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
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 483
- 11 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3776 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Burton-on-Trent · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oldham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oldham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oldham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oldham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bristol, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bristol · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Coventry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Coventry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Darlington, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Darlington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cheltenham · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Royal Leamington Spa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aberdeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Belfast · 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 Bristol, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bristol · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Guildford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Guildford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dudley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Doncaster, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Doncaster · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · 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 Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oxford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oxford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Norwich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Norwich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bedford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stockport, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Stockport · 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.