Safest towns in East of England

Towns in East of England ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to August 2026. Kesgrave ranks first with 24.2 per 1,000 residents and Takeley and Little Canfield ranks 186th with 281.7, against 96.7 for England and Wales.

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	Kesgrave	East Suffolk	386	24.2	0.25
2	Ashingdon	Rochford	160	24.9	0.26
3	Taverham and Drayton	Broadland	413	26.3	0.27
4	Long Stratton	South Norfolk	176	28.8	0.30
5	Hockley and Hawkwell	Rochford	512	32.1	0.33
6	Horsford	Broadland	202	32.4	0.34
7	Great Shelford and Stapleford	South Cambridgeshire	225	33.5	0.35
8	Moor Park	Three Rivers	194	33.6	0.35
9	Chorleywood	Three Rivers	505	35.3	0.37
10	Wootton (Bedford)	Bedford	305	36.5	0.38
11	Harpenden	St Albans	1,086	37.6	0.39
12	Poringland	South Norfolk	264	37.6	0.39
13	Barton-le-Clay	Central Bedfordshire	198	39.4	0.41
14	Lawford	Tendring	202	39.4	0.41
15	Ampthill	Central Bedfordshire	370	39.9	0.41
16	Sawston	South Cambridgeshire	312	41.6	0.43
17	Woodbridge	East Suffolk	400	41.8	0.43
18	Red Lodge	West Suffolk	299	42.0	0.43
19	Cranfield	Central Bedfordshire	372	42.6	0.44
20	Great Notley	Braintree	336	43.1	0.45
21	Chiswell Green	St Albans	260	43.4	0.45
22	Danbury	Chelmsford	292	43.5	0.45
23	Brundall	Broadland	242	44.6	0.46
24	West Mersea	Colchester	322	45.0	0.47
25	Saffron Walden	Uttlesford	708	45.0	0.47
26	Beck Row	West Suffolk	233	45.3	0.47
27	Kelvedon and Feering	Braintree	261	45.6	0.47
28	Tiptree	Colchester	386	46.3	0.48
29	Hullbridge	Rochford	253	46.5	0.48
30	Brightlingsea	Tendring	418	46.8	0.48
31	Billericay	Basildon	1,588	46.9	0.49
32	Lakenheath	West Suffolk	242	47.8	0.49
33	Warboys	Huntingdonshire	255	48.0	0.50
34	Stotfold	Central Bedfordshire	664	48.5	0.50
35	Thundersley and South Benfleet	Castle Point	2,391	49.0	0.51
36	Aylsham	Broadland	363	49.0	0.51
37	Hadleigh	Babergh	460	49.9	0.52
38	Flitwick	Central Bedfordshire	571	50.0	0.52
39	Burwell	East Cambridgeshire	325	50.0	0.52
40	South Woodham Ferrers	Chelmsford	804	50.7	0.52
41	Great Wakering	Rochford	365	51.2	0.53
42	Waterbeach	South Cambridgeshire	294	51.3	0.53
43	Harleston	South Norfolk	274	51.6	0.53
44	Caister-on-Sea	Great Yarmouth	453	52.7	0.54
45	Wivenhoe	Colchester	353	52.9	0.55
46	Royston (North Hertfordshire)	North Hertfordshire	854	53.1	0.55
47	Marston Moretaine	Central Bedfordshire	300	53.2	0.55
48	Attleborough	Breckland	603	53.3	0.55
49	Sawbridgeworth	East Hertfordshire	628	53.6	0.55
50	Bungay	East Suffolk	280	54.0	0.56
51	Halesworth	East Suffolk	276	54.1	0.56
52	Southminster	Maldon	272	54.4	0.56
53	Brampton (Huntingdonshire)	Huntingdonshire	405	54.6	0.56
54	Rayleigh	Rochford	1,822	54.6	0.56
55	Bricket Wood	St Albans	295	55.3	0.57
56	Hethersett	South Norfolk	445	55.4	0.57
57	Felixstowe	East Suffolk	1,394	55.6	0.58
58	Doddington and Wimblington	Fenland	280	55.8	0.58
59	Tring	Dacorum	730	55.9	0.58
60	Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)	Great Yarmouth	683	56.1	0.58
