Street-level crime by type across six city centres
The same six city-centre areas in England and Wales, broken down by the type of crime police.uk records, for the latest month published.
Most common: Violence and sexual offences
2,587
Aug 2026 · 8,436 crimes in all
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTCSource: Home Office – police.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
14 rows
| Category | Crimes recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,587 |
| Shoplifting | 1,290 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 856 |
| Public order | 629 |
| Drugs | 613 |
| Other theft | 610 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 466 |
| Vehicle crime | 462 |
| Burglary | 233 |
| Robbery | 195 |
| Theft from the person | 165 |
| Bicycle theft | 134 |
| Other crime | 103 |
| Possession of weapons | 93 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Home Office – police.uk
- Check it yourself
- https://data.police.uk/docs/method/crime-street/
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 28 October 2026, 11:49 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street-datesSHA-256 cfa35e1fda15a83c777ebc8fa50f7b2ad7af93cbe042d9141cd028e297cc459e · 21,033 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=52.4797&lng=-1.9026&date=2026-08SHA-256 92c8a550d0fae443c44a6a41312c5034e1e6bc6689332f195ed79f15ebef9133 · 704,070 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.4794&lng=-2.2453&date=2026-08SHA-256 72f801826b4cbc523274cc1a5a8f1125692c88efe033b0a62ca5600f456d47a1 · 799 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.7996&lng=-1.5491&date=2026-08SHA-256 a1099274fc02362b14abe0318183bcea2ff15fda47eada3d1df6f8a1fb7768a2 · 591,641 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=51.4545&lng=-2.5973&date=2026-08SHA-256 61b057319eb9a154dc03523ea5695a76230e6fe3167e14c16d435d986feb0f79 · 721,220 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=53.4075&lng=-2.9919&date=2026-08SHA-256 e7031c2b8877cb71346312410355bb9bc06ff184483e2c23892ce2e16166a519 · 632,364 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=51.4816&lng=-3.1791&date=2026-08SHA-256 51cecd781087fded4db4ebba7e27723899afdd165d72e9cf8f13ac64383642bc · 617,066 bytes
- https://data.police.uk/api/crime-categories?date=2026-08SHA-256 d64446251df1922e2f6698c4a31f146cae39e1e378e6ef86274cbd198685555c · 729 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 14 of 14 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Home Office – police.uk; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T11:49:52Z; 8 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 8 of 8 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 14 of 14 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 14 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 14 of 14 figures match exactly after downloading 8 source file(s) again (8 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Not run | Second official route | No independent second route to these figures is published; the live re-fetch is the check. |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://data.police.uk/docs/method/crime-street/ – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- police.uk places each crime at an anonymised map point near where it happened, and the one-mile query is centred on each city's civic square (coordinates are listed in the raw file names and the method notes).