Safest towns in South East

Towns in South East ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to August 2026. Barton on Sea ranks first with 24.3 per 1,000 residents and Sheerness ranks 282nd with 211.0, 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	Barton on Sea	New Forest	177	24.3	0.25
2	Four Marks	East Hampshire	154	26.0	0.27
3	Wrecclesham	Waverley	244	28.7	0.30
4	Odiham	Hart	158	29.2	0.30
5	Ashtead	Mole Valley	446	29.9	0.31
6	Benson	South Oxfordshire	214	31.3	0.32
7	Bramley and Wonersh	Waverley	166	32.6	0.34
8	Bodicote	Cherwell	181	32.8	0.34
9	East Horsley	Guildford	198	33.6	0.35
10	Hazlemere	Buckinghamshire	656	34.0	0.35
11	Bearsted	Maidstone	289	34.5	0.36
12	Cookham	Windsor and Maidenhead	193	34.9	0.36
13	Oakley (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	203	35.0	0.36
14	Sonning Common	South Oxfordshire	209	35.0	0.36
15	Chandler's Ford	Eastleigh	1,067	35.2	0.36
16	Liss	East Hampshire	235	36.1	0.37
17	Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	Bracknell Forest	731	36.4	0.38
18	Weybourne (Waverley)	Waverley	444	36.4	0.38
19	Haddenham (Buckinghamshire)	Buckinghamshire	269	36.5	0.38
20	Denmead	Winchester	192	36.7	0.38
21	Blackwater (Hart)	Hart	268	36.8	0.38
22	Otford and Kemsing	Sevenoaks	275	36.8	0.38
23	Littlestone-on-Sea	Folkestone and Hythe	209	36.9	0.38
24	Southwater	Horsham	437	37.2	0.38
25	Chinnor	South Oxfordshire	302	37.4	0.39
26	Stoke Mandeville	Buckinghamshire	202	37.7	0.39
27	Kings Worthy	Winchester	200	38.0	0.39
28	Elvetham Heath	Hart	200	38.2	0.40
29	Ashley (New Forest)	New Forest	308	38.6	0.40
30	Headley Down and Headley	East Hampshire	220	39.2	0.41
31	Farncombe	Waverley	490	39.7	0.41
32	Wokingham	Wokingham	2,115	39.9	0.41
33	Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross	Wokingham	439	40.1	0.41
34	Wendover	Buckinghamshire	389	40.2	0.42
35	Bourne End	Buckinghamshire	306	40.5	0.42
36	North Baddesley	Test Valley	285	40.6	0.42
37	Tadley	Basingstoke and Deane	596	41.3	0.43
38	Great Bookham and Fetcham	Mole Valley	933	41.4	0.43
39	Woodley	Wokingham	1,132	41.4	0.43
40	Hook (Hart)	Hart	426	41.4	0.43
41	Whitchurch (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	261	41.8	0.43
42	Aston Clinton	Buckinghamshire	216	42.4	0.44
43	Ascot	Windsor and Maidenhead	1,079	42.5	0.44
44	Borough Green	Tonbridge and Malling	269	43.0	0.44
45	Olney	Milton Keynes	342	43.6	0.45
46	Midhurst	Chichester	240	43.7	0.45
47	Worcester Park and Stoneleigh	Epsom and Ewell	668	43.8	0.45
48	Eynsham	West Oxfordshire	298	43.9	0.45
49	Cranleigh	Waverley	578	43.9	0.45
50	Chalfont St Peter	Buckinghamshire	609	44.0	0.46
51	Amersham	Buckinghamshire	761	44.2	0.46
52	Lee-on-the-Solent	Fareham	1,155	44.9	0.46
53	Heathfield (Wealden)	Wealden	373	44.9	0.46
54	Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	Buckinghamshire	335	45.1	0.47
55	Crowborough	Wealden	956	45.1	0.47
