ANALYSIS: Largest Increase or Decrease Crime Reports
Find out which neighbourhoods, police forces, constituencies, and postcode districts have had the largest increase (or decrease) in crime, or use analysis 2 to find out which had the largest or smallest total/average.
Police Forces with the largest increase in All Crime + ASB (Between Dec 2010 and Jul 2024)
| Rank | Police Forces | Total Dec 2010 | Total Jul 2024 | Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of London Police | 590 | 888 | 298 | 50.51% |
| 2 | West Midlands Police | 22,585 | 31,552 | 8,967 | 39.70% |
| 3 | West Yorkshire Police | 21,292 | 27,824 | 6,532 | 30.68% |
| 4 | Northumbria Police | 12,455 | 16,264 | 3,809 | 30.58% |
| 5 | Staffordshire Police | 7,060 | 9,097 | 2,037 | 28.85% |
| 6 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 13,368 | 17,103 | 3,735 | 27.94% |
| 7 | Kent Police | 12,580 | 15,893 | 3,313 | 26.34% |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 5,926 | 7,436 | 1,510 | 25.48% |
| 9 | Cleveland Police | 6,346 | 7,891 | 1,545 | 24.35% |
| 10 | Lincolnshire Police | 4,998 | 6,199 | 1,201 | 24.03% |
| 11 | Leicestershire Police | 7,339 | 9,095 | 1,756 | 23.93% |
| 12 | Essex Police | 11,740 | 14,333 | 2,593 | 22.09% |
| 13 | Sussex Police | 12,111 | 14,602 | 2,491 | 20.57% |
| 14 | Lancashire Constabulary | 14,113 | 16,891 | 2,778 | 19.68% |
| 15 | Merseyside Police | 11,315 | 13,460 | 2,145 | 18.96% |
| 16 | Humberside Police | 7,601 | 8,951 | 1,350 | 17.76% |
| 17 | Devon & Cornwall Police | 11,009 | 12,803 | 1,794 | 16.30% |
| 18 | Dyfed-Powys Police | 3,350 | 3,875 | 525 | 15.67% |
| 19 | Warwickshire Police | 3,958 | 4,475 | 517 | 13.06% |
| 20 | Northamptonshire Police | 6,023 | 6,777 | 754 | 12.52% |
| 21 | Derbyshire Constabulary | 8,331 | 9,339 | 1,008 | 12.10% |
| 22 | Durham Constabulary | 5,770 | 6,454 | 684 | 11.85% |
| 23 | Nottinghamshire Police | 10,148 | 11,336 | 1,188 | 11.71% |
| 24 | South Yorkshire Police | 14,370 | 15,617 | 1,247 | 8.68% |
| 25 | Gloucestershire Constabulary | 4,602 | 4,976 | 374 | 8.13% |
| 26 | North Wales Police | 5,424 | 5,765 | 341 | 6.29% |
| 27 | Wiltshire Police | 4,340 | 4,540 | 200 | 4.61% |
| 28 | North Yorkshire Police | 5,351 | 5,492 | 141 | 2.64% |
| 29 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 8,843 | 9,069 | 226 | 2.56% |
| 30 | Cheshire Constabulary | 7,358 | 7,338 | -20 | -0.27% |
| 31 | Bedfordshire Police | 5,393 | 5,361 | -32 | -0.59% |
| 32 | Hampshire Constabulary | 16,092 | 15,727 | -365 | -2.27% |
| 33 | Norfolk Constabulary | 6,078 | 5,904 | -174 | -2.86% |
| 34 | Gwent Police | 6,927 | 6,669 | -258 | -3.72% |
| 35 | Thames Valley Police | 19,572 | 18,010 | -1,562 | -7.98% |
| 36 | Dorset Police | 6,249 | 5,632 | -617 | -9.87% |
| 37 | Cumbria Constabulary | 4,083 | 3,655 | -428 | -10.48% |
| 38 | West Mercia Police | 9,649 | 8,038 | -1,611 | -16.70% |
| 39 | South Wales Police | 13,923 | 11,413 | -2,510 | -18.03% |
| 40 | Surrey Police | 9,264 | 7,251 | -2,013 | -21.73% |
| 41 | Suffolk Constabulary | 5,634 | 4,136 | -1,498 | -26.59% |
| 42 | Greater Manchester Police | 26,127 | 0 | -26,127 | -100.00% |
| 43 | Metropolitan Police Service | 92,443 | 0 | -92,443 | -100.00% |
The Economic Policy Centre www.economicpolicycentre.com has made every effort in order to ensure that the data for UkCrimeStats is accurate and up to date. However, we are aware of certain deficiencies in this data which are beyond our control. That's because as a 3rd party developer, we do not collect the data, the Police do who then hand it over to another data company to release to 3rd party developers such as ourselves. We only download and analyse it so that you can use it. For full detail of these deficiencies, please read here.