London possession of weapons crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in London region stands at 0.7 crimes per 1000 people. London's current crime levels are at 70% of the national crime rate. Possession of weapons crime makes up 0.5% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 5.9k, and this number has increased by 25.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026.

London possession of weapons crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
London regioncrime statisticEngland & Wales
0.7annual crime rate per 1k workday people1
70%ratio of national crime rate100%
0.5% share of all crimes1.0%
5.9kcrimes reported54.4k
25.7%annual change5.6%

London possession of weapons crime rate comparison map

London possession of weapons crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
BR1 192%19
BR1 230%03
BR1 327%03
BR1 487%19
BR1 5125%115
BR2 0135%112
BR2 641%01
BR2 857%15
BR2 965%18
BR3 179%16
BR3 336%04
BR3 49%01
BR3 627%01
BR4 040%03
BR4 927%02
BR5 123%02
BR5 291%110
BR5 3127%113
BR5 495%18
BR6 090%19
BR6 660%13
BR6 725%02
BR6 814%01
BR6 939%04
BR7 536%02
BR7 636%03
CR0 055%18
CR0 1207%238
CR0 2157%232
CR0 3123%120
CR0 476%117
CR0 531%03
CR0 684%113
CR0 799%111
CR0 845%04
CR0 979%16
CR2 014%01
CR2 683%18
CR2 756%13
CR2 859%15
CR2 919%01
CR4 1141%116
CR4 2109%110
CR4 382%111
CR4 447%05
CR5 158%14
CR5 235%03
CR7 690%16
CR7 7102%115
CR7 8118%116
CR8 130%01
CR8 239%03
CR8 447%02
DA1 438%04
DA14 438%03
DA14 543%03
DA14 672%16
DA15 810%01
DA16 112%01
DA16 221%02
DA16 3105%18
DA17 557%14
DA17 653%14
DA18 4107%16
DA5 251%02
DA5 335%02
DA6 7124%19
DA6 836%02
DA7 4115%111
DA7 513%01
DA7 639%03
DA8 1106%112
DA8 2136%113
DA8 3134%111
E1 088%18
E1 1188%216
E1 2134%112
E1 371%14
E1 488%115
E1 580%18
E1 657%112
E1 733%07
E1 816%03
E10 5140%118
E10 664%110
E10 772%19
E11 154%15
E11 223%02
E11 364%17
E11 444%05
E12 578%110
E12 620%04
E13 059%18
E13 867%19
E13 9201%228
E14 098%110
E14 2122%12
E14 351%06
E14 55%03
E14 6192%218
E14 7135%115
E14 817%03
E14 946%012
E15 1240%234
E15 2286%331
E15 336%04
E15 4147%119
E16 1175%217
E16 2147%116
E16 3118%113
E16 435%04
E17 3105%112
E17 482%112
E17 552%17
E17 680%111
E17 764%16
E17 843%05
E17 9149%115
E18 1104%16
E18 250%04
E1W 220%01
E1W 3102%14
E2 098%19
E2 675%15
E2 779%16
E2 8108%18
E2 9208%218
E3 2166%218
E3 386%19
E3 478%19
E3 574%17
E4 667%18
E4 784%19
E4 868%18
E4 930%04
E5 077%19
E5 8152%117
E5 9193%224
E6 1133%119
E6 273%111
E6 3102%116
E6 526%03
E6 698%114
E7 068%17
