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; 47 in the list
Unrest: 483; 3 in the list
Advisory: 0; 0 in the list

Events

What is happening now

3776 events · newest first

Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Nuclear alert in Redditch, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Redditch · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in York, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · York · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swindon · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Sutton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Sutton · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military posture change in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Maidenhead · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Salford · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Hartlepool · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Dartford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dartford · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military posture change in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Martial law in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Colchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Colchester · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Newport, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Newport · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Royal Leamington Spa · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Conflict
Assault in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Ipswich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Ipswich · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026
Unrest
Demonstration in Norwich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Norwich · Source: gdelt
22 May 2026

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.