Safest towns in South East

Towns in South East ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to July 2026.

About this ranking

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	Barton on Sea	New Forest	178	24.5	0.25
2	Four Marks	East Hampshire	153	25.8	0.27
3	Wrecclesham	Waverley	239	28.1	0.29
4	Odiham	Hart	153	28.2	0.29
5	Ashtead	Mole Valley	470	31.5	0.33
6	Benson	South Oxfordshire	216	31.6	0.33
7	Bramley and Wonersh	Waverley	165	32.4	0.34
8	Hazlemere	Buckinghamshire	663	34.4	0.36
9	Sonning Common	South Oxfordshire	207	34.7	0.36
10	Chandler's Ford	Eastleigh	1,059	34.9	0.36
11	East Horsley	Guildford	207	35.2	0.36
12	Otford and Kemsing	Sevenoaks	264	35.4	0.37
13	Bearsted	Maidstone	297	35.4	0.37
14	Cookham	Windsor and Maidenhead	196	35.5	0.37
15	Bodicote	Cherwell	197	35.7	0.37
16	Denmead	Winchester	188	35.9	0.37
17	Oakley (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	209	36.0	0.37
18	Weybourne (Waverley)	Waverley	442	36.3	0.38
19	Southwater	Horsham	428	36.4	0.38
20	Kings Worthy	Winchester	192	36.5	0.38
21	Haddenham (Buckinghamshire)	Buckinghamshire	270	36.7	0.38
22	Liss	East Hampshire	239	36.7	0.38
23	Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	Bracknell Forest	741	36.9	0.38
24	Chinnor	South Oxfordshire	301	37.3	0.39
25	Headley Down and Headley	East Hampshire	219	39.0	0.40
26	Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross	Wokingham	428	39.1	0.41
27	Ashley (New Forest)	New Forest	313	39.2	0.41
28	Farncombe	Waverley	484	39.2	0.41
29	Blackwater (Hart)	Hart	286	39.2	0.41
30	Elvetham Heath	Hart	206	39.4	0.41
31	North Baddesley	Test Valley	278	39.6	0.41
32	Wokingham	Wokingham	2,100	39.6	0.41
33	Littlestone-on-Sea	Folkestone and Hythe	225	39.7	0.41
34	Whitchurch (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	251	40.2	0.42
35	Wendover	Buckinghamshire	391	40.4	0.42
36	Olney	Milton Keynes	318	40.5	0.42
37	Tadley	Basingstoke and Deane	590	40.9	0.42
38	Bourne End	Buckinghamshire	310	41.0	0.43
39	Ascot	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,044	41.1	0.43
40	Woodley	Wokingham	1,140	41.7	0.43
41	Hook (Hart)	Hart	430	41.8	0.43
42	Aston Clinton	Buckinghamshire	214	42.0	0.44
43	Stoke Mandeville	Buckinghamshire	225	42.0	0.44
44	Great Bookham and Fetcham	Mole Valley	957	42.4	0.44
45	Midhurst	Chichester	234	42.6	0.44
46	Hindhead	Waverley	245	42.6	0.44
47	Eynsham	West Oxfordshire	290	42.7	0.44
48	Worcester Park and Stoneleigh	Epsom and Ewell	652	42.8	0.44
49	Borough Green	Tonbridge and Malling	269	43.0	0.45
50	Overton (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	227	43.0	0.45
51	Cranleigh	Waverley	569	43.2	0.45
52	Godalming	Waverley	547	43.9	0.46
53	Crowborough	Wealden	930	43.9	0.46
54	Heathfield (Wealden)	Wealden	365	44.0	0.46
55	Chalfont St Peter	Buckinghamshire	609	44.0	0.46
56	Lee-on-the-Solent	Fareham	1,137	44.2	0.46
57	Kings Hill	Tonbridge and Malling	447	44.4	0.46
58	Shrivenham and Watchfield	Vale of White Horse	329	45.0	0.47
59	Amersham	Buckinghamshire	781	45.3	0.47
60	Iver Heath	Buckinghamshire	232	45.4	0.47
61	Fleet	Hart	1,797	45.4	0.47
62	Carterton	West Oxfordshire	875	45.5	0.47
63	Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	Buckinghamshire	340	45.7	0.47
64	Hythe	Folkestone and Hythe	630	46.1	0.48
65	Storrington	Horsham	309	46.6	0.48
66	Yateley	Hart	700	46.8	0.49
