Part of Release: Official Sub-Ward, Ward and Borough level crime counts.
This is the most accurate data available for counting numbers of crimes in London according to official recorded crime types, by the month the offence occurred, and by either borough, ward or sub ward location.
The page contains the LSOA level file
Click here for corresponding ward level data: Recorded Crime Summary Data for London: Ward Level
Click here for corresponding borough level data: Recorded Crime Summary Data for London: Borough Level
Choose from the three data sets (‘Sub-Ward data’, ‘Ward data’ or ‘Borough data’) according to your requirements.
‘Sub-Ward data’ counts the number of crimes in each sub ward area of London (Census Lower Super Output Area or LSOA) per month according to crime type. Use this data if you need to analyse crime data at a sub ward level. Because not all crimes can be matched to a specific LSOA area, you should not use this data set to count crimes by ward or borough. For these purposes use one of the other datasets according to the level of geographic precision you need.
‘Ward data’ counts the number of crimes in each ward area of London per month, according to crime type. Use this data if you need to analyse crime data according to the location of geographic wards. Because not all crimes can be matched to a ward area, you should not use this data set to count crimes by borough. For this purpose use one of the Borough level dataset provided.
‘Borough data’ counts the number of crimes in each borough area of London per month, according to crime type.
Each of the data sets will contain the latest two years of data available. The categories of crime counts within them may change from time to time. Below is a list of the crime types you can currently extract (*only at borough or ward level):
Minor Category: Major Category
Murder: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
CommonAssault: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
OffensiveWeapon: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
Harassment: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
Otherviolence: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
AssaultWithInjury: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
WoundingGBH: ViolenceAgainstThePerson
Rape: SexualOffences
OtherSexual: SexualOffences
PersonalProperty: Robbery
BusinessProperty: Robbery
BurglaryInADwelling: Burglary
BurglaryInOtherBuildings: Burglary
TheftOrTakingOfMotor: TheftAndHandling
TheftFromMotor: TheftAndHandling
MotorInterferenceAndTampering: TheftAndHandling
TheftFromShops: TheftAndHandling
TheftOrTakingOfPedalCycles: TheftAndHandling
OtherTheftPerson: TheftAndHandling
OtherTheft: TheftAndHandling
HandlingStolenGoods: TheftAndHandling
CountedPerVictim: FraudOrForgery
OtherFraudAndForgery: FraudOrForgery
CriminalDamageToADwelling: CriminalDamage
CriminalDamageToOtherBldg: CriminalDamage
CriminalDamageToMotor: CriminalDamage
OtherCriminalDamage: CriminalDamage
DrugTrafficking: Drugs
PossessionOfDrugs: Drugs
OtherDrugOffences: Drugs
GoingEquipped: OtherNotifiableOffences
OtherNotifiable: OtherNotifiableOffences
Each row of data in the data sets contains:
The number of incidents according to the Month Recorded, the specific crime type, and the Location
The Month Recorded
The broad crime type (Major HO category – eg Robbery)
The specific crime type (Minor HO category – eg Robbery: Personal Property)
*The Location (Sub –Ward, Ward or borough depending on the data set selected)