E7 833%06
E7 928%04
E8 1107%110
E8 2208%217
E8 3116%110
E8 4137%111
E9 5183%221
E9 6197%224
E9 742%04
EC1A 250%02
EC1A 79%01
EC1A 929%01
EC1M 3102%11
EC1M 618%01
EC1N 731%02
EC1N 812%01
EC1R 1206%25
EC1R 452%12
EC1R 586%12
EC1V 089%14
EC1V 1281%33
EC1V 235%01
EC1V 3118%14
EC1V 751%02
EC1V 885%12
EC1V 929%02
EC1Y 186%11
EC1Y 88%01
EC2A 370%16
EC2A 434%05
EC2M 3131%13
EC2M 463%18
EC2M 544%01
EC2M 733%03
EC2Y 511%01
EC3A 516%01
EC3A 761%12
EC3N 211%01
EC3N 435%02
EC3R 796%14
EC3R 89%01
EC3V 322%01
EC3V 944%01
EC4M 720%01
EC4M 972%12
EC4V 320%02
EC4V 626%01
EC4Y 138%01
EN1 139%05
EN1 255%13
EN1 366%18
EN1 476%18
EN2 029%02
EN2 6104%16
EN2 735%02
EN2 846%04
EN2 9139%13
EN3 4175%219
EN3 5100%113
EN3 666%110
EN3 715%02
EN4 062%13
EN4 833%03
EN4 933%02
EN5 185%15
EN5 225%03
EN5 336%01
EN5 514%01
HA0 136%04
HA0 2110%111
HA0 377%16
HA0 464%17
HA1 1164%215
HA1 253%15
HA1 320%03
HA1 459%16
HA2 055%15
HA2 694%15
HA2 729%02
HA2 876%17
HA2 929%03
HA3 089%18
HA3 585%17
HA3 650%04
HA3 777%17
HA3 810%01
HA3 936%04
HA4 025%02
HA4 611%01
HA4 725%02
HA4 832%02
HA4 943%03
HA5 115%01
HA5 249%03
HA5 312%01
HA5 416%01
HA5 533%02
HA6 125%02
HA6 211%01
HA7 160%14
HA7 214%01
HA7 347%03
HA7 468%16
HA8 081%18
HA8 542%04
HA8 660%15
HA8 7131%18
HA8 819%02
HA8 946%04
HA9 0136%19
HA9 689%19
HA9 765%15
HA9 876%19
HA9 991%19
IG1 187%114
IG1 287%115
IG1 364%18
IG1 424%03
IG11 090%113
IG11 7118%117
IG11 8190%222
IG11 963%19
IG2 637%04
IG2 755%16
IG3 862%110
IG3 959%18
IG4 575%16
IG5 041%05
IG6 153%14
IG6 241%04
IG6 3109%17
IG7 432%02
IG8 056%14
IG8 745%03
IG8 892%16
IG8 931%02
IG9 6114%14
KT1 1205%220
KT1 253%16
KT1 373%17
KT2 510%01
KT2 637%03
KT2 767%17
KT3 390%19
KT3 442%03
KT3 528%02
KT3 691%18
KT4 825%03
KT5 828%02
KT5 9116%18
KT6 439%02
KT6 638%02
KT6 758%16
KT8 9119%15
KT9 113%01
KT9 231%03
N1 044%05
N1 1107%18
N1 299%110
N1 3126%17
N1 433%02
N1 596%17
N1 689%19
N1 718%02
N1 868%16
N1 965%111
N10 177%15
N10 246%03
N10 341%03
N11 139%04
N11 265%15
N11 346%03
N12 070%15
N12 725%01
N12 829%02
N12 947%03
N13 488%18
N13 576%17
N13 682%14
N14 460%15
N14 540%03
N14 773%13
N15 3102%18
N15 4118%112
N15 5193%216
N15 6132%114
N16 554%17
N16 679%110
N16 7167%213
N16 8125%111
N16 969%13
N17 0148%118
N17 689%114
N17 777%16
N17 8183%214
N17 9199%226
N18 181%112
N18 2190%230
N19 3150%114
N19 4178%213
N19 5145%116
N2 058%14
N2 843%02
N2 950%03
N20 060%15
N21 149%03
N21 335%02
N22 5235%223
N22 6111%114
N22 750%04
N22 882%16
N3 150%04
N3 222%02
N3 335%02
N4 1149%115
N4 2175%231
N4 3242%221
