CrimeMapsUK

Trends

Published crime and stop and search records over time for the selected constabulary and period.

All constabularies | January 2015 to March 2026

What this page shows

This page shows how the selected crime and stop-and-search scope changes over time. It uses published data from data.police.uk for England and Wales.

Constabulary: All constabularies
Coverage period: January 2015 to March 2026
Months included: 135
Latest loaded month in scope: March 2026
Chart granularity: Year
Latest completed ingest: December 2023

Published police data can lag the incident month. Location points are approximate and outcome labels can change as investigations progress. These figures are not conviction rates and should not be read as a direct measure of safety.

The selected range spans many months, so the time-series charts and tables are grouped by calendar year for readability.

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Constabulary:

12870496

Total Crimes

1306529

Total Stops

12870496

Recorded Outcomes

2.8%

Action/Local Resolution Rate

15.5%

Stop and Search Find Rate

How these figures are calculated

Total Crimes: All loaded street-crime records in the selected data extract.
Total Stops: All loaded stop-and-search records in the selected data extract.
Recorded Outcomes: Published outcome rows from the police data source.
Action/Local Resolution Rate: The share of all loaded street-crime records with a police-recorded action outcome or local resolution. This is not a conviction rate.
Stop and Search Find Rate: The share of loaded stop-and-search records treated as a recorded find in this dataset. It does not show whether a search was justified.

Crime volume changed over time

Street-crime volume in 2026 is 77.4% lower than in 2024.

4,394,925 → 991,373 records

Largest recent crime-mix shift

Anti Social Behaviour changed by 1.5 percentage points between 2025 and 2026.

16.2% → 14.7% of recorded crime

Total Records

For All constabularies: 12,870,496 street crimes, 1,306,529 stop and search records, 12,870,496 recorded outcomes.

Data spans 135 month(s): January 2015 to March 2026

Recorded action outcomes

2.8% of recorded crimes have a police-recorded action outcome or local resolution.

363,186 records out of 12,870,496 street-crime records

Stop and search find rate

Recorded find rate is 15.5% across 1,306,529 searches.

202,878 searches with a recorded find

Most common crime

Violent Crime accounts for 33.0% of recorded crime in this selected scope.

4,253,577 incidents

Highest recorded resolution rate

Drugs has the highest recorded resolution rate at 35.0%.

147,463 records out of 421,626; categories below 500 records are excluded

Lowest recorded resolution rate

Anti Social Behaviour has the lowest recorded resolution rate at 0.0%.

0 records out of 2,042,130; categories below 500 records are excluded

Volume Over Time

Street Crimes per Year

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Year	Street crimes
2015	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded
2024	4394925
2025	4303732
2026	991373

Stop and Search Records per Year

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Year	Stop and searches
2015	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded
2024	433254
2025	465680
2026	103746

Effectiveness Over Time

Action/Local Resolution Rate per Year

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Year	Action/local resolution rate
2015	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded
2024	2.8%
2025	3.1%
2026	2.2%

Stop and Search Find Rate per Year

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Year	Stop and search find rate
2015	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded
2024	16.0%
2025	15.3%
2026	16.0%

Crime Category Trends

Top 8 Crime Types by Year

This shows how the most common crime categories rise and fall across the selected period.

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Year	Violent Crime	Anti Social Behaviour	Shoplifting	Other Theft	Criminal Damage Arson	Public Order	Vehicle Crime	Burglary
2015	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2024	1424037	691848	348108	333075	303801	299781	298207	190189
2025	1442653	695619	347122	298368	289415	288408	257401	169811
2026	342584	145541	84773	67801	66144	62101	60893	41322

Crime Share Over Time for Top Categories

Shares highlight changes in the crime mix even when overall volume rises or falls.

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Year	Violent Crime	Anti Social Behaviour	Shoplifting	Other Theft	Criminal Damage Arson
2015	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2024	32.4%	15.7%	7.9%	7.6%	6.9%
2025	33.5%	16.2%	8.1%	6.9%	6.7%
2026	34.6%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	6.7%

Recent Changes in Crime Mix

Latest vs Previous Loaded Period

Positive values mean a category made up more of the crime mix in 2026 than in 2025.

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Crime category	2025 share	2026 share	Share change	Volume change
Anti Social Behaviour	16.2%	14.7%	-1.5pp	-550078
Violent Crime	33.5%	34.6%	+1.1pp	-1100069
Shoplifting	8.1%	8.6%	+0.5pp	-262349
Public Order	6.7%	6.3%	-0.4pp	-226307
Burglary	3.9%	4.2%	+0.3pp	-128489
Drugs	3.8%	4.0%	+0.2pp	-123539

Crime Category Rank Over Time

Rank 1 is the most common recorded category in each period, which makes changes in the crime mix easier to spot.

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Year	Violent Crime	Anti Social Behaviour	Shoplifting	Other Theft
2015	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2016	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2017	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2018	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2019	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2020	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2021	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2022	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2023	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded	Not loaded
2024	1	2	3	4
2025	1	2	3	4
2026	1	2	3	4

Data Quality Statement: Data sourced from data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Trends reflect the selected constabulary and time range. Action/local resolution rates reflect the latest published outcome status held in this dataset. Stop-and-search find rates use the project's stored find flag, derived from published stop-and-search outcomes. As more months are ingested, these figures will update automatically.