Data for gun-related crime refer to the offences involving firearms (excluding air weapons) that have been recorded by the police. Data for 2005-06 is the most recently available and is given in Table A.
From the information collected centrally on recorded crime, it is not possible to identify recorded cases of domestic crime. Such offences are not specifically defined by law and details of the individual circumstances of offences are not collected. Data for the remaining crime types requested are given for 2006-07 in Table B.
Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Total London2 3,884 0.52 Total England 10,851 0.22 1 Includes all offences involving firearms (excluding air weapons), where a weapon has been fired, used as a blunt instrument or used in a threat. 2 Includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police Service.
Total recorded crime Homicide1 Violence against the person Rape Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Barking and Dagenham 21,384 129.98 9 0.05 5,150 31.30 68 0.41 Barnet 29,920 90.75 5 0.02 5,512 16.72 67 0.20 Bexley 16,997 77.15 5— 5— 3,742 16.99 35 0.16 Brent 30,474 112.83 4 0.01 6,216 23.02 93 0.34 Bromley 28,424 94.14 4 0.01 5,697 18.87 46 0.15 Camden 42,435 187.68 7 0.03 6,586 29.13 70 0.31 City of Westminster 66,267 271.18 4 0.02 8,413 34.43 131 0.54 Croydon 31,510 91.95 3 0.01 6,741 19.67 97 0.28 Ealing 36,734 121.72 9 0.03 7,641 25.32 56 0.19 Enfield 27,058 96.45 5— 5— 5,342 19.04 66 0.24 Greenwich 29,829 130.75 3 0.01 7,486 32.81 107 0.47 Hackney 31,160 149.99 11 0.05 7,148 34.41 109 0.52 Hammersmith and Fulham 25,334 140.86 4 0.02 5,054 28.10 62 0.34 Haringey 30,595 136.29 5 0.02 5,651 25.17 76 0.34 Harrow 15,837 74.02 5— 5— 2,870 13.41 45 0.21 Havering 19,997 88.40 5 0.02 3,639 16.09 38 0.17 Hillingdon 28,144 111.50 7 0.03 5,911 23.42 35 0.14 Hounslow 24,485 115.22 4 0.02 5,502 25.89 78 0.37 Islington 35,248 192.99 6 0.03 6,289 34.43 89 0.49 Kensington and Chelsea 24,328 123.98 5— 5— 3,597 18.33 49 0.25 Kingston upon Thames 13,105 85.64 5— 5— 3,003 19.62 28 0.18 Lambeth 38,868 144.42 15 0.06 8,344 31.00 127 0.47 Lewisham 32,150 129.92 4 0.02 8,062 32.58 106 0.43 Merton 16,078 82.56 5 0.03 3,361 17.26 42 0.22 Newham 35,597 144.57 14 0.06 7,578 30.78 96 0.39 Redbridge 24,646 98.00 5— 5— 4,323 17.19 52 0.21 Richmond upon Thames 13,408 71.98 5— 5— 2,122 11.39 24 0.13 Southwark 39,713 154.12 10 0.04 8,435 32.74 118 0.46 Sutton 15,408 86.71 5— 5— 2,989 16.82 33 0.19 Tower Hamlets 32,627 153.05 3 0.01 7,727 36.25 103 0.48 Waltham Forest 28,927 129.10 4 0.02 6,052 27.01 74 0.33 Wandsworth 30,039 106.75 9 0.03 5,647 20.07 81 0.29 Total 916,726 122.09 5— 5— 181,830 24.22 2,301 0.31 Total London4 929,752 123.67 5— 5— 183,321 24.39 2,312 0.31 Total England 5,093,395 101.00 719 0.01 976,638 19.37 13,135 0.26
Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Barking and Dagenham 704 4.28 101 0.61 1,196 7.27 Barnet 935 2.84 128 0.39 2,467 7.48 Bexley 388 1.76 60 0.27 1,105 5.02 Brent 2,036 7.54 108 0.40 2,289 8.48 Bromley 990 3.28 125 0.41 1,996 6.61 Camden 1,516 6.70 81 0.36 2,515 11.12 City of Westminster 1,697 6.94 59 0.24 1,448 5.93 Croydon 1,653 4.82 176 0.51 2,099 6.12 Ealing 2,280 7.56 79 0.26 2,693 8.92 Enfield 1,385 4.94 122 0.43 2,390 8.52 Greenwich 1,382 6.06 97 0.43 1,929 8.46 Hackney 1,570 7.56 115 0.55 1,841 8.86 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,108 