N4 4120%15
N5 157%15
N6 423%01
N6 541%03
N7 011%01
N7 6232%214
N7 7159%211
N7 8106%110
N7 978%18
N8 087%17
N8 744%03
N8 844%03
N8 943%03
N9 0146%117
N9 7101%18
N9 8115%111
N9 961%18
NW1 032%04
NW1 134%04
NW1 251%09
NW1 328%03
NW1 416%01
NW1 5149%17
NW1 629%03
NW1 779%18
NW1 8124%113
NW1 955%15
NW10 0102%111
NW10 1159%212
NW10 2173%214
NW10 328%02
NW10 4118%110
NW10 555%15
NW10 628%02
NW10 721%04
NW10 889%110
NW10 9105%19
NW11 041%02
NW11 641%02
NW11 838%02
NW11 927%02
NW2 1120%110
NW2 2143%18
NW2 382%15
NW2 4135%17
NW2 560%14
NW2 6146%115
NW2 757%16
NW3 123%01
NW3 219%03
NW3 358%14
NW3 453%13
NW3 578%15
NW3 674%15
NW3 721%01
NW4 171%14
NW4 241%03
NW4 393%110
NW4 476%16
NW5 110%01
NW5 258%15
NW5 358%13
NW5 4129%19
NW6 114%01
NW6 2132%16
NW6 322%01
NW6 4150%19
NW6 5154%214
NW6 6169%212
NW6 781%17
NW7 115%01
NW7 231%02
NW7 355%13
NW7 4151%17
NW8 017%01
NW8 698%14
NW8 776%14
NW8 866%17
NW8 933%02
NW9 041%04
NW9 5127%120
NW9 638%03
NW9 851%04
NW9 948%04
RM1 1510%526
RM1 239%02
RM1 384%16
RM1 420%02
RM10 7107%112
RM10 8113%112
RM10 995%113
RM11 154%15
RM11 214%01
RM11 327%02
RM12 451%06
RM12 547%03
RM12 654%14
RM13 778%15
RM13 899%17
RM13 982%19
RM14 126%02
RM14 317%01
RM2 541%02
RM2 647%02
RM3 045%05
RM3 7164%211
RM3 8133%112
RM3 952%14
RM5 280%15
RM5 379%16
RM6 4154%116
RM6 562%15
RM6 637%03
RM7 085%112
RM7 759%12
RM7 862%13
RM8 183%19
RM8 235%04
RM8 358%15
RM9 473%17
RM9 532%03
RM9 664%16
SE1 019%05
SE1 151%08
SE1 223%07
SE1 332%04
SE1 484%19
SE1 5215%220
SE1 6210%216
SE1 727%08
SE1 842%06
SE1 946%011
SE10 0126%112
SE10 844%03
SE10 9122%111
SE11 454%14
SE11 5107%110
SE11 617%01
SE12 0114%18
SE12 876%15
SE12 931%02
SE13 5198%219
SE13 6150%120
SE13 7150%118
SE14 5156%217
SE14 6182%216
SE15 1116%18
SE15 2135%112
SE15 3176%217
SE15 4100%16
SE15 5251%222
SE15 6196%218
SE16 256%15
SE16 356%15
SE16 4161%28
SE16 589%13
SE16 6115%13
SE16 741%02
SE17 1190%211
SE17 2271%329
SE17 3181%216
SE18 189%110
SE18 257%14
SE18 3102%19
SE18 4101%111
SE18 5168%214
SE18 6168%222
SE18 7160%216
SE19 1114%17
SE19 2170%29
SE19 376%16
SE2 070%16
SE2 981%19
SE20 770%16
SE20 8145%112
SE21 849%04
SE22 048%03
SE22 872%16
SE23 1143%110
SE23 247%04
SE23 313%01
SE24 095%16
SE24 9114%17
SE25 4111%110
SE25 5108%18
SE25 673%17
SE26 485%16
SE26 5110%18
SE26 627%02
SE27 0150%113
SE27 9152%111
SE28 089%19
SE28 849%07
SE3 0125%17
SE3 789%15
SE3 859%14
SE3 934%02
SE4 195%110
SE4 2105%19
SE5 0104%18
SE5 7112%110
SE5 845%06
SE5 949%08
SE6 186%110
SE6 2171%221
SE6 3229%221
SE6 4331%332
