Industry Reports & Insights

Key Findings

• Desk-based roles face greater AI exposure
• Unpredictable physical work is less exposed
• AI exposure does not guarantee job losses

Key Findings

• 88% surveyed lacked employer-issued stab vests
• 62% who requested protective kit were refused
• 83% backed mandatory PPE rules for high-risk roles

Key Findings

• TRNSMT arrests fell 53% from 2024–25
• Boardmasters arrests fell 45% from 2024–25
• Creamfields arrests rose 34.4% from 2024–25

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• 53% surveyed faced assault in the past year
• 79% surveyed faced verbal abuse in the past year
• 40% surveyed faced aggression daily or weekly

Key Findings

• Sutton topped the safety index at 8.09/10
• Camden ranked lowest at 0.87/10
• Barking & Dagenham's crime fell 10% year on year

Key Findings

• Firearm certificates fell 5.4% in a decade
• Men held over 96% of firearm certificates
• Ages 50–64 were the largest gun-holder group

Key Findings

• 10% surveyed admit to intentional shoplifting
• 76% would hand in a lost wallet
• 23% witnessed minor crime but stayed silent

Key Findings

• Recorded shoplifting rose 20% in 2024
• Retail theft cost £2.2bn in 2023/24
• Retail staff faced 2,000+ abuse incidents daily

Key Findings

• The Great Escape led safety scores: 9.27/10
• Green Man ranked second at 8.69/10
• Boomtown ranked lowest at 5.82/10

Key Findings

• Lambeth led collisions per licensed vehicle
• Brighton & Hove led outside London
• Stockport had the lowest collision rate

Key Findings

• 26.3% reoffended in the 2022–23 cohort
• Theft had the highest repeat-offending rate
• Reoffending peaked among 18–20-year-olds

Key Findings

• Hackney led public CCTV coverage per person
• Croydon had the lowest coverage per person
• Camden spent the most on public CCTV

Key Findings

• 19.5% of 16–24-year-olds experienced crime
• 16–24s had the highest violent-crime risk
• 16–19-year-olds faced the most harassment

Key Findings

• Fishers Arms topped the friendliness ranking
• East Midlands led regional friendliness
• London ranked lowest for pub friendliness

Key Findings

• Drug use was highest among 20–24-year-olds
• Cannabis led drug use among young adults
• Ketamine use rose 149% from 2013 to 2023

Key Findings

• London led knife-related robbery rates
• Cleveland led knife-related assault rates
• Kent's knife crime fell 40% over five years

Key Findings

• July had the highest average crime count
• February had the lowest average crime count
• Theft from the person peaked in December

Key Findings

• Westminster led theft-from-person rates
• Westminster thefts rose 712% from 2021–24
• Wirral thefts fell 59% from 2021–24

Key Findings

• Durham topped the night-out ranking
• London ranked last for student nights out
• Newcastle led pub density in the study

Key Findings

• Weston Homes led arrests per supporter
• Holker Street had the second-highest rate
• Crown Oil Arena had the third-highest arrest rate

Key Findings

• West Midlands led firearm offences per person
• Dyfed-Powys led gun certificate holder rates
• Warwickshire led gun dealer rates per person

Key Findings

• Bath had the most crimes per SIA licence holder
• Luton had the fewest crimes per SIA licence holder
• Edinburgh led the share of security job ads