6.16 64 0.36 2,118 11.78 Haringey 1,804 8.04 142 0.63 2,709 12.07 Harrow 728 3.40 41 0.19 1,334 6.23 Havering 469 2.07 80 0.35 1,175 5.19 Hillingdon 874 3.46 100 0.40 1,874 7.42 Hounslow 822 3.87 47 0.22 1,671 7.86 Islington 1,381 7.56 107 0.59 2,450 13.41 Kensington and Chelsea 764 3.89 23 0.12 1,385 7.06 Kingston upon Thames 281 1.84 21 0.14 515 3.37 Lambeth 2,674 9.94 237 0.88 2,774 10.31 Lewisham 2,477 10.01 158 0.64 2,492 10.07 Merton 549 2.82 49 0.25 997 5.12 Newham 2,273 9.23 247 1.00 2,155 8.75 Redbridge 1,206 4.80 147 0.58 2,107 8.38 Richmond upon Thames 387 2.08 21 0.11 1,053 5.65 Southwark 2,477 9.61 218 0.85 2,373 9.21 Sutton 374 2.10 39 0.22 657 3.70 Tower Hamlets 1,829 8.58 79 0.37 1,638 7.68 Waltham Forest 1,802 8.04 152 0.68 1,854 8.27 Wandsworth 1,636 5.81 88 0.31 2,634 9.36 Total 42,451 5.65 3,311 0.44 59,933 7.98 Total London4 42,497 5.65 3,315 0.44 59,970 7.98 Total England 88,681 1.76 9,382 0.19 281,704 5.59
Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Offences recorded Rate per 1,000 population Barking and Dagenham 921 5.60 3,091 18.79 368 2.24 Barnet 1,437 4.36 5,468 16.59 287 0.87 Bexley 971 4.41 2,196 9.97 283 1.28 Brent 1,041 3.85 4,642 17.19 185 0.68 Bromley 1,592 5.27 4,433 14.68 241 0.80 Camden 1,807 7.99 5,553 24.56 391 1.73 City of Westminster 2,353 9.63 4,336 17.74 439 1.80 Croydon 1,365 3.98 4,366 12.74 191 0.56 Ealing 1,264 4,19 6,820 22.60 292 0.97 Enfield 1,248 4.45 4,357 15.53 200 0.71 Greenwich 1,312 5.75 3,786 16.59 435 1.91 Hackney 846 4.07 4,373 21.05 238 1.15 Hammersmith and Fulham 614 3.41 4,192 23.31 200 1.11 Haringey 850 3.79 4,499 20.04 158 0.70 Harrow 625 2.92 2,707 12.65 154 0.72 Havering 1,336 5.91 3,799 16.79 160 0.71 Hillingdon 1,308 5.18 5,416 21.46 362 1.43 Hounslow 923 4.34 4,197 19.75 289 1.36 Islington 1,278 7.00 4,886 26.75 305 1.67 Kensington and Chelsea 797 4.06 3,171 16.16 189 0.96 Kingston upon Thames 523 3.42 1,231 8.04 149 0.97 Lambeth 911 3.39 4,310 16.01 264 0.98 Lewisham 1,087 4.39 3,962 16.01 384 1.55 Merton 831 4.27 2,156 11.07 139 0.71 Newham 1,216 4.94 6,561 26.65 246 1.00 Redbridge 946 3.76 4,789 19.04 175 0.70 Richmond upon Thames 1,032 5.54 2,193 11.77 77 0.41 Southwark 1,714 6.65 5,050 19.60 287 1.11 Sutton 794 4.47 2,405 13.53 155 0.87 Tower Hamlets 1,252 5.87 4,334 20.33 537 2.52 Waltham Forest 1,262 5.63 5,290 23.61 218 0.97 Wandsworth 1,309 4.65 4,361 15.50 189 0.67 Total 36,765 4.90 132,930 17.70 8,187 1.09 Total London4 37,160 4.94 133,419 17.75 8,290 1.10 Total England 312,625 6.20 719,031 14.26 37,157 0.74 1 includes offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide. 2 includes offences of aggravated vehicle taking, theft of or from vehicle and interfering with a motor vehicle. 3 includes racially/religiously aggravated offences of less serious wounding, harassment, assault without injury, criminal damage to a dwelling, criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling, criminal damage to a vehicle and other criminal damage. 4 includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police Service. 5 in accordance with guidance from the Office for National Statistics, values less than 3 have been suppressed in order to protect confidentiality. Therefore total values cannot be calculated.
The available information is given in the tables. Information for London boroughs is not available centrally prior to 2002-03.