SE7 753%16
SE7 874%16
SE8 3164%212
SE8 4253%217
SE8 5173%213
SE9 146%04
SE9 2101%19
SE9 364%16
SE9 469%16
SE9 5110%17
SE9 6138%110
SM1 1140%111
SM1 229%03
SM1 364%17
SM1 454%15
SM2 551%06
SM2 628%02
SM3 857%14
SM3 949%05
SM4 421%02
SM4 554%15
SM4 665%16
SM5 195%19
SM5 260%15
SM5 3144%19
SM6 069%14
SM6 758%13
SM6 824%02
SM6 911%01
SW10 049%06
SW10 937%03
SW11 1149%111
SW11 2141%112
SW11 320%02
SW11 487%16
SW11 557%16
SW11 629%02
SW12 063%13
SW12 893%18
SW12 963%14
SW13 916%01
SW14 718%01
SW14 813%01
SW15 125%02
SW15 211%01
SW15 367%15
SW15 483%17
SW15 557%15
SW15 632%02
SW16 178%16
SW16 271%18
SW16 331%02
SW16 492%19
SW16 596%111
SW16 649%05
SW17 0115%122
SW17 6123%11
SW17 757%16
SW17 827%03
SW17 9114%113
SW18 187%19
SW18 255%14
SW18 355%15
SW18 480%19
SW18 544%04
SW19 141%04
SW19 268%17
SW19 39%01
SW19 412%01
SW19 5102%15
SW19 614%01
SW19 733%02
SW19 849%06
SW1A 01504%157
SW1A 145%03
SW1A 236%05
SW1E 571%15
SW1E 661%15
SW1P 142%05
SW1P 265%112
SW1P 328%05
SW1P 425%03
SW1V 1162%212
SW1V 2123%16
SW1V 3117%17
SW1V 427%01
SW1W 020%02
SW1W 8124%17
SW1W 920%02
SW1X 736%03
SW1X 847%02
SW1Y 525%02
SW1Y 617%01
SW2 1309%318
SW2 256%14
SW2 3138%112
SW2 4124%18
SW2 561%15
SW20 014%01
SW20 814%01
SW20 936%02
SW3 145%04
SW3 334%02
SW3 453%13
SW3 630%02
SW4 6110%17
SW4 7132%17
SW4 886%14
SW4 948%03
SW5 016%01
SW5 944%03
SW6 1141%111
SW6 254%16
SW6 324%02
SW6 442%03
SW6 553%13
SW6 613%01
SW6 766%15
SW7 140%02
SW7 249%05
SW7 323%01
SW7 418%01
SW7 513%01
SW8 1112%111
SW8 2101%19
SW8 390%15
SW8 4179%214
SW8 563%13
SW9 046%03
SW9 650%03
SW9 7265%321
SW9 8389%422
SW9 9135%111
TN16 244%01
TN16 366%16
TW1 164%14
TW1 223%01
TW1 332%02
TW10 5119%13
TW10 666%15
TW10 771%14
TW11 029%02
TW11 812%01
TW11 915%01
TW12 148%03
TW12 253%14
TW12 320%01
TW13 435%04
TW13 5167%212
TW13 6227%216
TW13 797%16
TW14 040%04
TW14 8101%111
TW14 970%16
TW2 514%01
TW2 642%03
TW2 712%01
TW3 1269%329
TW3 275%15
TW3 392%19
TW3 413%01
TW4 596%18
TW4 651%04
TW4 798%18
TW5 084%18
TW5 926%04
TW6 258%12
TW6 3202%24
TW7 431%02
TW7 58%01
TW7 666%17
TW7 715%01
TW8 057%15
TW8 8118%17
TW8 919%02
TW9 138%03
TW9 265%14
TW9 434%02
UB1 1123%112
UB1 251%17
UB1 375%18
UB10 083%17
UB10 845%04
UB10 937%03
UB11 1730%71
UB2 4120%118
UB2 587%114
UB3 152%18
UB3 275%18
UB3 3122%111
UB3 4111%110
UB3 513%01
UB4 052%15
UB4 847%05
UB4 979%17
UB5 473%18
UB5 562%16
UB5 6104%114
UB6 049%05
UB6 762%15
UB6 870%111
UB6 9121%114
UB7 010%04
UB7 764%15
UB7 880%17
UB7 9124%19
UB8 187%112
UB8 231%06
UB8 316%03
UB9 626%02
