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 Mar 2022)
| Rank | Police Forces | Total Dec 2010 | Total Mar 2022 | Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essex Police | 11,740 | 17,099 | 5,359 | 45.65% |
| 2 | Merseyside Police | 11,315 | 16,476 | 5,161 | 45.61% |
| 3 | West Yorkshire Police | 21,292 | 29,413 | 8,121 | 38.14% |
| 4 | Kent Police | 12,580 | 17,310 | 4,730 | 37.60% |
| 5 | Gloucestershire Constabulary | 4,602 | 6,158 | 1,556 | 33.81% |
| 6 | Leicestershire Police | 7,339 | 9,754 | 2,415 | 32.91% |
| 7 | Northumbria Police | 12,455 | 15,833 | 3,378 | 27.12% |
| 8 | North Wales Police | 5,424 | 6,862 | 1,438 | 26.51% |
| 9 | Cleveland Police | 6,346 | 7,967 | 1,621 | 25.54% |
| 10 | Lancashire Constabulary | 14,113 | 17,405 | 3,292 | 23.33% |
| 11 | Durham Constabulary | 5,770 | 6,964 | 1,194 | 20.69% |
| 12 | Humberside Police | 7,601 | 9,019 | 1,418 | 18.66% |
| 13 | Lincolnshire Police | 4,998 | 5,882 | 884 | 17.69% |
| 14 | Dyfed-Powys Police | 3,350 | 3,933 | 583 | 17.40% |
| 15 | Metropolitan Police Service | 92,443 | 107,792 | 15,349 | 16.60% |
| 16 | City of London Police | 590 | 687 | 97 | 16.44% |
| 17 | Nottinghamshire Police | 10,148 | 11,696 | 1,548 | 15.25% |
| 18 | Derbyshire Constabulary | 8,331 | 9,598 | 1,267 | 15.21% |
| 19 | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 5,926 | 6,756 | 830 | 14.01% |
| 20 | Norfolk Constabulary | 6,078 | 6,689 | 611 | 10.05% |
| 21 | South Yorkshire Police | 14,370 | 15,751 | 1,381 | 9.61% |
| 22 | Northamptonshire Police | 6,023 | 6,518 | 495 | 8.22% |
| 23 | Wiltshire Police | 4,340 | 4,662 | 322 | 7.42% |
| 24 | West Mercia Police | 9,649 | 10,090 | 441 | 4.57% |
| 25 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 13,368 | 13,912 | 544 | 4.07% |
| 26 | Cheshire Constabulary | 7,358 | 7,622 | 264 | 3.59% |
| 27 | North Yorkshire Police | 5,351 | 5,533 | 182 | 3.40% |
| 28 | Hampshire Constabulary | 16,092 | 16,627 | 535 | 3.32% |
| 29 | Sussex Police | 12,111 | 12,015 | -96 | -0.79% |
| 30 | Cumbria Constabulary | 4,083 | 3,894 | -189 | -4.63% |
| 31 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 8,843 | 8,359 | -484 | -5.47% |
| 32 | Bedfordshire Police | 5,393 | 5,072 | -321 | -5.95% |
| 33 | Suffolk Constabulary | 5,634 | 5,099 | -535 | -9.50% |
| 34 | Thames Valley Police | 19,572 | 17,679 | -1,893 | -9.67% |
| 35 | Devon & Cornwall Police | 11,009 | 9,902 | -1,107 | -10.06% |
| 36 | Dorset Police | 6,249 | 5,503 | -746 | -11.94% |
| 37 | Warwickshire Police | 3,958 | 3,426 | -532 | -13.44% |
| 38 | Surrey Police | 9,264 | 7,618 | -1,646 | -17.77% |
| 39 | South Wales Police | 13,923 | 10,743 | -3,180 | -22.84% |
| 40 | Gwent Police | 6,927 | 5,217 | -1,710 | -24.69% |
| 41 | Staffordshire Police | 7,060 | 0 | -7,060 | -100.00% |
| 42 | Greater Manchester Police | 26,127 | 0 | -26,127 | -100.00% |
| 43 | West Midlands Police | 22,585 | 0 | -22,585 | -100.00% |
| 44 | Police Service of Northern Ireland | 0 | 13,496 | 13,496 | 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.