67	Hersham	Elmbridge	680	47.0	0.49
68	Southborough	Tunbridge Wells	511	47.2	0.49
69	Princes Risborough	Buckinghamshire	420	47.4	0.49
70	Winnersh	Wokingham	546	47.5	0.49
71	Crowthorne	Bracknell Forest	762	47.7	0.50
72	Lower Willingdon	Wealden	386	47.8	0.50
73	Seaford	Lewes	1,143	47.8	0.50
74	Prestwood and Great Missenden	Buckinghamshire	340	48.0	0.50
75	Marchwood	New Forest	285	48.7	0.51
76	Ash and Ash Vale	Guildford	1,377	48.7	0.51
77	Twyford (Wokingham)	Wokingham	435	48.7	0.51
78	Cowes	Isle of Wight	732	48.9	0.51
79	Liphook	East Hampshire	406	49.0	0.51
80	Horndean	East Hampshire	1,655	49.0	0.51
81	Old Windsor and Wraysbury	Windsor and Maidenhead	354	49.1	0.51
82	West Molesey	Elmbridge	2,395	49.6	0.51
83	Lightwater	Surrey Heath	339	50.1	0.52
84	Virginia Water	Runnymede	330	50.5	0.52
85	Gerrards Cross	Buckinghamshire	375	50.6	0.52
86	East Wittering	Chichester	356	50.8	0.53
87	Rusthall and Langton Green	Tunbridge Wells	406	50.8	0.53
88	Billingshurst	Horsham	529	50.9	0.53
89	Shinfield	Wokingham	347	50.9	0.53
90	Thame	South Oxfordshire	552	51.1	0.53
91	Little Chalfont	Buckinghamshire	378	51.5	0.53
92	Hawkinge	Folkestone and Hythe	448	51.6	0.54
93	Ebbsfleet Valley	Dartford	386	52.0	0.54
94	Milford and Witley	Waverley	281	52.3	0.54
95	Grove (Vale of White Horse)	Vale of White Horse	570	52.9	0.55
96	Caversham	Reading	1,748	53.2	0.55
97	Locks Heath	Fareham	1,926	53.5	0.56
98	Wallingford	South Oxfordshire	470	53.8	0.56
99	Haslemere	Waverley	631	53.9	0.56
100	Emsworth	Havant	670	53.9	0.56
101	Haywards Heath	Mid Sussex	2,229	54.0	0.56
102	West End and Chobham	Surrey Heath	555	54.6	0.57
103	Stoke Poges	Buckinghamshire	309	54.7	0.57
104	Henfield	Horsham	323	54.7	0.57
105	Romsey	Test Valley	1,072	55.1	0.57
106	Tadworth and Epsom Downs	Reigate and Banstead	1,544	55.6	0.58
107	New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater	Runnymede	2,079	55.6	0.58
108	Hawkhurst	Tunbridge Wells	290	55.7	0.58
109	Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	846	55.8	0.58
110	Broadbridge Heath	Horsham	361	55.8	0.58
111	Rustington	Arun	1,980	55.9	0.58
112	Frimley	Surrey Heath	916	55.9	0.58
113	Freshwater and Totland	Isle of Wight	490	56.1	0.58
114	Herne	Canterbury	809	56.2	0.58
115	Blackfield and Langley	New Forest	347	56.4	0.59
116	Hedge End	Eastleigh	1,332	56.9	0.59
117	Farnham	Waverley	1,231	57.0	0.59
118	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	1,585	57.7	0.60
119	Oxted	Tandridge	753	57.8	0.60
120	Lymington	New Forest	908	57.9	0.60
121	Halfway Houses	Swale	295	57.9	0.60
122	Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	Buckinghamshire	757	58.1	0.60
123	Coxheath	Maidstone	621	58.8	0.61
124	Weybridge	Elmbridge	984	58.8	0.61
125	Kidlington	Cherwell	942	59.1	0.61
126	Reigate	Reigate and Banstead	1,541	59.1	0.61
127	Warlingham	Tandridge	424	60.0	0.62
128	Henley-on-Thames	South Oxfordshire	749	60.2	0.63
129	Marlow	Buckinghamshire	898	60.3	0.63
130	Alton (East Hampshire)	East Hampshire	1,118	60.3	0.63
131	Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	New Forest	1,234	60.5	0.63
132	Esher	Elmbridge	569	60.6	0.63
133	Uckfield	Wealden	951	60.7	0.63
134	Winslow	Buckinghamshire	342	60.8	0.63
135	Holbury	New Forest	471	61.0	0.63
136	Newport Pagnell	Milton Keynes	950	61.0	0.63
137	Barnham (Arun)	Arun	564	61.1	0.63