56	Fleet	Hart	1,802	45.5	0.47
57	Hindhead	Waverley	262	45.6	0.47
58	Shrivenham and Watchfield	Vale of White Horse	335	45.8	0.47
59	Twyford (Wokingham)	Wokingham	413	46.3	0.48
60	Godalming	Waverley	580	46.5	0.48
61	Overton (Basingstoke and Deane)	Basingstoke and Deane	246	46.6	0.48
62	Carterton	West Oxfordshire	898	46.7	0.48
63	Southborough	Tunbridge Wells	507	46.9	0.48
64	Storrington	Horsham	312	47.0	0.49
65	Hersham	Elmbridge	683	47.2	0.49
66	Princes Risborough	Buckinghamshire	420	47.4	0.49
67	Seaford	Lewes	1,141	47.7	0.49
68	Yateley	Hart	716	47.9	0.50
69	Prestwood and Great Missenden	Buckinghamshire	342	48.3	0.50
70	Liphook	East Hampshire	401	48.4	0.50
71	Hythe	Folkestone and Hythe	663	48.5	0.50
72	Iver Heath	Buckinghamshire	250	48.9	0.51
73	Kings Hill	Tonbridge and Malling	494	49.1	0.51
74	East Wittering	Chichester	346	49.3	0.51
75	West Molesey	Elmbridge	2,388	49.4	0.51
76	Ash and Ash Vale	Guildford	1,397	49.4	0.51
77	Crowthorne	Bracknell Forest	789	49.4	0.51
78	Old Windsor and Wraysbury	Windsor and Maidenhead	357	49.5	0.51
79	Winnersh	Wokingham	570	49.6	0.51
80	Horndean	East Hampshire	1,687	50.0	0.52
81	Lower Willingdon	Wealden	405	50.1	0.52
82	Lightwater	Surrey Heath	342	50.5	0.52
83	Gerrards Cross	Buckinghamshire	376	50.7	0.52
84	Marchwood	New Forest	297	50.7	0.52
85	Ebbsfleet Valley	Dartford	378	50.9	0.53
86	Rusthall and Langton Green	Tunbridge Wells	408	51.0	0.53
87	Cowes	Isle of Wight	766	51.2	0.53
88	Hawkinge	Folkestone and Hythe	446	51.3	0.53
89	Milford and Witley	Waverley	277	51.6	0.53
90	Shinfield	Wokingham	353	51.8	0.54
91	Little Chalfont	Buckinghamshire	381	52.0	0.54
92	Billingshurst	Horsham	540	52.0	0.54
93	Haslemere	Waverley	616	52.6	0.54
94	Wallingford	South Oxfordshire	463	53.0	0.55
95	Thame	South Oxfordshire	576	53.3	0.55
96	Caversham	Reading	1,754	53.4	0.55
97	Virginia Water	Runnymede	349	53.4	0.55
98	Locks Heath	Fareham	1,925	53.5	0.55
99	Tadworth and Epsom Downs	Reigate and Banstead	1,493	53.8	0.56
100	Emsworth	Havant	674	54.2	0.56
101	Haywards Heath	Mid Sussex	2,243	54.3	0.56
102	Stoke Poges	Buckinghamshire	308	54.5	0.56
103	Hawkhurst	Tunbridge Wells	285	54.8	0.57
104	Henfield	Horsham	326	55.2	0.57
105	New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater	Runnymede	2,069	55.4	0.57
106	Grove (Vale of White Horse)	Vale of White Horse	597	55.4	0.57
107	Romsey	Test Valley	1,081	55.6	0.57
108	Halfway Houses	Swale	283	55.6	0.57
109	West End and Chobham	Surrey Heath	565	55.6	0.58
110	Freshwater and Totland	Isle of Wight	488	55.8	0.58
111	Blackfield and Langley	New Forest	346	56.2	0.58
112	Rustington	Arun	1,993	56.3	0.58
113	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	1,553	56.6	0.59
114	Broadbridge Heath	Horsham	366	56.6	0.59
115	Farnham	Waverley	1,223	56.6	0.59
116	Herne	Canterbury	821	57.0	0.59
117	Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	874	57.6	0.60
