Recorded crime
Salford recorded crime
Offences police recorded across the Salford area in the 12 months to March 2026, and the rate for every 1,000 residents. Official figures.
Offences per 1,000 residents
105.8
84.7 for England and Wales. 31,140 offences in the 12 months to March 2026.
- Offences
- 31,140
- England and Wales
- 84.7 per 1,000
Official figures: Home Office police recorded crime, published by the ONS
Summary
Recorded crime in Salford: police recorded 31,140 offences (excluding fraud) in the Salford area in the 12 months to March 2026, which is 105.8 for every 1,000 residents. For England and Wales as a whole it is 84.7 per 1,000. The largest group was violence against the person, at 40% of the offences recorded. These are Home Office figures for the whole local authority area, not for a postcode district, and a city centre with few residents and many visitors reads high because the rate divides by residents only.
Data from Home Office police recorded crime, published by the ONS, the 12 months to March 2026 (Year ending March 2026 edition).
Read this first
This page uses official Home Office figures for the whole Salford area, not a postcode-district table. The police's street-level feed (data.police.uk) holds only 2 records across 5 Salford districts for July 2026, because it carries only a small part of what the Greater Manchester force area recorded. A table built on that would show a gap in the data, not a quiet city, so we do not show it.
The figures below are a count and a rate for a 12-month period across a whole local authority. They say nothing about one street, and they cannot be added to or compared with the street-level data used for other cities.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Salford recorded crime: a whole-area rate, so check the street
Police recorded 31,140 offences in the Salford area in the 12 months to March 2026, 105.8 for every 1,000 residents and above the 84.7 for England and Wales; these Home Office figures stand in for the police.uk map, which holds too few Salford records to use.
For sellers, a rate for the whole area tells a buyer little about one road, so be ready to explain that and to describe your own street honestly, including what is good about it.
Sell houseIf you are buying, use the rate as background for Salford as a whole, not as a ranking of streets: violence against the person was the largest group at 40% of offences, so ask whether it is what happens on the road you like.
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Key figures
Salford crime at a glance
Whole-area totals for the 12 months to March 2026, from Home Office police recorded crime, published by the ONS.
Offences
31,140
Excluding fraud, 12 months
Per 1,000 residents
105.8
Salford area
England and Wales
84.7
Per 1,000 residents
Largest group
Violence
40% of offences
Offences by group
Salford offences, April 2025 to March 2026
31,140 offences (excluding fraud), 105.8 per 1,000 residents.
Offence groups
Salford offences by group
Violence against the person was the largest group, with 12,349 offences: 40% of the 31,140 total.
See the figures
| Offence group | Offences | Share | Per 1,000 residents | England and Wales per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime (excluding fraud) | 31,140 | 100% | 105.8 | 84.7 |
| Violence against the person | 12,349 | 40% | 42.0 | 31.8 |
| Theft offences | 7,134 | 23% | 24.2 | 26.5 |
| Public order offences | 3,016 | 10% | 10.2 | 7.3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2,997 | 10% | 10.2 | 7.4 |
| Drug offences | 2,428 | 8% | 8.2 | 3.7 |
| Sexual offences | 1,261 | 4% | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 967 | 3% | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| Possession of weapons offences | 563 | 2% | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| Robbery | 425 | 1% | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Home Office police recorded crime, published by the ONS, April 2025 to March 2026
Rate per 1,000
Each group against England and Wales
Violence against the person runs at 42.0 offences per 1,000 residents in the Salford area, against 31.8 for England and Wales.
Each row: this area, then England and Wales, per 1,000 residents.
Home Office police recorded crime, published by the ONS, April 2025 to March 2026
The nine groups do not overlap and add up to the total. Burglary, vehicle offences and shoplifting are counted inside theft offences. Residents are mid-2024 estimates rounded to 100 by ONS.
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
In the 12 months to March 2026, police recorded 31,140 offences (excluding fraud) in the Salford area, which is 105.8 for every 1,000 residents. For England and Wales as a whole the figure is 84.7 per 1,000.
The largest group was violence against the person, with 12,349 offences, 40% of the total.
A rate divides offences by the people who live in the area. Where many people work, shop or go out but few live, as in a city centre, the rate divides by residents only, so it reads higher than the same offences would in a residential area; treat the comparison with England and Wales as context for Salford, not a verdict.
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Questions, answered
Salford recorded crime: your questions
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Source and method
Where these figures come from
Home Office police recorded crime, published by the Office for National Statistics. Dataset: Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables, Year ending March 2026 edition, released 23 July 2026, covering April 2025 to March 2026. Figures are for the Salford Community Safety Partnership area (the Salford local authority), Greater Manchester police force area. Rates are per 1,000 residents, using mid-2024 population estimates, rounded to 100 by ons. England and Wales only. Offences excluding fraud. Rates are per 1,000 resident population. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These come from each force's return to the Home Office, not from data.police.uk, which is why they exist where the street-level feed is incomplete. Recorded crime is only crime that was reported and recorded, and recording practice differs between forces.
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