138	Horley (Reigate and Banstead)	Reigate and Banstead	1,836	61.2	0.63
139	Didcot	South Oxfordshire	2,222	61.4	0.64
140	Deal	Dover	1,776	61.5	0.64
141	Hoo St Werburgh	Medway	629	61.6	0.64
142	Staplehurst	Maidstone	471	61.7	0.64
143	Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	Mid Sussex	922	61.8	0.64
144	Byfleet	Woking	821	62.1	0.64
145	East Grinstead	Mid Sussex	1,746	62.2	0.65
146	Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley	Sevenoaks	1,068	62.3	0.65
147	Polegate	Wealden	589	62.4	0.65
148	West Kingsdown	Sevenoaks	387	62.6	0.65
149	Maidenhead	Windsor and Maidenhead	4,209	62.8	0.65
150	Banstead	Reigate and Banstead	520	62.9	0.65
151	Wantage	Vale of White Horse	864	62.9	0.65
152	Petersfield	East Hampshire	1,010	63.2	0.66
153	Rownhams and Nursling	Test Valley	365	63.3	0.66
154	Hungerford	West Berkshire	401	65.2	0.68
155	Whiteley	Fareham	667	65.5	0.68
156	Lancing and Sompting	Adur	1,880	65.6	0.68
157	Chipping Norton	West Oxfordshire	491	65.7	0.68
158	Ashford Common	Spelthorne	597	66.0	0.68
159	Thatcham	West Berkshire	1,695	66.4	0.69
160	Witney	West Oxfordshire	1,837	66.8	0.69
161	Camberley	Surrey Heath	2,552	67.4	0.70
162	Faringdon	Vale of White Horse	701	67.5	0.70
163	Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	979	68.1	0.71
164	Whitfield (Dover)	Dover	448	68.2	0.71
165	Bursledon	Eastleigh	502	68.6	0.71
166	Shoreham-by-Sea	Adur	1,645	69.2	0.72
167	Abingdon-on-Thames	Vale of White Horse	2,287	69.4	0.72
168	Tenterden	Ashford	521	69.5	0.72
169	Bordon	East Hampshire	736	69.5	0.72
170	Larkfield	Tonbridge and Malling	2,028	69.6	0.72
171	Totton	New Forest	1,824	69.8	0.72
172	South Hayling	Havant	1,137	70.1	0.73
173	East Cowes	Isle of Wight	652	70.2	0.73
174	Selsey	Chichester	774	70.5	0.73
175	Ringwood	New Forest	913	70.8	0.73
176	Cobham (Elmbridge)	Elmbridge	1,328	71.2	0.74
177	Minster (Swale)	Swale	1,282	71.9	0.75
178	Farnborough	Rushmoor	4,425	71.9	0.75
179	Stone (Dartford)	Dartford	387	71.9	0.75
180	Ashford (Spelthorne)	Spelthorne	1,844	72.0	0.75
181	Burgess Hill	Mid Sussex	2,476	72.1	0.75
182	Peacehaven	Lewes	1,166	72.1	0.75
183	Broadstairs	Thanet	1,822	73.2	0.76
184	Chesham	Buckinghamshire	1,648	73.3	0.76
185	Burghfield Common	West Berkshire	501	73.8	0.77
186	Waterlooville	Havant	2,622	74.0	0.77
187	West End (Eastleigh)	Eastleigh	786	74.7	0.77
188	Aylesham	Dover	487	75.4	0.78
189	Fordingbridge	New Forest	413	76.1	0.79
190	Southwick (Adur)	Adur	954	76.5	0.79
191	Shepperton	Spelthorne	389	76.5	0.79
192	Horsham	Horsham	3,847	76.6	0.79
193	Teynham	Swale	411	76.8	0.80
194	Ewell	Epsom and Ewell	2,525	77.0	0.80
195	Andover	Test Valley	3,760	77.5	0.80
196	Eastleigh	Eastleigh	3,685	77.6	0.81
197	Tonbridge	Tonbridge and Malling	2,983	77.8	0.81
198	Copthorne	Mid Sussex	493	78.4	0.81
199	Bracknell	Bracknell Forest	6,533	78.9	0.82
200	Royal Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	4,213	79.4	0.82
201	Dorking	Mole Valley	1,346	79.5	0.83
202	Fareham	Fareham	3,189	79.6	0.83
203	Caterham	Tandridge	1,841	79.7	0.83
204	Lenham and Harrietsham	Maidstone	441	80.2	0.83
205	Walton-on-Thames	Elmbridge	2,239	81.1	0.84
206	Netley	Eastleigh	626	81.3	0.84
207	Woking	Woking	6,040	81.7	0.85
208	Datchet	Windsor and Maidenhead	439	81.9	0.85
209	Winchester	Winchester	4,317	82.4	0.85
210	Pembury	Tunbridge Wells	479	82.5	0.86