118	Lymington	New Forest	907	57.8	0.60
119	Hedge End	Eastleigh	1,356	57.9	0.60
120	Frimley	Surrey Heath	950	58.0	0.60
121	Weybridge	Elmbridge	979	58.5	0.61
122	Coxheath	Maidstone	619	58.6	0.61
123	Kidlington	Cherwell	937	58.8	0.61
124	West Kingsdown	Sevenoaks	365	59.1	0.61
125	Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	Buckinghamshire	770	59.1	0.61
126	Uckfield	Wealden	926	59.1	0.61
127	Oxted	Tandridge	771	59.2	0.61
128	Reigate	Reigate and Banstead	1,550	59.4	0.61
129	Alton (East Hampshire)	East Hampshire	1,105	59.6	0.62
130	Marlow	Buckinghamshire	891	59.8	0.62
131	Esher	Elmbridge	564	60.1	0.62
132	Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley	Sevenoaks	1,034	60.3	0.62
133	Polegate	Wealden	570	60.3	0.62
134	Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	New Forest	1,236	60.6	0.63
135	Warlingham	Tandridge	430	60.8	0.63
136	Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	Mid Sussex	908	60.9	0.63
137	Henley-on-Thames	South Oxfordshire	758	61.0	0.63
138	Staplehurst	Maidstone	468	61.3	0.63
139	Maidenhead	Windsor and Maidenhead	4,138	61.7	0.64
140	Didcot	South Oxfordshire	2,234	61.7	0.64
141	Deal	Dover	1,783	61.7	0.64
142	Barnham (Arun)	Arun	572	61.9	0.64
143	Newport Pagnell	Milton Keynes	966	62.1	0.64
144	Rownhams and Nursling	Test Valley	358	62.1	0.64
145	Horley (Reigate and Banstead)	Reigate and Banstead	1,867	62.2	0.64
146	Chipping Norton	West Oxfordshire	465	62.3	0.64
147	Holbury	New Forest	482	62.4	0.65
148	Winslow	Buckinghamshire	351	62.4	0.65
149	Byfleet	Woking	825	62.4	0.65
150	Petersfield	East Hampshire	1,010	63.2	0.65
151	Hoo St Werburgh	Medway	646	63.3	0.65
152	Banstead	Reigate and Banstead	524	63.4	0.66
153	East Grinstead	Mid Sussex	1,780	63.4	0.66
154	Witney	West Oxfordshire	1,763	64.1	0.66
155	Wantage	Vale of White Horse	884	64.4	0.67
156	Whiteley	Fareham	657	64.6	0.67
157	Hungerford	West Berkshire	405	65.8	0.68
158	Thatcham	West Berkshire	1,696	66.4	0.69
159	Faringdon	Vale of White Horse	693	66.7	0.69
160	Bordon	East Hampshire	713	67.3	0.70
161	Lancing and Sompting	Adur	1,930	67.4	0.70
162	Bursledon	Eastleigh	493	67.4	0.70
163	Ashford Common	Spelthorne	612	67.6	0.70
164	Abingdon-on-Thames	Vale of White Horse	2,257	68.5	0.71
165	Camberley	Surrey Heath	2,607	68.9	0.71
166	Whitfield (Dover)	Dover	453	68.9	0.71
167	Shoreham-by-Sea	Adur	1,644	69.2	0.72
168	Totton	New Forest	1,810	69.3	0.72
169	South Hayling	Havant	1,130	69.7	0.72
170	Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	1,006	70.0	0.72
171	Larkfield	Tonbridge and Malling	2,052	70.4	0.73
172	East Cowes	Isle of Wight	654	70.4	0.73
173	Minster (Swale)	Swale	1,259	70.6	0.73
174	Tenterden	Ashford	530	70.7	0.73
175	Stone (Dartford)	Dartford	381	70.8	0.73
176	Cobham (Elmbridge)	Elmbridge	1,324	71.0	0.73
177	Ringwood	New Forest	920	71.3	0.74
178	Ashford (Spelthorne)	Spelthorne	1,830	71.4	0.74
179	Chesham	Buckinghamshire	1,622	72.2	0.75
