ANALYSIS: Largest Increase or Decrease Crime Reports
Find out which neighbourhoods, police forces, constituencies, and postcode districts have had the largest increase (or decrease) in crime, or use analysis 2 to find out which had the largest or smallest total/average.
Police Forces with the largest increase in All Crime + ASB (Between Dec 2010 and Mar 2023)
| Rank | Police Forces | Total Dec 2010 | Total Mar 2023 | Difference | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Midlands Police | 22,585 | 32,452 | 9,867 | 43.69% |
| 2 | Staffordshire Police | 7,060 | 9,739 | 2,679 | 37.95% |
| 3 | West Yorkshire Police | 21,292 | 29,309 | 8,017 | 37.65% |
| 4 | Cleveland Police | 6,346 | 8,726 | 2,380 | 37.50% |
| 5 | Northumbria Police | 12,455 | 16,585 | 4,130 | 33.16% |
| 6 | Merseyside Police | 11,315 | 14,858 | 3,543 | 31.31% |
| 7 | Essex Police | 11,740 | 14,896 | 3,156 | 26.88% |
| 8 | Leicestershire Police | 7,339 | 9,216 | 1,877 | 25.58% |
| 9 | Kent Police | 12,580 | 15,793 | 3,213 | 25.54% |
| 10 | Humberside Police | 7,601 | 9,285 | 1,684 | 22.16% |
| 11 | Gloucestershire Constabulary | 4,602 | 5,581 | 979 | 21.27% |
| 12 | Dyfed-Powys Police | 3,350 | 4,046 | 696 | 20.78% |
| 13 | City of London Police | 590 | 709 | 119 | 20.17% |
| 14 | Derbyshire Constabulary | 8,331 | 9,982 | 1,651 | 19.82% |
| 15 | Durham Constabulary | 5,770 | 6,790 | 1,020 | 17.68% |
| 16 | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | 5,926 | 6,926 | 1,000 | 16.87% |
| 17 | Nottinghamshire Police | 10,148 | 11,547 | 1,399 | 13.79% |
| 18 | Lincolnshire Police | 4,998 | 5,627 | 629 | 12.59% |
| 19 | South Yorkshire Police | 14,370 | 16,006 | 1,636 | 11.38% |
| 20 | North Wales Police | 5,424 | 6,006 | 582 | 10.73% |
| 21 | Warwickshire Police | 3,958 | 4,315 | 357 | 9.02% |
| 22 | Lancashire Constabulary | 14,113 | 15,270 | 1,157 | 8.20% |
| 23 | Wiltshire Police | 4,340 | 4,664 | 324 | 7.47% |
| 24 | Northamptonshire Police | 6,023 | 6,467 | 444 | 7.37% |
| 25 | North Yorkshire Police | 5,351 | 5,636 | 285 | 5.33% |
| 26 | Norfolk Constabulary | 6,078 | 6,384 | 306 | 5.03% |
| 27 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | 13,368 | 13,749 | 381 | 2.85% |
| 28 | Cheshire Constabulary | 7,358 | 7,438 | 80 | 1.09% |
| 29 | Metropolitan Police Service | 92,443 | 92,833 | 390 | 0.42% |
| 30 | Hampshire Constabulary | 16,092 | 16,041 | -51 | -0.32% |
| 31 | West Mercia Police | 9,649 | 9,422 | -227 | -2.35% |
| 32 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 8,843 | 8,513 | -330 | -3.73% |
| 33 | Thames Valley Police | 19,572 | 18,223 | -1,349 | -6.89% |
| 34 | Cumbria Constabulary | 4,083 | 3,653 | -430 | -10.53% |
| 35 | Bedfordshire Police | 5,393 | 4,727 | -666 | -12.35% |
| 36 | Suffolk Constabulary | 5,634 | 4,922 | -712 | -12.64% |
| 37 | Dorset Police | 6,249 | 5,377 | -872 | -13.95% |
| 38 | South Wales Police | 13,923 | 11,365 | -2,558 | -18.37% |
| 39 | Surrey Police | 9,264 | 7,222 | -2,042 | -22.04% |
| 40 | Gwent Police | 6,927 | 5,255 | -1,672 | -24.14% |
| 41 | Greater Manchester Police | 26,127 | 0 | -26,127 | -100.00% |
| 42 | Devon & Cornwall Police | 11,009 | 0 | -11,009 | -100.00% |
| 43 | Sussex Police | 12,111 | 0 | -12,111 | -100.00% |
| 44 | Police Service of Northern Ireland | 0 | 13,070 | 13,070 | 0 (N/A) |
0(N/A) Data may not have been reported by this Police force
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