Burglary Stats and Figures

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

During 2026, England & Wales's police forces received 208,612 crime reports about burglary. This is a decrease of 8% from 2025's figure of 226,177 reports of burglary, giving an overall crime rate of 3.13 per 1,000 people in 2026 and a rate of 3.42 per 1,000 people for 2025.

The most dangerous cities for burglary are Kensington and Chelsea, Leeds, and Middlesbrough, with crime rates of 6.68, 6.40, and 6.06 per 1,000 daytime population respectively. The most dangerous region for burglary is West Yorkshire, which recorded a burglary rate of 5.18 offences per 1,000 people in 2026. The second most dangerous area for burglary is Bristol, with a crime rate of 4.70, followed by South Yorkshire in third, with a burglary rate of 4.62 per 1,000 daytime population.

The safest area in England and Wales for burglary is City of London, which had a crime rate of 1.05 in 2026. Next safest is Belfast City, followed by Swindon in third place, with crime rates per 1,000 daytime population of 1.30 and 1.61 respectively.

Top Towns & Cities for BurglaryOffences

Highest Burglary Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Kensington and Chelsea	6.68
2	Leeds	6.40
3	Middlesbrough	6.06
4	Bradford	5.99
5	Kingston upon Hull	5.88
6	Hackney	5.84
7	Enfield	5.77
8	Southwark	5.50
9	Camden	5.30
10	Birmingham	4.98
11	Stoke-on-Trent	4.96
12	Lambeth	4.90
13	Haringey	4.83
14	Hammersmith and Fulham	4.79
15	Barnet	4.73
16	Islington	4.71
17	Bristol	4.70
18	Lewisham	4.69
19	Waltham Forest	4.52
20	Brent	4.51
21	Northampton	4.47
22	Greenwich	4.40
23	Westminster	4.36
24	Ealing	4.36
25	Sheffield	4.33
26	Tower Hamlets	4.32
27	Coventry	4.31
28	Harrow	4.26
29	Southampton	4.21
30	Wandsworth	4.16
31	Hounslow	4.14
32	Richmond upon Thames	4.10
33	Newham	4.03
34	Nottingham	4.00
35	Croydon	3.96
36	Peterborough	3.93
37	Newcastle upon Tyne	3.76
38	Leicester	3.73
39	Barking and Dagenham	3.67
40	Hillingdon	3.66
41	Sutton	3.62
42	Bromley	3.43
43	Redbridge	3.34
44	Southend-on-Sea	3.22
45	Liverpool	3.12
46	Havering	3.01
47	Wolverhampton	3.00
48	Derby	3.00
49	Reading	2.98
50	Kingston upon Thames	2.91
51	Bexley	2.90
52	Merton	2.89
53	Bournemouth	2.84
54	Cardiff	2.79
55	Brighton and Hove	2.71
56	Norwich	2.61
57	Portsmouth	2.52
58	Luton	2.45
59	Milton Keynes	2.23
60	Plymouth	2.13
61	Swansea	1.72
62	Swindon	1.61
63	Belfast City	1.30
64	City of London	1.05

Lowest Burglary Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	City of London	1.05
2	Belfast City	1.30
3	Swindon	1.61
4	Swansea	1.72
5	Plymouth	2.13
6	Milton Keynes	2.23
7	Luton	2.45
8	Portsmouth	2.52
9	Norwich	2.61
10	Brighton and Hove	2.71
11	Cardiff	2.79
12	Bournemouth	2.84
13	Merton	2.89
14	Bexley	2.90
15	Kingston upon Thames	2.91
16	Reading	2.98
17	Derby	3.00
18	Wolverhampton	3.00
19	Havering	3.01
20	Liverpool	3.12
21	Southend-on-Sea	3.22
22	Redbridge	3.34
23	Bromley	3.43
24	Sutton	3.62
25	Hillingdon	3.66
26	Barking and Dagenham	3.67
27	Leicester	3.73
28	Newcastle upon Tyne	3.76
29	Peterborough	3.93
30	Croydon	3.96
31	Nottingham	4.00
32	Newham	4.03
33	Richmond upon Thames	4.10
34	Hounslow	4.14
35	Wandsworth	4.16
36	Southampton	4.21
37	Harrow	4.26
38	Coventry	4.31
39	Tower Hamlets	4.32
40	Sheffield	4.33
41	Westminster	4.36
42	Ealing	4.36
43	Greenwich	4.40
44	Northampton	4.47
45	Brent	4.51
46	Waltham Forest	4.52
47	Lewisham	4.69
48	Bristol	4.70
49	Islington	4.71
50	Barnet	4.73
51	Hammersmith and Fulham	4.79
52	Haringey	4.83
53	Lambeth	4.90
54	Stoke-on-Trent	4.96
55	Birmingham	4.98
56	Camden	5.30
57	Southwark	5.50
58	Enfield	5.77
59	Hackney	5.84
60	Kingston upon Hull	5.88
61	Bradford	5.99
62	Middlesbrough	6.06
63	Leeds	6.40
64	Kensington and Chelsea	6.68

Top Counties and Councils for BurglaryOffences

Highest Burglary Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	West Yorkshire	5.18
2	Bristol	4.70
3	South Yorkshire	4.62
4	Durham	4.45
5	London	4.34
6	West Midlands	4.22
7	Tyne & Wear	3.77
8	East Riding of Yorkshire	3.76
9	Worcestershire	3.45
10	Lincolnshire	3.43

Lowest Burglary Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Greater Manchester	-
2	Tyrone	0.71
3	Fermanagh	0.81
4	Down	0.86
5	Londonderry	0.91
6	City and County of the City of London	1.05
7	Gwent	1.05
8	Armagh	1.25
9	Antrim	1.25
10	West Glamorgan	1.49