W10 4252%220
W10 5200%227
W10 687%19
W11 1289%324
W11 2156%210
W11 375%14
W11 453%15
W12 065%110
W12 774%119
W12 8320%331
W12 985%18
W13 0142%111
W13 818%01
W13 959%16
W14 021%02
W14 894%111
W14 970%18
W1B 157%11
W1B 224%01
W1B 4108%11
W1B 541%01
W1C 1553%53
W1D 2762%71
W1D 343%02
W1D 4147%14
W1D 5151%15
W1D 643%02
W1D 786%13
W1F 052%13
W1F 723%02
W1F 854%14
W1F 928%02
W1G 630%01
W1G 742%01
W1H 160%12
W1H 533%01
W1H 761%13
W1J 519%01
W1J 771%15
W1K 1296%35
W1K 316%01
W1K 583%13
W1K 678%12
W1K 7304%38
W1S 128%03
W1S 451%03
W1T 19%01
W1T 528%02
W1T 646%01
W1T 734%01
W1U 495%12
W1U 634%01
W1W 530%01
W1W 614%01
W1W 716%01
W2 170%114
W2 2114%18
W2 3108%17
W2 4229%217
W2 558%15
W2 614%02
W3 064%15
W3 695%112
W3 764%18
W3 860%17
W3 996%16
W4 126%02
W4 231%03
W4 339%03
W4 452%13
W4 557%17
W5 149%04
W5 281%19
W5 333%03
W5 443%04
W5 551%04
W6 078%112
W6 743%05
W6 832%04
W6 949%07
W7 166%15
W7 216%01
W7 337%03
W8 449%03
W8 519%02
W8 674%15
W8 747%03
W9 112%01
W9 285%17
W9 386%19
WC1A 262%12
WC1B 311%01
WC1B 462%11
WC1B 555%11
WC1E 718%01
WC1H 016%01
WC1H 876%13
WC1H 955%15
WC1N 118%01
WC1N 39%01
WC1R 524%01
WC1X 048%02
WC1X 818%01
WC1X 963%13
WC2B 447%02
WC2B 520%03
WC2E 915%01
WC2H 0377%48
WC2H 7216%28
WC2H 8127%16
WC2H 954%15
WC2N 454%13
WC2N 58%01
WC2N 6146%18
WC2R 090%12
WC2R 2152%11

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : London region has the 1. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

London possession of weapons crime rate rank

London possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "possession of weapons crime" is 5.9k, and this number has increased by 25.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2025 - January 2026. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between February 2025 - January 2026 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.

+25.7% annual change, crime is increasing

5.9k crimes reported

London possession of weapons crime rate compared to other regionsCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

London possession of weapons crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to January 2026.

London possession of weapons crime volume

London possession of weapons crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

London possession of weapons crime rate

London possession of weapons crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

London possession of weapons crime seasonality

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