Crime this month: August 2026 The latest month published on data.police.uk by 42 forces (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Counted by category only. Locations, IDs and street names are discarded.
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427,334
street-level crimes, August 2026
plus 95,243 anti-social behaviour incidents
By crime type Crime this month: Share (top 12 of 13) Crime this month: Share (top 12 of 13) Ranking chart drawn from the table below, which holds the exact figures. Violence and sexual of Violence and sexual offences: 41.7% 41.7% Shoplifting Shoplifting: 11.4% 11.4% Public order Public order: 8.5% 8.5% Other theft Other theft: 8.1% 8.1% Criminal damage and ar Criminal damage and arson: 8.1% 8.1% Vehicle crime Vehicle crime: 6.0% 6.0% Burglary Burglary: 4.2% 4.2% Drugs Drugs: 3.9% 3.9% Other crime Other crime: 2.4% 2.4% Theft from the person Theft from the person: 1.7% 1.7% Robbery Robbery: 1.7% 1.7% Possession of weapons Possession of weapons: 1.2% 1.2% Tap the chart for a share image ↗ · figures in the table below
Crime type August 2026 Share Violence and sexual offences 178,131 41.7% Shoplifting 48,764 11.4% Public order 36,360 8.5% Criminal damage and arson 34,683 8.1% Other theft 34,549 8.1% Vehicle crime 25,521 6.0% Burglary 18,036 4.2% Drugs 16,791 3.9% Other crime 10,104 2.4% Theft from the person 7,243 1.7% Robbery 7,191 1.7% Possession of weapons 5,291 1.2% Bicycle theft 4,670 1.1%
Anti-social behaviour (95,243 incidents) is not a recorded crime and is left out of this table.
Outcomes updated this month Crime this month: Count Crime this month: Count Ranking chart drawn from the table below, which holds the exact figures. Unable to prosecute su Unable to prosecute suspect: 177,843 177,843 Investigation complete Investigation complete; no suspect identified: 162,990 162,990 Suspect charged Suspect charged: 48,468 48,468 Local resolution Local resolution: 14,517 14,517 Action to be taken by Action to be taken by another organisation: 4,488 4,488 Offender given a cauti Offender given a caution: 3,514 3,514 Further investigation Further investigation is not in the public interest: 2,791 2,791 Further action is not Further action is not in the public interest: 2,063 2,063 Formal action is not i Formal action is not in the public interest: 1,557 1,557 Suspect charged as par Suspect charged as part of another case: 328 328 Offender given penalty Offender given penalty notice: 313 313 Offender given a drugs Offender given a drugs possession warning: 9 9 Tap the chart for a share image ↗ · figures in the table below
Outcome Count Unable to prosecute suspect 177,843 Investigation complete; no suspect identified 162,990 Suspect charged 48,468 Local resolution 14,517 Action to be taken by another organisation 4,488 Offender given a caution 3,514 Further investigation is not in the public interest 2,791 Further action is not in the public interest 2,063 Formal action is not in the public interest 1,557 Suspect charged as part of another case 328 Offender given penalty notice 313 Offender given a drugs possession warning 9
By force Crime this month: Anti-social behaviour (top 12 of 42) Crime this month: Anti-social behaviour (top 12 of 42) Ranking chart drawn from the table below, which holds the exact figures. Metropolitan Police Se Metropolitan Police Service: 21,499 21,499 Kent Police Kent Police: 4,312 4,312 Police Service of Nort Police Service of Northern Ireland: 4,068 4,068 Sussex Police Sussex Police: 4,050 4,050 West Yorkshire Police West Yorkshire Police: 3,211 3,211 Northumbria Police Northumbria Police: 2,813 2,813 Essex Police Essex Police: 2,776 2,776 Lancashire Constabular Lancashire Constabulary: 2,727 2,727 South Yorkshire Police South Yorkshire Police: 2,712 2,712 Avon and Somerset Cons Avon and Somerset Constabulary: 2,559 2,559 Hertfordshire Constabu Hertfordshire Constabulary: 2,518 2,518 Hampshire Constabulary Hampshire Constabulary: 2,485 2,485 Tap the chart for a share image ↗ · figures in the table below
Force Crimes Anti-social behaviour Metropolitan Police Service 73,016 21,499 West Midlands Police 27,617 1,127 West Yorkshire Police 21,207 3,211 Thames Valley Police 15,180 2,371 Kent Police 12,445 4,312 Sussex Police 12,625 4,050 Essex Police 13,291 2,776 Avon and Somerset Constabulary 13,259 2,559 South Yorkshire Police 13,072 2,712 Hampshire Constabulary 13,201 2,485 Lancashire Constabulary 11,852 2,727 Northumbria Police 11,317 2,813 Devon & Cornwall Police 11,755 1,598 Merseyside Police 11,617 1,552 South Wales Police 10,670 2,069 Police Service of Northern Ireland 8,106 4,068 Nottinghamshire Police 9,205 1,761 Hertfordshire Constabulary 7,723 2,518 Staffordshire Police 7,602 1,960 Leicestershire Police 8,047 1,453 West Mercia Police 7,883 1,591 Derbyshire Constabulary 7,850 1,398 Humberside Police 8,092 669 Cleveland Police 7,425 1,167 Cambridgeshire Constabulary 6,523 1,633 Surrey Police 6,402 1,499 Durham Constabulary 5,947 1,418 Cheshire Constabulary 6,476 881 Gwent Police 5,582 1,549 Northamptonshire Police 5,005 1,956 Lincolnshire Police 5,333 1,539 North Wales Police 5,444 1,327 Norfolk Constabulary 5,303 999 Bedfordshire Police 4,633 1,240 Dorset Police 4,068 1,790 North Yorkshire Police 4,221 1,636 Warwickshire Police 3,398 1,302 Wiltshire Police 3,542 1,030 Suffolk Constabulary 3,771 368 Dyfed-Powys Police 3,471 412 Cumbria Constabulary 3,373 210 City of London Police 785 8
Not included: Greater Manchester Police and Gloucestershire Constabulary do not currently supply data to data.police.uk, and Police Scotland does not publish on it. data.police.uk counts can differ from the official Home Office recorded crime statistics on the
police forces pages.
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