Safety score
Personal safety, institutional trust, and resilience signals informed by international safety and crime data.
Safety in London79/100
Safety
Safety in London
London has solid safety with neighborhood variation. Violent-crime context is comparatively low; opportunistic risks are concentrated in transit and tourist hubs. Safety in London scores 79/100, placing it in the solid group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 79/100
Safety score
79/100
Solid score reinforced by institutional response capacity.
Violent-crime context
Low-moderate
Violent-crime context is comparatively low globally.
Watch item
Phone snatching
High-traffic central areas concentrate opportunistic property crime.
London safety data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 79/100 | Resident experience varies by neighborhood. |
| Violent-crime context | Low-moderate | Long-run trend is favorable but not flat. |
| Watch item | Phone snatching | Awareness in busy transit hubs remains useful. |
Safety city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| London (this page) | 79/100 | London has solid safety with neighborhood variation. Violent-crime context is comparatively low; opportunistic risks are concentrated in transit and tourist hubs. |
| Edinburgh | 88/100 | Edinburgh scores well on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. |
| Manchester | 75/100 | Manchester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bristol | 75/100 | Bristol's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Reading | 74/100 | Reading's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Leeds | 74/100 | Leeds's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Cambridge | 74/100 | Cambridge's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Birmingham | 73/100 | Birmingham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Cardiff | 73/100 | Cardiff's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Oxford | 73/100 | Oxford's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Bournemouth | 72/100 | Bournemouth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Milton Keynes | 72/100 | Milton Keynes's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Glasgow | 72/100 | Glasgow's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Brighton | 72/100 | Brighton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Belfast | 71/100 | Belfast's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Liverpool | 70/100 | Liverpool's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Sheffield | 70/100 | Sheffield's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Southend-on-Sea | 69/100 | Southend-on-Sea's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Northampton | 68/100 | Northampton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Preston | 67/100 | Preston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Luton | 66/100 | Luton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Middlesbrough | 65/100 | Middlesbrough's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Chester | 61/100 | Chester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Stirling | 60/100 | Stirling's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Newport | 58/100 | Newport's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Leicester | 58/100 | Leicester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Wrexham | 57/100 | Wrexham's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Gloucester | 57/100 | Gloucester's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Coventry | 57/100 | Coventry's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Swindon | 56/100 | Swindon's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Portsmouth | 56/100 | Portsmouth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
Interpretation
Safety scoring weighs violent-crime context, neighborhood variation, and institutional response. Large global cities tend to have visible opportunistic risk patterns. Across the indexed cities the safety average is 63/100, so London is 16 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 2 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
2 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: UNODC Data Portal
Used as a directional benchmark for relative city safety framing.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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