101%17
NW2 694%110
NW2 755%16
NW3 225%04
NW3 384%16
NW3 417%01
NW3 530%02
NW3 6100%17
NW3 780%14
NW4 186%15
NW4 240%03
NW4 363%17
NW4 461%15
NW5 159%16
NW5 290%18
NW5 375%14
NW5 4151%211
NW6 153%14
NW6 2169%28
NW6 321%01
NW6 4160%210
NW6 5159%215
NW6 6163%212
NW6 7111%110
NW7 130%02
NW7 215%01
NW7 335%02
NW8 067%14
NW8 694%14
NW8 792%15
NW8 8144%116
NW8 916%01
NW9 070%17
NW9 5177%229
NW9 674%16
NW9 897%18
NW9 958%15
RM1 1377%420
RM1 275%14
RM1 367%15
RM1 429%03
RM10 7129%115
RM10 899%111
RM10 9106%115
RM11 1134%113
RM11 278%16
RM11 339%03
RM12 466%18
RM12 560%14
RM12 639%03
RM13 760%14
RM13 8149%211
RM13 9122%114
RM14 125%02
RM14 264%15
RM14 350%13
RM2 520%01
RM2 646%02
RM3 043%05
RM3 7172%212
RM3 8181%217
RM3 9138%111
RM5 261%14
RM5 376%16
RM6 4120%113
RM6 548%04
RM6 660%15
RM7 0122%118
RM7 728%01
RM7 840%02
RM7 962%13
RM8 1115%113
RM8 285%110
RM8 344%04
RM9 460%16
RM9 551%15
RM9 693%19
SE1 032%09
SE1 149%08
SE1 222%07
SE1 346%06
SE1 4162%218
SE1 5197%219
SE1 6227%218
SE1 749%015
SE1 873%111
SE1 952%113
SE10 0121%112
SE10 843%03
SE10 996%19
SE11 4129%110
SE11 5134%113
SE11 680%15
SE12 083%16
SE12 8117%18
SE12 930%02
SE13 5210%221
SE13 6173%224
SE13 7152%219
SE14 5168%219
SE14 6175%216
SE15 1167%212
SE15 2205%219
SE15 3150%215
SE15 4112%17
SE15 5253%323
SE15 6168%216
SE16 297%19
SE16 3141%113
SE16 4213%211
SE16 5143%15
SE16 673%12
SE16 7117%16
SE17 1299%318
SE17 2180%220
SE17 3228%221
SE18 1153%218
SE18 2109%18
SE18 376%17
SE18 480%19
SE18 5196%217
SE18 6169%223
SE18 7115%112
SE19 1204%213
SE19 2109%16
SE19 3109%19
SE2 079%17
SE2 9156%218
SE20 7102%19
SE20 8128%111
SE21 770%13
SE21 883%17
SE22 858%15
SE22 919%01
SE23 169%15
SE23 267%16
SE23 312%01
SE24 0167%211
SE24 963%14
SE25 4107%110
SE25 5155%212
SE25 6140%114
SE26 4109%18
SE26 5159%212
SE26 6128%110
SE27 0188%217
SE27 9199%215
SE28 048%05
SE28 8163%224
SE3 086%15
SE3 751%13
SE3 871%15
SE3 9178%211
SE4 1119%113
SE4 2112%110
SE5 0112%19
SE5 7140%113
SE5 844%06
SE5 971%112
SE6 1115%114
SE6 2164%221
SE6 3251%324
SE6 4368%437
SE7 768%18
SE7 847%04
SE8 3144%111
SE8 4358%425
SE8 5128%110
SE9 178%17
SE9 297%19
SE9 372%17
SE9 4110%110
SE9 5121%18
SE9 6119%19
SM1 1135%111
SM1 219%02
SM1 318%02
SM1 483%18
SM2 525%03
SM2 641%03
SM3 828%02
SM3 956%16
SM4 410%01
SM4 572%17
SM4 652%15
SM5 1121%112
SM5 223%02
SM5 3138%19
SM6 083%15
SM6 737%02
SM6 835%03
SM6 932%03
SW10 055%17
SW10 912%01
SW11 1117%19
SW11 2170%215
SW11 376%18
SW11 456%14
SW11 5182%220
SW11 628%02
SW12 080%14
SW12 845%04
SW12 976%15
SW13 019%01
SW13 892%11
SW13 915%01
SW14 717%01
SW15 112%01
SW15 211%01
SW15 377%16
SW15 4125%111
SW15 588%18
SW15 662%14
SW16 1112%19
SW16 2102%112
SW16 359%14
SW16 489%19
SW16 5167%220
SW16 684%19
SW17 055%111
SW17 6118%11
SW17 745%05
SW17 860%17
SW17 967%18
SW18 1121%113
SW18 253%14
SW18 342%04
SW18 4128%115
SW18 531%03
SW19 120%02
SW19 265%17
SW19 326%03
SW19 539%02
SW19 678%16
SW19 747%03
SW19 847%06
SW1A 01858%199
SW1A 172%15
SW1A 228%04
SW1E 5219%216
SW1E 694%18
SW1H 921%03
SW1P 124%03
SW1P 247%09
SW1P 327%05
SW1P 448%06
SW1V 152%14
SW1V 279%14
SW1V 380%15
SW1V 426%01
SW1W 09%01
SW1W 834%02
SW1W 910%01
