Safest districts in England and Wales

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

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Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.4; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). Rates for city and town centres are inflated by visitors and commuters, who are not counted in the resident population.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Isles of Scilly	South West	81	34.2	0.36
2	Broadland	Norfolk	5,450	39.4	0.41
3	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	4,509	40.7	0.42
4	Waverley	Surrey	5,896	43.9	0.46
5	Hart	Hampshire	4,575	44.3	0.46
6	Wokingham	South East	8,392	44.8	0.47
7	West Devon	Devon	2,655	45.1	0.47
8	Babergh	Suffolk	4,439	45.7	0.47
9	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	7,327	46.8	0.49
10	East Devon	Devon	7,414	46.9	0.49
11	Rutland	East Midlands	1,943	46.9	0.49
12	South Hams	Devon	4,365	47.4	0.49
13	East Hampshire	Hampshire	6,164	47.4	0.49
14	South Norfolk	Norfolk	7,239	48.8	0.51
15	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	6,008	49.7	0.52
16	Maldon	Essex	3,456	50.0	0.52
17	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	3,320	50.5	0.52
18	North Norfolk	Norfolk	5,232	50.7	0.53
19	Rochford	Essex	4,561	50.8	0.53
20	Harborough	Leicestershire	5,331	50.9	0.53
21	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	7,923	53.1	0.55
22	Dorset	South West	20,740	53.2	0.55
23	Wealden	East Sussex	9,033	54.1	0.56
24	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	6,890	54.4	0.56
25	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	6,666	54.4	0.56
26	Torridge	Devon	3,826	54.8	0.57
27	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	3,967	55.3	0.57
28	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	4,676	56.2	0.58
29	Horsham	West Sussex	8,524	56.3	0.58
30	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	5,082	56.6	0.59
31	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	5,868	57.6	0.60
32	East Suffolk	Suffolk	14,380	57.6	0.60
33	Breckland	Norfolk	8,459	57.7	0.60
34	Shropshire	West Midlands	19,279	58.0	0.60
35	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	6,644	58.1	0.60
36	New Forest	Hampshire	10,252	58.2	0.60
37	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	10,068	58.4	0.61
38	Mid Devon	Devon	4,963	58.4	0.61
39	Teignbridge	Devon	8,128	58.7	0.61
40	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	5,406	59.0	0.61
41	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	9,703	60.0	0.62
42	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	5,574	60.0	0.62
43	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	3,715	60.2	0.62
44	West Suffolk	Suffolk	11,384	60.4	0.63
45	Test Valley	Hampshire	8,166	60.4	0.63
46	Fareham	Hampshire	6,986	60.5	0.63
47	Wiltshire	South West	31,787	60.7	0.63
48	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	19,207	60.8	0.63
49	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	11,617	60.8	0.63
50	Surrey Heath	Surrey	5,751	60.9	0.63

Recorded crime depends on reporting and recording as well as on offending, so small differences between areas should not be over-read. See the methodology.

Safest districts in England and Wales

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