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 Apr 2022)
| Rank | Police Forces | Total Dec 2010 | Total Apr 2022 | Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merseyside Police | 11,315 | 15,571 | 4,256 | 37.61% |
| 2 | Kent Police | 12,580 | 17,144 | 4,564 | 36.28% |
| 3 | West Yorkshire Police | 21,292 | 28,505 | 7,213 | 33.88% |
| 4 | Cleveland Police | 6,346 | 8,433 | 2,087 | 32.89% |
| 5 | Essex Police | 11,740 | 15,530 | 3,790 | 32.28% |
| 6 | Lancashire Constabulary | 14,113 | 17,696 | 3,583 | 25.39% |
| 7 | Northumbria Police | 12,455 | 15,614 | 3,159 | 25.36% |
| 8 | Leicestershire Police | 7,339 | 9,150 | 1,811 | 24.68% |
| 9 | Lincolnshire Police | 4,998 | 6,075 | 1,077 | 21.55% |
| 10 | Dyfed-Powys Police | 3,350 | 4,070 | 720 | 21.49% |
| 11 | North Wales Police | 5,424 | 6,542 | 1,118 | 20.61% |
| 12 | Gloucestershire Constabulary | 4,602 | 5,485 | 883 | 19.19% |
| 13 | Humberside Police | 7,601 | 8,964 | 1,363 | 17.93% |
| 14 | Durham Constabulary | 5,770 | 6,748 | 978 | 16.95% |
| 15 | Warwickshire Police | 3,958 | 4,553 | 595 | 15.03% |
| 16 | Nottinghamshire Police | 10,148 | 11,645 | 1,497 | 14.75% |
| 17 | Derbyshire Constabulary | 8,331 | 9,409 | 1,078 | 12.94% |
| 18 | City of London Police | 590 | 654 | 64 | 10.85% |
| 19 | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 5,926 | 6,536 | 610 | 10.29% |
| 20 | Norfolk Constabulary | 6,078 | 6,608 | 530 | 8.72% |
| 21 | South Yorkshire Police | 14,370 | 15,582 | 1,212 | 8.43% |
| 22 | West Mercia Police | 9,649 | 10,390 | 741 | 7.68% |
| 23 | Wiltshire Police | 4,340 | 4,613 | 273 | 6.29% |
| 24 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 13,368 | 13,945 | 577 | 4.32% |
| 25 | Northamptonshire Police | 6,023 | 6,276 | 253 | 4.20% |
| 26 | Cheshire Constabulary | 7,358 | 7,417 | 59 | 0.80% |
| 27 | Hampshire Constabulary | 16,092 | 16,064 | -28 | -0.17% |
| 28 | North Yorkshire Police | 5,351 | 5,181 | -170 | -3.18% |
| 29 | Sussex Police | 12,111 | 11,682 | -429 | -3.54% |
| 30 | Bedfordshire Police | 5,393 | 5,080 | -313 | -5.80% |
| 31 | Devon & Cornwall Police | 11,009 | 10,233 | -776 | -7.05% |
| 32 | Metropolitan Police Service | 92,443 | 85,916 | -6,527 | -7.06% |
| 33 | Cumbria Constabulary | 4,083 | 3,755 | -328 | -8.03% |
| 34 | Dorset Police | 6,249 | 5,738 | -511 | -8.18% |
| 35 | Suffolk Constabulary | 5,634 | 5,140 | -494 | -8.77% |
| 36 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 8,843 | 8,036 | -807 | -9.13% |
| 37 | Thames Valley Police | 19,572 | 17,304 | -2,268 | -11.59% |
| 38 | Surrey Police | 9,264 | 7,231 | -2,033 | -21.95% |
| 39 | Gwent Police | 6,927 | 5,340 | -1,587 | -22.91% |
| 40 | South Wales Police | 13,923 | 10,262 | -3,661 | -26.29% |
| 41 | Greater Manchester Police | 26,127 | 0 | -26,127 | -100.00% |
| 42 | West Midlands Police | 22,585 | 0 | -22,585 | -100.00% |
| 43 | Staffordshire Police | 7,060 | 0 | -7,060 | -100.00% |
| 44 | Police Service of Northern Ireland | 0 | 12,992 | 12,992 | 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.