Number Total London1, 2 29 Total England2 37 1. includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police service (also includes those officers who work in central services and Heathrow). 2. Total police officer strength figures are based on full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. These figures exclude those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Total London3, 4 35 39 39 40 Total England4 41 44 42 44 1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998/99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997. 2. The data in this table is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years. 3. Includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police Service (also includes those officers who work in Central Services and Heathrow Airport). 4. Total police officer strength figures are based on full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. These figures exclude those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
London borough2 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Barking and Dagenham 57 58 51 52 50 Barnet 66 67 68 63 54 Bexley 63 60 49 55 46 Brent 54 52 52 53 45 Bromley 73 67 63 64 58 Camden 75 64 53 49 52 City of Westminster 55 48 49 46 42 Croydon 62 56 51 50 46 Ealing 62 54 53 55 54 Enfield 61 56 49 49 46 Greenwich 52 54 52 51 47 Hackney 58 51 46 45 42 Hammersmith and Fulham 59 55 52 47 45 Haringey 62 54 52 49 44 Harrow 65 55 53 50 45 Havering 63 65 56 57 52 Hillingdon 64 61 56 56 57 Hounslow 70 64 55 54 47 Islington 63 60 56 54 52 Kensington and Chelsea 60 52 48 43 43 Kingston upon Thames 53 59 53 49 45 Lambeth 56 53 47 42 41 Lewisham 50 50 54 51 52 Merton 59 55 49 49 43 Newham 59 52 47 50 47 Redbridge 73 65 57 52 53 Richmond upon Thames 59 54 53 51 44 Southwark 55 53 49 47 47 Sutton 56 58 58 52 50 Tower Hamlets 60 52 48 44 43 Waltham Forest 66 58 54 54 53 Wandsworth 65 55 54 50 50 Total3 61 56 52 50 48 Total London4, 5 38 35 32 32 29 Total England5 45 44 40 40 38 1. The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 2. Police officer strength figures are only available by borough from 2002-03. These figures are based on full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number and include those officers on career breaks and maternity/paternity leave. 3. Total figures for all London boroughs exclude the crimes recorded and the police officers who work at Heathrow Airport. Officers who work in Central Services (headquarters) have also been excluded from the figures. 4. Includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police Service (also includes those officers who work in central Services and Heathrow Airport). 5. The total police officer strength figures for London and England exclude those officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
From the information collected centrally on recorded crime, it is not possible to identify recorded cases of domestic violence. Such offences are not specifically defined by law and details of the individual circumstances of offences are not collected.
Data for the number of recorded instances of rape and the clear-up/detection rate for these crimes is available for the 1997 calendar year and from 1998-99 in financial years. This followed a revision to the counting rules for recorded crime and the expanded coverage which came into effect on 1 April 1998. The figures were also affected by the revised detections guidance issued in April 1999 which formalised detection procedures, placing a greater emphasis on the evidential basis on which detections can be claimed.
The figures were also affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002, which required the police to record a crime unless there was “no credible evidence to the contrary”. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 in May 2004 also altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences, including rape. All of these changes mean that detection rates are not comparable over these time periods.
The Home Office carried out research published in July 2007 which found that the reduction in detection rates was likely to be largely due to changes in recording practices resulting from the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard, counting rules and detections guidance (‘Investigating and detecting recorded offences of rape’, Home Office Online Report 18/07).
New performance management arrangements have been introduced for the police and CPS on the investigation and prosecution of rape. The Home Office and Association of Chief Police Officers are also providing operational support to police forces on the implementation of recommendations from ‘Without Consent’, the rape inspection published in January 2007.
