Annual comparison
Compare complete calendar years separately from the latest partial year, with no invented annual percentage.
Crime by postcode: Annual and monthly UK data
Enter the first part of a UK postcode to see annual totals, monthly patterns, offence groups and the underlying records for that wider postal district.
One search for the questions people actually ask
See annual published records, the mix of offence groups and how much source coverage each year contains. The same system covers burglary, robbery, vehicle crime, anti-social behaviour and every other published street category.
Top 30 postcode districts with the most recorded crime
The ranking is refreshed only after the latest postcode mapping batch passes its completeness checks.
The national ranking is being refreshed
District links will appear after the latest postcode mapping batch passes its completeness checks.
Explore the crimes people check before moving
Open a filtered national map, then zoom to your street or return here for a postcode-district summary.
What each postcode report gives you
The useful answer is rarely one number. Each district page combines the figures and context needed to understand what changed and what may be driving the total.
Monthly trend
See the latest 12 published months and identify which months were busiest within the district.
Offence mix
Separate burglary, robbery, vehicle crime, violence, shoplifting and every other published group.
Underlying evidence
Open individual anonymised records and jump directly to the corresponding point on the crime map.
What “within a postcode” means here
A postcode-district report is built from privacy-protected map points and current postcode reference data. It is an area-exploration tool, not an address history.
An anonymised map point
The source moves coordinates to a nearby anonymous point to protect privacy.
The nearest current postcode
CrimeRate matches that point to the nearest entry in the ONS Postcode Directory.
Grouped by outward code
The matched postcode contributes its outward code, such as UB8, M1 or SW1A.
Read the result as an area summary. Postcode districts are postal geographies, not official statistical areas. The figures must not be interpreted as an exact-address crime history or a prediction of personal safety.
Read the geographic method →Questions about crime by postcode
What the figures can tell you, what they cannot tell you, and what to check before comparing places.
Can I search a full postcode?
This page compares outward postcode districts such as UB8, M1 or SW1A. For a full postcode and selectable radius, use the crime map.
Does the district with the most records have the highest crime rate?
Not necessarily. These are counts, not population-adjusted rates. City centres, stations, retail areas and nightlife districts can have large visitor populations that are absent from residential population figures.
Why is current Greater Manchester data missing?
The archive is published by police force and month, not as one file per city. Greater Manchester Police has not supplied street-level files to the central archive since July 2019, so current Manchester totals would be incomplete. Birmingham records are supplied through West Midlands Police files. The police-force coverage page keeps these gaps visible.
Are locations and dates exact?
No. Locations are moved to nearby anonymous map points and the published incident date is a month, not a day or time.
Can I compare one year with another?
Yes, but compare complete January-to-December years. The report labels partial years and only calculates an annual change when both years are complete.