EnergyANALYSIS: 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 Sep 2022)
| Rank | Police Forces | Total Dec 2010 | Total Sep 2022 | Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staffordshire Police | 7,060 | 10,168 | 3,108 | 44.02% |
| 2 | West Midlands Police | 22,585 | 31,697 | 9,112 | 40.35% |
| 3 | Cleveland Police | 6,346 | 8,623 | 2,277 | 35.88% |
| 4 | Merseyside Police | 11,315 | 15,260 | 3,945 | 34.87% |
| 5 | West Yorkshire Police | 21,292 | 28,446 | 7,154 | 33.60% |
| 6 | Kent Police | 12,580 | 16,574 | 3,994 | 31.75% |
| 7 | Essex Police | 11,740 | 15,402 | 3,662 | 31.19% |
| 8 | Dyfed-Powys Police | 3,350 | 4,338 | 988 | 29.49% |
| 9 | Gloucestershire Constabulary | 4,602 | 5,778 | 1,176 | 25.55% |
| 10 | Leicestershire Police | 7,339 | 9,144 | 1,805 | 24.59% |
| 11 | Northumbria Police | 12,455 | 15,215 | 2,760 | 22.16% |
| 12 | City of London Police | 590 | 699 | 109 | 18.47% |
| 13 | North Wales Police | 5,424 | 6,377 | 953 | 17.57% |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 5,926 | 6,719 | 793 | 13.38% |
| 15 | Lancashire Constabulary | 14,113 | 15,538 | 1,425 | 10.10% |
| 16 | Wiltshire Police | 4,340 | 4,716 | 376 | 8.66% |
| 17 | Warwickshire Police | 3,958 | 4,298 | 340 | 8.59% |
| 18 | Durham Constabulary | 5,770 | 6,243 | 473 | 8.20% |
| 19 | Northamptonshire Police | 6,023 | 6,487 | 464 | 7.70% |
| 20 | West Mercia Police | 9,649 | 10,381 | 732 | 7.59% |
| 21 | Norfolk Constabulary | 6,078 | 6,519 | 441 | 7.26% |
| 22 | South Yorkshire Police | 14,370 | 15,239 | 869 | 6.05% |
| 23 | Derbyshire Constabulary | 8,331 | 8,781 | 450 | 5.40% |
| 24 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 13,368 | 13,792 | 424 | 3.17% |
| 25 | Sussex Police | 12,111 | 12,389 | 278 | 2.30% |
| 26 | Hampshire Constabulary | 16,092 | 16,266 | 174 | 1.08% |
| 27 | Cheshire Constabulary | 7,358 | 7,437 | 79 | 1.07% |
| 28 | North Yorkshire Police | 5,351 | 5,381 | 30 | 0.56% |
| 29 | Devon & Cornwall Police | 11,009 | 10,707 | -302 | -2.74% |
| 30 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 8,843 | 8,437 | -406 | -4.59% |
| 31 | Metropolitan Police Service | 92,443 | 85,828 | -6,615 | -7.16% |
| 32 | Bedfordshire Police | 5,393 | 4,899 | -494 | -9.16% |
| 33 | Thames Valley Police | 19,572 | 17,261 | -2,311 | -11.81% |
| 34 | Cumbria Constabulary | 4,083 | 3,530 | -553 | -13.54% |
| 35 | Suffolk Constabulary | 5,634 | 4,681 | -953 | -16.92% |
| 36 | Dorset Police | 6,249 | 5,037 | -1,212 | -19.40% |
| 37 | South Wales Police | 13,923 | 10,840 | -3,083 | -22.14% |
| 38 | Gwent Police | 6,927 | 5,200 | -1,727 | -24.93% |
| 39 | Surrey Police | 9,264 | 6,863 | -2,401 | -25.92% |
| 40 | Greater Manchester Police | 26,127 | 0 | -26,127 | -100.00% |
| 41 | Lincolnshire Police | 4,998 | 0 | -4,998 | -100.00% |
| 42 | Nottinghamshire Police | 10,148 | 0 | -10,148 | -100.00% |
| 43 | Humberside Police | 7,601 | 0 | -7,601 | -100.00% |
| 44 | Police Service of Northern Ireland | 0 | 13,155 | 13,155 | 0 (N/A) |
0(N/A) Data may not have been reported by this Police force
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.