1997 1998-992 1999-20003 2000-01 2001-02 Police force area Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Avon and Somerset 219 86 175 74 181 62 199 43 323 27 Bedfordshire 81 70 66 56 96 43 85 34 92 25 Cambridgeshire 73 79 84 62 105 56 106 50 156 46 Cheshire 101 100 108 98 62 87 80 86 74 81 Cleveland 37 89 56 91 51 73 37 59 54 65 Cumbria 33 97 43 93 34 91 37 70 47 74 Derbyshire 75 93 108 73 109 52 107 38 120 39 Devon and Cornwall 164 92 178 89 165 96 184 77 181 49 Dorset 68 94 55 78 66 50 80 36 122 39 Durham 71 93 60 95 66 85 46 91 78 n/a Dyfed-Powys 58 95 43 91 55 89 47 109 49 76 Essex 130 79 187 65 196 64 166 50 202 33 Gloucestershire 36 89 54 69 70 66 90 70 53 57 Greater Manchester 432 85 537 74 548 64 544 58 574 55 Gwent 98 100 91 91 106 92 87 98 106 93 Hampshire 199 79 180 99 249 65 274 58 303 53 Hertfordshire 68 88 51 96 68 78 86 66 87 62 Humberside 156 65 127 58 170 33 142 37 166 33 Kent 152 92 169 85 145 90 187 57 186 56 Lancashire 158 91 154 83 148 79 200 53 194 47 Leicestershire 97 72 152 43 150 37 147 37 159 n/a Lincolnshire 54 124 65 82 63 87 75 67 111 50 London, City of 0 0 4 0 6— 0 6— 50 9 22 Merseyside 175 90 190 78 237 69 241 66 283 53 Metropolitan Police 1,741 58 1,993 32 2,270 28 2,189 24 2,492 27 Norfolk 73 68 99 94 89 37 114 35 120 36 Northamptonshire 56 96 60 82 44 95 60 70 97 64 Northumbria 125 85 275 68 249 61 227 50 290 43 North Wales 95 89 73 92 96 85 101 59 128 35 North Yorkshire 38 87 42 105 42 62 49 73 71 59 Nottinghamshire 154 83 163 55 237 46 247 51 251 36 South Wales 123 99 169 93 130 88 125 91 126 90 South Yorkshire 113 96 108 79 126 88 127 75 121 72 Staffordshire 104 86 114 68 184 39 197 38 210 35 Suffolk 82 74 89 73 84 29 100 36 116 30 Surrey 59 56 69 48 83 45 126 28 118 42 Sussex 124 80 197 55 215 47 261 34 235 35 Thames Valley 165 90 195 59 233 52 271 26 291 32 Warwickshire 29 79 29 79 20 55 25 52 30 30 West Mercia 116 91 103 87 92 64 106 56 173 44 West Midlands 264 77 396 68 513 59 565 53 608 45 West Yorkshire 361 90 437 83 480 76 376 71 439 55 Wiltshire 71 96 88 73 81 68 78 31 89 46
Police force area Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Offences recorded Detection rate Avon and Somerset 429 22 482 21 471 18 310 22 430 20 Bedfordshire 121 29 147 21 163 23 195 23 149 15 Cambridgeshire 200 29 232 15 236 21 200 22 209 15 Cheshire 110 48 184 29 197 28 181 28 170 30 Cleveland 110 41 145 31 143 22 171 38 140 34 Cumbria 66 64 74 30 79 30 77 35 73 47 Derbyshire 198 35 233 33 273 31 282 30 284 21 Devon and Cornwall 275 30 329 19 388 26 400 18 395 19 Dorset 132 25 144 17 163 17 181 17 132 27 Durham 62 68 72 71 91 60 158 26 83 43 Dyfed-Powys 46 91 101 25 101 35 85 18 102 28 Essex 294 32 335 29 334 27 384 25 355 25 Gloucestershire 122 31 107 28 115 29 161 19 160 21 Greater Manchester 719 46 846 32 899 30 842 31 837 31 Gwent 148 80 82 78 112 52 126 40 145 36 Hampshire 358 41 462 34 616 26 656 21 662 19 Hertfordshire 169 50 161 50 184 38 211 41 199 28 Humberside 258 23 350 20 329 22 350 23 291 24 Kent 216 38 286 27 358 22 445 22 395 23 Lancashire 245 52 270 35 285 37 326 35 288 37 Leicestershire 257 26 250 28 308 23 307 19 298 20 Lincolnshire 137 40 163 28 178 31 187 24 155 24 London, City of 3 100 4 0 7 0 6 0 8 0 Merseyside 340 47 383 43 374 35 378 24 298 28 Metropolitan Police 2,728 29 2,571 33 2,446 25 2,398 36 2,304 34 Norfolk 185 24 204 18 190 21 230 23 165 24 Northamptonshire 176 53 163 37 127 32 159 33 162 25 Northumbria 341 36 338 30 344 25 359 29 345 33 North Wales 114 26 140 29 159 27 170 25 106 16 North Yorkshire 131 43 120 41 137 41 145 34 135 41 Nottinghamshire 239 34 303 27 254 36 265 27 255 31 South Wales 189 62 191 53 185 60 216 29 273 28 South Yorkshire 190 40 182 38 287 30 338 24 267 27 Staffordshire 251 40 248 32 306 30 292 26 285 24 Suffolk 148 30 172 26 180 21 207 25 175 20 Surrey 129 32 144 35 129 26 139 32 138 29 Sussex 348 26 305 24 458 15 424 21 440 15 Thames Valley 365 27 436 18 401 24 448 22 437 19 Warwickshire 62 27 80 19 85 25 86 19 110 17 West Mercia 219 37 226 35 214 31 233 27 220 20 West Midlands 746 41 816 32 973 25 943 29 912 23 West Yorkshire 553 42 626 31 580 25 604 25 617 19 Wiltshire 155 37 139 41 111 32 148 33 157 18 n/a = not available 1 Offences detected in current year may have been initially recorded in an earlier year, so some percentages may exceed 100. 2 Expanded offence coverage and revised counting rules came into effect on 1 April 1998. 3 Revised detections guidance was implemented on 1 April 1999. 4 The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. 5 The Sexual Offences Act 2003, introduced in May 2004, altered the definition and coverage of sexual offences. 6 In accordance with guidance from the Office for National Statistics, values less than 3 have been suppressed in order to protect confidentiality.