Risk events in United Kingdom, April 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
3344 events were recorded: 2921 conflict events and 423 unrest events.
3344 eventsSources: gdelt
3344 events· United Kingdom
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,921
- 25 in the list
- Unrest
- 423
- 25 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3344 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Hastings, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Hastings · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Southampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Southampton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bristol, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bristol · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Sutton Coldfield · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Walsall, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Walsall · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Stockport, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Stockport · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ipswich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Ipswich · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hastings, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Hastings · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.