Risk events in United Kingdom, August 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.
2229 events were recorded: 1992 conflict events and 237 unrest events.
2229 eventsSources: gdelt
2229 events· United Kingdom
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,992
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 237
- 11 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2229 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Slough, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Slough · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Cheltenham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oldham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Oldham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · 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
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 Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Swindon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bath, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Bath · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gloucester, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Gloucester · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dudley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bexley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bexley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Nottingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Brighton · 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 Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in York, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · York · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Swindon, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Swindon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Braintree · 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
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bedford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Bedford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · 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.