The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.

Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company; the Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a crown colony on 1 April 1867. The colony was dissolved in 1946 as part of the British reorganisation of its South-East Asian dependencies following the end of the Second World War.

The Straits Settlements consisted of the four individual settlements of Malacca; Dinding; Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island); Singapore (with Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands). The island of Labuan; off the coast of Borneo; was also incorporated into the colony with effect from 1 January 1907; becoming a separate settlement within it in 1912. With the exception of Singapore; Christmas Island; and the Cocos Islands; these territories now form part of Malaysia.