Safest towns in England and Wales

The 50 towns of 5,000+ people 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	Lyneham	Wiltshire	114	19.7	0.20
2	Kesgrave	East Suffolk	386	24.2	0.25
3	Greasby	Wirral	229	24.3	0.25
4	Barton on Sea	New Forest	177	24.3	0.25
5	Strensall	York	127	24.6	0.25
6	Ashingdon	Rochford	160	24.9	0.26
7	Four Marks	East Hampshire	154	26.0	0.27
8	Taverham and Drayton	Broadland	413	26.3	0.27
9	Bailrigg	Lancaster	140	27.3	0.28
10	Merley	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	167	27.4	0.28
11	Swanland	East Riding of Yorkshire	152	27.8	0.29
12	Ravenshead	Gedling	165	28.2	0.29
13	Wrecclesham	Waverley	244	28.7	0.30
14	Long Stratton	South Norfolk	176	28.8	0.30
15	Fremington	North Devon	156	29.0	0.30
16	Odiham	Hart	158	29.2	0.30
17	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	203	29.3	0.30
18	Ashtead	Mole Valley	446	29.9	0.31
19	Brough (East Riding of Yorkshire)	East Riding of Yorkshire	429	30.2	0.31
20	Bayston Hill	Shropshire	157	30.5	0.32
21	Waltham	North East Lincolnshire	212	30.9	0.32
22	Hagley	Bromsgrove	236	31.1	0.32
23	Benson	South Oxfordshire	214	31.3	0.32
24	Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt	Harborough	240	31.5	0.33
25	Streetly	Walsall	493	31.8	0.33
26	Longton	South Ribble	365	31.9	0.33
27	Hockley and Hawkwell	Rochford	512	32.1	0.33
28	Horsford	Broadland	202	32.4	0.34
29	Bramley and Wonersh	Waverley	166	32.6	0.34
30	Bodicote	Cherwell	181	32.8	0.34
31	Great Shelford and Stapleford	South Cambridgeshire	225	33.5	0.35
32	Moor Park	Three Rivers	194	33.6	0.35
33	East Horsley	Guildford	198	33.6	0.35
34	Broughton Astley	Harborough	344	33.8	0.35
35	Makeney	Amber Valley	172	33.8	0.35
36	Hazlemere	Buckinghamshire	656	34.0	0.35
37	Heswall	Wirral	1,000	34.1	0.35
38	Rainford	St. Helens	185	34.4	0.36
39	Bearsted	Maidstone	289	34.5	0.36
40	Bovey Tracey	Teignbridge	201	34.9	0.36
41	Cookham	Windsor and Maidenhead	193	34.9	0.36
42	Oakley (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	203	35.0	0.36
43	Sonning Common	South Oxfordshire	209	35.0	0.36
44	Tarleton and Hesketh Bank	West Lancashire	330	35.1	0.36
45	Washingborough and Heighington	North Kesteven	259	35.1	0.36
46	Chandler's Ford	Eastleigh	1,067	35.2	0.36
47	Chorleywood	Three Rivers	505	35.3	0.37
48	Ponteland	Northumberland	442	35.4	0.37
49	Seaton (Allerdale)	Cumberland	186	35.5	0.37
50	Albrighton	Shropshire	296	35.5	0.37

Safest towns in England and Wales

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