Towns with lower recorded crime rates
Recorded incidents per 1,000 residents, with population shown alongside each rate.
July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months · 1,163 eligible towns
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This includes recorded antisocial behaviour. Lower recorded rates do not prove a town is safer: reporting, policing, visitor numbers and source coverage all affect the figures.
Eligibility, ordering and limitations
A population denominator of at least 5,000 residents.
Mapped Police.uk incidents are divided by the population denominator used in the crime dataset and multiplied by 1,000. That denominator can differ from the newer Census population shown in a town guide. The population threshold does not establish complete police reporting coverage.
National positions are retained when you search or filter. Equal underlying values share the same position, so ranks can repeat and skip. Display values are rounded; the ordering uses the stored precision.
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1,163 matching towns from 1,163 eligible towns. Positions are national within this eligible dataset, including when filtered.
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| Rank | Town | Incidents per 1,000 | Population denominator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashton-in-MakerfieldWigan | 6.7 | 25,379 |
| 2 | HerneKent | 15.4 | 13,669 |
| 3 | OrrellWigan | 16.7 | 23,673 |
| 4 | MerleyBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 17.2 | 6,332 |
| 5 | WideopenNorth Tyneside | 17.9 | 9,147 |
| 6 | RavensheadNottinghamshire | 18.5 | 5,890 |
| 7 | LydiateSefton | 20.8 | 8,306 |
| 8 | Moor ParkHertfordshire | 21.9 | 5,853 |
| 9 | LynehamWiltshire | 22.3 | 5,661 |
| 10 | KesgraveSuffolk | 22.8 | 15,860 |
| 11 | Barton on SeaHampshire | 24.0 | 7,407 |
| 12 | Washingborough and HeighingtonLincolnshire | 24.3 | 7,088 |
| 13 | Allerton BywaterLeeds | 24.8 | 7,918 |
| 13 | WalthamNorth East Lincolnshire | 24.8 | 6,811 |
| 15 | Carbis BayCornwall | 25.3 | 5,450 |
| 16 | Great Shelford and StaplefordCambridgeshire | 26.0 | 6,538 |
| 16 | Headley Down and HeadleyHampshire | 26.0 | 5,577 |
| 18 | Taverham and DraytonNorfolk | 27.1 | 15,227 |
| 19 | WendoverBuckinghamshire | 27.2 | 9,653 |
| 20 | BrundallNorfolk | 27.8 | 5,038 |
| 20 | GreasbyWirral | 27.8 | 9,422 |
| 22 | AshingdonEssex | 28.1 | 6,330 |
| 23 | Overton (Basingstoke and Deane)Hampshire | 28.2 | 5,248 |
| 24 | FremingtonDevon | 28.7 | 5,231 |
| 25 | WinchcombeGloucestershire | 29.5 | 5,281 |
Home Office / Police.uk · July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months. Source details
Is this a list of the safest towns?
No. These are recorded incident rates, not a safety score. Town-wide figures also hide differences between streets and neighbourhoods. Read the categories and limitations in each town guide and use local information for the address you are considering.
Data sources
Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources
Police.uk street-level crimeHome Office / Police.uk · 2026-06
- Data version
- 2026-06
- Source published
- 29 July 2026
- Retrieved by Kerbside
- 1 September 2026
- Published on Kerbside
- 1 September 2026
- Refresh cadence
- monthly
- Towns with a published result
- 6,260
Open original source · Open Government Licence v3.0
Publication reference: 4d94afb3-682c-4003-9eef-f006b8451ce9. A published result is not a guarantee of complete local coverage.