Safest towns in England and Wales

The 50 towns of 5,000+ people 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	Lyneham	Wiltshire	109	18.9	0.20
2	Kesgrave	East Suffolk	374	23.4	0.24
3	Strensall	York	121	23.4	0.24
4	Barton on Sea	New Forest	178	24.5	0.25
5	Ravenshead	Gedling	146	25.0	0.26
6	Merley	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	155	25.4	0.26
7	Four Marks	East Hampshire	153	25.8	0.27
8	Taverham and Drayton	Broadland	406	25.9	0.27
9	Bailrigg	Lancaster	133	25.9	0.27
10	Ashingdon	Rochford	171	26.7	0.28
11	Swanland	East Riding of Yorkshire	148	27.1	0.28
12	Greasby	Wirral	258	27.3	0.28
13	Fremington	North Devon	150	27.9	0.29
14	Wrecclesham	Waverley	239	28.1	0.29
15	Odiham	Hart	153	28.2	0.29
16	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	199	28.7	0.30
17	Waltham	North East Lincolnshire	202	29.5	0.31
18	Long Stratton	South Norfolk	181	29.6	0.31
19	Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire)	East Riding of Yorkshire	430	30.3	0.31
20	Bayston Hill	Shropshire	157	30.5	0.32
21	Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt	Harborough	236	30.9	0.32
22	Ashtead	Mole Valley	470	31.5	0.33
23	Hockley and Hawkwell	Rochford	504	31.6	0.33
24	Benson	South Oxfordshire	216	31.6	0.33
25	Longton	South Ribble	363	31.7	0.33
26	Streetly	Walsall	497	32.0	0.33
27	Hagley	Bromsgrove	243	32.0	0.33
28	Bramley and Wonersh	Waverley	165	32.4	0.34
29	Moor Park	Three Rivers	189	32.7	0.34
30	Makeney	Amber Valley	168	33.0	0.34
31	Horsford	Broadland	208	33.4	0.35
32	Broughton Astley	Harborough	344	33.8	0.35
33	Bovey Tracey	Teignbridge	195	33.8	0.35
34	Heswall	Wirral	994	33.9	0.35
35	Hazlemere	Buckinghamshire	663	34.4	0.36
36	Washingborough and Heighington	North Kesteven	255	34.6	0.36
37	Penyffordd	Flintshire	175	34.6	0.36
38	Sonning Common	South Oxfordshire	207	34.7	0.36
39	Wootton (Bedford)	Bedford	290	34.7	0.36
40	Corfe Mullen	Dorset	372	34.8	0.36
41	Seaton (Allerdale)	Cumberland	183	34.9	0.36
42	Chandler's Ford	Eastleigh	1,059	34.9	0.36
43	East Horsley	Guildford	207	35.2	0.36
44	Albrighton	Shropshire	294	35.2	0.37
45	Otford and Kemsing	Sevenoaks	264	35.4	0.37
46	Bearsted	Maidstone	297	35.4	0.37
47	Great Shelford and Stapleford	South Cambridgeshire	238	35.5	0.37
48	Cookham	Windsor and Maidenhead	196	35.5	0.37
49	Verwood	Dorset	510	35.6	0.37
50	Bodicote	Cherwell	197	35.7	0.37

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.

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