61	Bovingdon	Dacorum	341	56.3	0.58
62	Sheringham	North Norfolk	385	56.5	0.58
63	Soham	East Cambridgeshire	686	56.6	0.59
64	Buckhurst Hill	Epping Forest	687	57.3	0.59
65	Watton	Breckland	764	57.4	0.59
66	Arlesey	Central Bedfordshire	368	57.8	0.60
67	Halstead (Braintree)	Braintree	919	57.8	0.60
68	Berkhamsted	Dacorum	1,280	58.0	0.60
69	Burnham-on-Crouch	Maldon	574	58.4	0.60
70	Frinton-on-Sea	Tendring	310	58.6	0.61
71	Cambourne	South Cambridgeshire	641	58.6	0.61
72	Cringleford	South Norfolk	350	58.8	0.61
73	Downham Market	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	667	59.0	0.61
74	Sawtry	Huntingdonshire	438	59.8	0.62
75	Radlett	Hertsmere	490	60.0	0.62
76	Godmanchester	Huntingdonshire	552	60.6	0.63
77	Writtle	Chelmsford	332	62.0	0.64
78	Beccles	East Suffolk	637	62.0	0.64
79	Leighton Buzzard	Central Bedfordshire	2,869	63.7	0.66
80	Bushey	Hertsmere	1,818	64.1	0.66
81	Stowmarket	Mid Suffolk	1,412	64.3	0.67
82	Brandon (West Suffolk)	West Suffolk	629	64.4	0.67
83	Cottenham	South Cambridgeshire	477	65.2	0.67
84	Stanford-le-Hope	Thurrock	2,014	65.4	0.68
85	Great Dunmow	Uttlesford	660	65.6	0.68
86	Stansted Mountfitchet	Uttlesford	693	65.7	0.68
87	St Ives (Huntingdonshire)	Huntingdonshire	1,142	65.8	0.68
88	Galleywood	Chelmsford	474	66.2	0.69
89	Chigwell	Epping Forest	843	66.4	0.69
90	Buntingford	East Hertfordshire	563	67.3	0.70
91	Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	Three Rivers	1,115	67.3	0.70
92	Maldon	Maldon	1,604	67.3	0.70
93	Biggleswade	Central Bedfordshire	1,573	67.4	0.70
94	Wickford	Basildon	1,897	67.7	0.70
95	Ware	East Hertfordshire	1,363	67.8	0.70
96	Whittlesey	Fenland	1,040	67.8	0.70
97	Wixams	Bedford	588	69.9	0.72
98	Hitchin	North Hertfordshire	2,533	69.9	0.72
99	Shortstown	Bedford	413	70.1	0.72
100	Shefford	Central Bedfordshire	593	70.5	0.73
101	Bar Hill	South Cambridgeshire	360	70.8	0.73
102	North Walsham	North Norfolk	823	71.3	0.74
103	Elm and Emneth	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	402	71.9	0.74
104	Haverhill	West Suffolk	1,983	72.0	0.74
105	Yaxley (Huntingdonshire)	Huntingdonshire	713	72.0	0.75
106	Cromer	North Norfolk	544	72.2	0.75
107	St Neots	Huntingdonshire	2,386	72.3	0.75
108	East Tilbury	Thurrock	449	72.4	0.75
109	Leiston	East Suffolk	382	73.3	0.76
110	Dunstable	Central Bedfordshire	2,628	73.4	0.76
111	Wymondham (South Norfolk)	South Norfolk	1,340	73.6	0.76
112	Newmarket	West Suffolk	1,512	73.7	0.76
113	Chatteris	Fenland	838	75.1	0.78
114	Baldock	North Hertfordshire	806	75.2	0.78
115	Sandy	Central Bedfordshire	819	76.7	0.79
116	Sudbury	Babergh	1,860	76.9	0.80
117	Rickmansworth	Three Rivers	1,810	77.8	0.81
118	Littleport	East Cambridgeshire	680	78.0	0.81
119	Aveley	Thurrock	760	78.2	0.81
120	Bury St Edmunds	West Suffolk	3,471	78.5	0.81
121	Diss	South Norfolk	778	78.5	0.81
122	Swaffham	Breckland	597	78.7	0.81
123	Ely	East Cambridgeshire	1,601	78.8	0.81
124	Witham	Braintree	2,007	79.0	0.82