SW1X 040%01
SW1X 747%04
SW1X 867%13
SW1X 918%01
SW1Y 548%04
SW1Y 664%14
SW2 1281%317
SW2 2121%19
SW2 3121%111
SW2 4194%213
SW2 582%17
SW20 014%01
SW20 839%03
SW20 935%02
SW3 133%03
SW3 316%01
SW3 417%01
SW3 519%01
SW3 629%02
SW4 6197%213
SW4 7200%211
SW4 841%02
SW4 9137%19
SW5 031%02
SW5 9113%18
SW6 1197%216
SW6 261%17
SW6 346%04
SW6 440%03
SW6 551%13
SW6 612%01
SW6 7102%18
SW7 119%01
SW7 228%03
SW7 322%01
SW8 1118%112
SW8 2118%111
SW8 3121%17
SW8 4184%215
SW8 561%13
SW9 0132%19
SW9 6112%17
SW9 7291%324
SW9 8595%635
SW9 9165%214
TN16 2127%13
TN16 342%04
TW1 115%01
TW1 315%01
TW1 413%01
TW10 576%12
TW10 638%03
TW10 734%02
TW11 812%01
TW11 929%02
TW12 146%03
TW12 225%02
TW13 492%111
TW13 5147%111
TW13 6164%212
TW13 7217%214
TW14 048%05
TW14 871%18
TW14 9181%216
TW2 527%02
TW2 627%02
TW2 745%04
TW3 1232%226
TW3 368%17
TW3 437%03
TW4 5150%213
TW4 661%15
TW4 7154%213
TW5 0111%111
TW5 949%08
TW6 2112%14
TW6 3292%36
TW7 430%02
TW7 530%04
TW7 645%05
TW7 770%15
TW8 088%18
TW8 8129%18
TW8 927%03
TW9 125%02
TW9 278%15
TW9 323%01
TW9 466%14
UB1 1285%329
UB1 285%112
UB1 372%18
UB10 057%15
UB10 923%02
UB11 1701%71
UB2 483%113
UB2 560%110
UB3 188%114
UB3 281%19
UB3 3107%110
UB3 474%17
UB4 040%04
UB4 836%04
UB4 997%19
UB5 452%16
UB5 5140%114
UB5 6142%120
UB6 0103%111
UB6 724%02
UB6 879%113
UB6 975%19
UB7 012%05
UB7 7173%214
UB7 866%16
UB7 966%15
UB8 177%111
UB8 274%115
UB8 347%09
UB9 612%01
W10 4254%321
W10 5135%119
W10 6139%115
W11 1208%218
W11 2165%211
W11 390%15
W11 410%01
W12 031%05
W12 756%115
W12 8258%326
W12 951%15
W13 099%18
W13 834%02
W13 976%18
W14 049%15
W14 866%18
W14 984%110
W1B 270%13
W1B 31164%121
W1B 579%12
W1C 1532%53
W1C 2178%21
W1D 23663%375
W1D 3102%15
W1D 4141%14
W1D 5319%311
W1D 6103%15
W1D 7138%15
W1F 066%14
W1F 733%03
W1F 813%01
W1F 914%01
W1G 082%11
W1H 595%13
W1H 7175%29
W1J 714%01
W1J 824%01
W1K 1341%36
W1K 237%02
W1K 439%01
W1K 638%01
W1K 7255%37
W1S 135%04
W1S 465%14
W1T 19%01
W1T 317%01
W1T 555%14
W1T 644%01
W1U 162%13
W1U 446%01
W1W 558%12
W1W 613%01
W2 1130%127
W2 2205%215
W2 3118%18
W2 4129%110
W2 567%16
W2 627%04
W3 061%15
W3 698%113
W3 777%110
W3 891%111
W3 9200%213
W4 125%02
W4 220%02
W4 313%01
W4 4116%17
W4 531%04
W5 170%16
W5 286%110
W5 353%15
W5 431%03
W5 5134%111
W6 057%19
W6 775%19
W6 847%06
W6 947%07
W7 1101%18
W7 335%03
W8 447%03
W8 537%04
W8 657%14
W8 730%02
W9 160%15
W9 2174%215
W9 3119%113
WC1A 184%12
WC1A 260%12
WC1B 332%03
WC1E 735%02
WC1H 849%02
WC1H 921%02
WC1N 188%15
WC1N 325%03
WC1R 546%02
WC1V 740%01
WC1X 092%14
WC1X 818%01
WC1X 960%13
WC2A 313%01
WC2B 445%02
WC2B 56%01
WC2E 944%03
WC2H 0453%510
WC2H 7337%313
WC2H 8102%15
WC2H 931%03
WC2N 486%15
WC2N 524%03
WC2N 6422%424
WC2R 086%12

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 7.0k representing an increase 30.5% 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 October 2025 - September 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.

+30.5% annual change, crime is increasing

7.0k 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 September 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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