211	Sunbury-on-Thames	Spelthorne	1,794	82.9	0.86
212	Chertsey	Runnymede	1,011	83.3	0.86
213	Bicester	Cherwell	3,263	83.4	0.87
214	Bagshot	Surrey Heath	530	83.5	0.87
215	Hailsham	Wealden	1,814	83.9	0.87
216	Gosport	Gosport	5,894	85.1	0.88
217	Bexhill-on-Sea	Rother	3,967	85.9	0.89
218	Aldershot	Rushmoor	3,814	86.3	0.90
219	Basingstoke	Basingstoke and Deane	10,495	86.8	0.90
220	Redhill (Reigate and Banstead)	Reigate and Banstead	2,975	88.2	0.91
221	Egham	Runnymede	2,505	88.4	0.92
222	Whitstable	Canterbury	2,757	88.7	0.92
223	Swanley	Sevenoaks	1,654	89.1	0.92
224	Ventnor	Isle of Wight	479	89.1	0.93
225	Paddock Wood	Tunbridge Wells	841	89.8	0.93
226	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	8,189	90.2	0.94
227	Bletchley	Milton Keynes	4,009	90.3	0.94
228	Shanklin	Isle of Wight	827	91.0	0.94
229	South Merstham	Reigate and Banstead	967	91.1	0.95
230	Windsor	Windsor and Maidenhead	3,002	91.4	0.95
231	Newbury	West Berkshire	3,836	92.9	0.96
232	Ryde	Isle of Wight	2,231	93.0	0.96
233	Faversham	Swale	2,109	93.5	0.97
234	Addlestone	Runnymede	1,305	93.8	0.97
235	Edenbridge	Sevenoaks	758	93.9	0.97
236	Stanwell	Spelthorne	1,138	93.9	0.97
237	Northfleet	Gravesham	2,825	94.1	0.98
238	Swanscombe	Dartford	1,501	94.1	0.98
239	High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	8,541	94.3	0.98
240	Rochester	Medway	6,641	94.7	0.98
241	Ashford (Ashford)	Ashford	7,882	94.8	0.98
242	New Milton	New Forest	1,004	96.1	1.00
243	Banbury	Cherwell	5,418	98.6	1.02
244	Dartford	Dartford	7,168	98.9	1.03
245	Slough	Slough	17,244	99.3	1.03
246	Gillingham (Medway)	Medway	11,481	99.7	1.03
247	Worthing	Worthing	11,373	99.9	1.04
248	Snodland	Tonbridge and Malling	1,228	100.3	1.04
249	Sittingbourne	Swale	5,611	101.5	1.05
250	Wick (Arun)	Arun	1,243	101.9	1.06
251	Bognor Regis	Arun	7,017	101.9	1.06
252	Yapton	Arun	772	102.1	1.06
253	Reading	Reading	21,940	102.8	1.07
254	Herne Bay	Canterbury	2,530	102.8	1.07
255	Oxford	Oxford	17,654	103.7	1.08
256	Maidstone	Maidstone	11,653	104.5	1.08
257	Guildford	Guildford	8,459	105.5	1.10
258	Gravesend	Gravesham	6,454	106.5	1.11
259	Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes	21,559	109.7	1.14
260	Lewes	Lewes	1,813	110.3	1.14
261	Epsom	Epsom and Ewell	3,907	110.9	1.15
262	Sandown	Isle of Wight	1,412	114.8	1.19
263	Havant	Havant	5,747	116.1	1.21
264	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	27,419	119.3	1.24
265	Littlehampton	Arun	2,276	122.1	1.27
266	Margate	Thanet	7,827	122.7	1.27
267	Leatherhead	Mole Valley	1,552	122.7	1.27
268	Folkestone	Folkestone and Hythe	6,634	122.8	1.27
269	Brighton and Hove	Brighton and Hove	34,620	123.3	1.28
270	Chatham	Medway	10,047	125.4	1.30
271	Crawley (Crawley)	Crawley	15,945	126.7	1.31
272	Newport (Isle of Wight)	Isle of Wight	3,402	128.7	1.34
273	Staines-upon-Thames	Spelthorne	2,587	128.8	1.34
274	Southampton	Southampton	34,149	131.6	1.37
275	Newhaven	Lewes	2,021	134.6	1.40
276	Ramsgate	Thanet	5,792	135.4	1.41
277	Eastbourne	Eastbourne	14,193	142.0	1.47
278	Hastings	Hastings	13,034	142.9	1.48
279	Dover	Dover	5,535	150.3	1.56
280	Chichester	Chichester	5,403	155.7	1.62
281	Canterbury	Canterbury	9,687	167.3	1.74
282	Sheerness	Swale	2,818	208.8	2.17

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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