125	Dereham	Breckland	1,704	79.1	0.82
126	Histon and Impington	South Cambridgeshire	631	79.3	0.82
127	Braintree	Braintree	3,353	79.7	0.82
128	Loughton	Epping Forest	2,704	79.8	0.83
129	Bishop's Stortford	East Hertfordshire	3,555	80.1	0.83
130	Mildenhall (West Suffolk)	West Suffolk	733	80.5	0.83
131	Purfleet-on-Thames	Thurrock	448	81.3	0.84
132	Runwell	Chelmsford	796	81.7	0.85
133	Hertford	East Hertfordshire	2,537	81.9	0.85
134	Brentwood	Brentwood	4,820	82.0	0.85
135	Canvey Island	Castle Point	3,165	82.1	0.85
136	Longstanton and Northstowe	South Cambridgeshire	633	83.6	0.86
137	South Ockendon	Thurrock	1,969	84.2	0.87
138	Letchworth	North Hertfordshire	2,848	84.7	0.88
139	St Albans	St Albans	6,245	85.2	0.88
140	Rochford	Rochford	1,226	85.7	0.89
141	Fakenham	North Norfolk	708	86.7	0.90
142	Hoddesdon	Broxbourne	3,513	87.5	0.91
143	Berechurch	Colchester	727	88.0	0.91
144	Gorleston-on-Sea	Great Yarmouth	2,130	89.4	0.92
145	Epping	Epping Forest	923	90.3	0.93
146	Lowestoft	East Suffolk	6,485	90.8	0.94
147	Luton	Luton	22,791	91.6	0.95
148	Houghton Regis	Central Bedfordshire	2,303	92.5	0.96
149	Kempston	Bedford	2,008	94.2	0.97
150	Potters Bar	Hertsmere	2,320	94.8	0.98
151	Thetford	Breckland	2,414	95.4	0.99
152	Ipswich	Ipswich	14,484	95.9	0.99
153	Cheshunt	Broxbourne	4,322	97.2	1.01
154	Walton-on-the-Naze	Tendring	681	97.3	1.01
155	March	Fenland	2,133	98.9	1.02
156	Chelmsford	Chelmsford	11,314	99.1	1.03
157	Ramsey	Huntingdonshire	548	99.6	1.03
158	Welwyn Garden City	Welwyn Hatfield	5,088	100.0	1.04
159	Grays	Thurrock	4,655	101.2	1.05
160	Harwich	Tendring	2,204	101.5	1.05
161	Hemel Hempstead	Dacorum	10,306	102.6	1.06
162	Norwich	Norwich	20,985	103.2	1.07
163	Watford (Watford)	Watford	14,259	103.7	1.07
164	Borehamwood	Hertsmere	4,229	104.4	1.08
165	Waltham Abbey	Epping Forest	2,150	104.7	1.08
166	Chadwell St Mary	Thurrock	1,159	107.0	1.11
167	Harlow	Harlow	10,574	110.3	1.14
168	Cambridge (Cambridge)	Cambridge	16,922	110.5	1.14
169	King's Lynn	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	5,606	113.4	1.17
170	Southend-on-Sea	Southend-on-Sea	21,255	114.7	1.19
171	Colchester	Colchester	15,833	114.9	1.19
172	Stevenage	Stevenage	10,934	115.1	1.19
173	Waltham Cross	Broxbourne	1,587	119.2	1.23
174	Basildon	Basildon	14,622	120.6	1.25
175	Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire	3,271	123.5	1.28
176	Bedford	Bedford	12,865	125.5	1.30
177	Hatfield	Welwyn Hatfield	5,492	127.3	1.32
178	Clacton-on-Sea	Tendring	7,123	128.2	1.33
179	Wisbech	Fenland	3,414	132.8	1.37
180	Peterborough	Peterborough	26,579	133.2	1.38
181	Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock	Thurrock	2,816	135.8	1.41
182	Tilbury	Thurrock	2,132	137.1	1.42
183	London Colney	St Albans	1,274	151.6	1.57
184	Jaywick	Tendring	834	156.8	1.62
185	Great Yarmouth	Great Yarmouth	6,872	231.1	2.39
186	Takeley and Little Canfield	Uttlesford	1,695	281.7	2.91

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