The data is broken down into the borough name, the number of offences and then the number of offences per 1,000 of the population.
The London boroughs with lowest crime rates revealed: Richmond tops list Crime statistics released by the Metropolitan police have revealed the safest boroughs in London across 2024.
The borough was the safest in 2024, with 12,113 incidents recorded by police – working out at 60.7 offences per 1,000 of the population.
This was followed by burglary on 4,875; arson and criminal damage on 4,265, public order offences totalling 4,086 and drug offences on 3,952.
Bigger boroughs will be likely to have a higher number of crimes as their population is greater, so this statistic makes it possible to compare boroughs with each other.
