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 Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weymouth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weymouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Worcester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Worcester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stevenage, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Stevenage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Southampton, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Southampton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bristol, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bristol · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stevenage, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Stevenage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Milton Keynes · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Milton Keynes · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oldham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oldham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Salford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Salford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Folkestone, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Folkestone · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bournemouth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Preston, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Preston · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Shrewsbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Manchester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Worcester, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Worcester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swindon · 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 Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Exeter, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Exeter · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dunfermline · 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.