UK police-recorded crime types
The street-level archive uses 14 broad crime groups. This page shows every group, its latest published count and the boundary between a statistical category and a legal offence.
What the latest source month contains
The completed 2024-03 archive contains 484,947 records across the published groups below. A record can be filtered on the map, but its category does not identify a charge, defendant or conviction.
All published crime groups
Counts and shares use one source month. Select a group to open that filter on the live map.
Violence and sexual offences
Anti-social behaviour
Shoplifting
Criminal damage and arson
Other theft
Public order
Vehicle crime
Burglary
Drugs
Theft from the person
Other crime
Robbery
Possession of weapons
Bicycle theft
The groups are publisher categories used for statistical browsing. They do not replace the exact offence alleged in a charge or proved in court.
Use the category in the right place
Find approximate published points
Filter one or more groups by month and area. Locations remain anonymised and dates are month-only.
Open the UK crime map →Compare the same group across areas
Use a completed 12-month period and switch between published counts and rates per 1,000 residents.
Open crime rankings →Check the actual legal offence
A broad statistical group can contain several offences with different elements and sentences.
Browse reviewed law guides →Questions about crime types
Use these distinctions before turning a category count into a claim.
Does a map category identify the charge?
No. A category groups records for publication. The charge used in court can be narrower, different or unavailable in the street-level file.
Why is murder not a crime-map filter?
Murder is not published as a standalone street-level category. It sits inside a much broader violence group that cannot identify homicide cases. Use the national murder statistics report.
Can I rank domestic violence by city?
No. Domestic abuse is not a separate street-level category, so a city leaderboard would require information this database does not contain.
Why can one group's count change?
Counts can change with reporting, recording, classification and source coverage as well as underlying incidents. Compare the same definition and period, then read the source notes.
Where can I check unfamiliar terms?
Use the crime statistics glossary for definitions of records, outcomes, rates, denominators and justice stages.