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
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 1,992
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 237
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2229 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Rotherham · 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
Assault in Ipswich, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Ipswich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ipswich, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Ipswich · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Hereford, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Hereford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kettering, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Kettering · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Weston-super-Mare · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warrington, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Warrington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Aylesbury · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Worcester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Worcester · 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 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 Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Redditch, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Redditch · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cardiff, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Cardiff · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Wolverhampton · 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 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Edinburgh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Braintree · 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 Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Dudley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Coventry, United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Coventry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Walsall, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Walsall · 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 Dudley, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Dudley · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in United Kingdom
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Corby, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Corby · 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 Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Liverpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Colchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · Colchester · 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.