The top ten hot spots for crime in England

24 Jun 2014
Published in Crime
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As well as the worst neighbourhoods!

But we can also use this data to help you find out where not to live! The following are the top ten areas for crime in England and were ranked according to crimes reported as per 1000 residents. The crimes have also been categorised into groups such as violent crime, drugs, burglary as detailed in our table.

The results

Fortunately the most prevalent type of crime was antisocial crime which can vary from suffering noisy neighbours to vandalism and graffiti. The highest occurrence of robbery by far occurs in the city of London. This is not surprising as this area draws millions of tourists, and where's there are tourists they are pickpockets.

Out of the top ten areas for crime 5 of the areas were in London which correlates with London having the highest population densities in UK.

So if you're still searching for your perfect neighbourhood think twice about these ones.

These figures are calculated per 1000 residents

  LOCATION All Crime Violent Crime Drugs Burglary Vandalism Robbery Vehicle Anti Social
1 City of London, London 1,317 100 74 46 39 138 38 189
2 Westminster, London 418 26 22 22 12 54 21 90
3 Blackpool, North West 238 24 5 16 21 6 9 106
4 Middlesbrough, North East 229 15 7 14 21 5 12 107
5 Camden, London 229 16 12 17 9 25 16 52
6 Tower Hamlets, London 204 20 14 13 10 16 14 73
7 Islington, London 200 18 8 15 10 27 15 49
8 Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East 198 10 7 10 15 6 7 100
9 Burnley, North West 196 16 4 16 18 3 10 91
10 Manchester, North West 193 14 6 18 14 13 13 72

 

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