Risk events in United Kingdom, May 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.
3776 events were recorded: 3293 conflict events and 483 unrest events.
3776 eventsSources: gdelt
3776 events· United Kingdom
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,293
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 483
- 6 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3776 events · newest first
- Conflict
Martial law in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Derby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Derby · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in York, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · York · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangor, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kettering, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Kettering · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Corby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Corby · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Crewe, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Crewe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bristol, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bristol · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Reading, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Reading · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Solihull, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Solihull · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cardiff, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cardiff · 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
Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burnley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burnley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Plymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Plymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · 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
Military posture change in Slough, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Slough · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Corby, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Corby · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · 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.