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
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,293
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 483
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3776 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangor, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bangor · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · 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
Assault in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oldham, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Oldham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Wakefield, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Wakefield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Norwich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Norwich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Newcastle upon Tyne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Exeter · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Exeter · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Slough, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Slough · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Luton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Luton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Mass violence in United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wakefield, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Wakefield · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ipswich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Ipswich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Londonderry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Londonderry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swansea, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swansea · 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.