Safest districts in England and Wales

The 50 local authority districts with the lowest recorded crime rates in the 12 months to August 2026.

Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to August 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.7; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). How rates are worked out: methodology.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Isles of Scilly	South West	93	39.3	0.41
2	Broadland	Norfolk	5,492	39.8	0.41
3	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	4,558	41.1	0.43
4	Waverley	Surrey	5,917	44.1	0.46
5	Hart	Hampshire	4,563	44.2	0.46
6	West Devon	Devon	2,623	44.5	0.46
7	Wokingham	South East	8,438	45.1	0.47
8	Babergh	Suffolk	4,466	46.0	0.48
9	Rutland	East Midlands	1,950	47.1	0.49
10	East Devon	Devon	7,455	47.1	0.49
11	South Hams	Devon	4,357	47.3	0.49
12	East Hampshire	Hampshire	6,149	47.3	0.49
13	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	7,440	47.5	0.49
14	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	5,924	49.0	0.51
15	South Norfolk	Norfolk	7,321	49.3	0.51
16	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	3,311	50.3	0.52
17	Maldon	Essex	3,535	51.1	0.53
18	Rochford	Essex	4,605	51.3	0.53
19	North Norfolk	Norfolk	5,331	51.6	0.53
20	Harborough	Leicestershire	5,417	51.7	0.54
21	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	7,947	53.2	0.55
22	Dorset	South West	21,072	54.0	0.56
23	Wealden	East Sussex	9,107	54.6	0.56
24	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	6,716	54.8	0.57
25	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	6,970	55.0	0.57
26	Torridge	Devon	3,849	55.1	0.57
27	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	4,012	55.9	0.58
28	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	4,666	56.1	0.58
29	Horsham	West Sussex	8,635	57.0	0.59
30	East Suffolk	Suffolk	14,335	57.4	0.59
31	Shropshire	West Midlands	19,214	57.8	0.60
32	Breckland	Norfolk	8,523	58.1	0.60
33	Mid Devon	Devon	4,941	58.1	0.60
34	New Forest	Hampshire	10,266	58.3	0.60
35	Teignbridge	Devon	8,148	58.8	0.61
36	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	10,190	59.1	0.61
37	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	6,804	59.5	0.62
38	West Suffolk	Suffolk	11,225	59.6	0.62
39	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	5,607	60.4	0.62
40	Wiltshire	South West	31,724	60.6	0.63
41	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	6,174	60.7	0.63
42	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	9,839	60.8	0.63
43	Test Valley	Hampshire	8,243	61.0	0.63
44	Fareham	Hampshire	7,052	61.1	0.63
45	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	3,776	61.2	0.63
46	Elmbridge	Surrey	8,690	61.2	0.63
47	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	19,387	61.4	0.64
48	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	11,739	61.4	0.64
49	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	7,246	61.7	0.64
50	Surrey Heath	Surrey	5,835	61.8	0.64

Safest districts in England and Wales

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