180	Farnborough	Rushmoor	4,465	72.5	0.75
181	Burgess Hill	Mid Sussex	2,507	73.0	0.76
182	Burghfield Common	West Berkshire	502	73.9	0.76
183	Aylesham	Dover	481	74.4	0.77
184	Broadstairs	Thanet	1,854	74.5	0.77
185	Peacehaven	Lewes	1,213	75.0	0.78
186	Waterlooville	Havant	2,661	75.1	0.78
187	Fordingbridge	New Forest	408	75.2	0.78
188	Shepperton	Spelthorne	384	75.5	0.78
189	Selsey	Chichester	829	75.5	0.78
190	West End (Eastleigh)	Eastleigh	797	75.7	0.78
191	Ewell	Epsom and Ewell	2,517	76.8	0.79
192	Caterham	Tandridge	1,783	77.2	0.80
193	Copthorne	Mid Sussex	486	77.3	0.80
194	Horsham	Horsham	3,924	78.1	0.81
195	Andover	Test Valley	3,796	78.2	0.81
196	Bracknell	Bracknell Forest	6,556	79.2	0.82
197	Eastleigh	Eastleigh	3,767	79.3	0.82
198	Dorking	Mole Valley	1,343	79.3	0.82
199	Royal Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells	4,218	79.5	0.82
200	Tonbridge	Tonbridge and Malling	3,064	79.9	0.83
201	Southwick (Adur)	Adur	1,001	80.2	0.83
202	Woking	Woking	5,933	80.3	0.83
203	Winchester	Winchester	4,246	81.0	0.84
204	Fareham	Fareham	3,258	81.3	0.84
205	Teynham	Swale	436	81.5	0.84
206	Walton-on-Thames	Elmbridge	2,252	81.6	0.84
207	Netley	Eastleigh	638	82.8	0.86
208	Bicester	Cherwell	3,255	83.2	0.86
209	Hailsham	Wealden	1,803	83.4	0.86
210	Pembury	Tunbridge Wells	484	83.4	0.86
211	Lenham and Harrietsham	Maidstone	459	83.5	0.86
212	Bagshot	Surrey Heath	531	83.6	0.87
213	Chertsey	Runnymede	1,018	83.9	0.87
214	Datchet	Windsor and Maidenhead	450	83.9	0.87
215	Sunbury-on-Thames	Spelthorne	1,823	84.2	0.87
216	Gosport	Gosport	5,937	85.8	0.89
217	Whitstable	Canterbury	2,675	86.1	0.89
218	Aldershot	Rushmoor	3,808	86.2	0.89
219	Bexhill-on-Sea	Rother	3,992	86.4	0.89
220	Basingstoke	Basingstoke and Deane	10,559	87.4	0.90
221	Redhill (Reigate and Banstead)	Reigate and Banstead	2,948	87.4	0.90
222	Ventnor	Isle of Wight	473	88.0	0.91
223	Egham	Runnymede	2,514	88.7	0.92
224	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	8,095	89.2	0.92
225	Paddock Wood	Tunbridge Wells	838	89.4	0.93
226	Bletchley	Milton Keynes	3,995	90.0	0.93
227	Swanley	Sevenoaks	1,676	90.3	0.93
228	Windsor	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,972	90.5	0.94
229	Faversham	Swale	2,049	90.9	0.94
230	Shanklin	Isle of Wight	835	91.9	0.95
231	Newbury	West Berkshire	3,803	92.1	0.95
232	South Merstham	Reigate and Banstead	980	92.3	0.96
233	Swanscombe	Dartford	1,476	92.6	0.96
234	Addlestone	Runnymede	1,298	93.3	0.97
235	High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	8,456	93.4	0.97
236	Ryde	Isle of Wight	2,246	93.6	0.97
237	Stanwell	Spelthorne	1,140	94.1	0.97
238	Northfleet	Gravesham	2,830	94.2	0.98
239	Ashford (Ashford)	Ashford	7,962	95.7	0.99
240	Rochester	Medway	6,763	96.4	1.00
241	Edenbridge	Sevenoaks	787	97.5	1.01
242	New Milton	New Forest	1,021	97.7	1.01
243	Dartford	Dartford	7,106	98.0	1.01
244	Gillingham (Medway)	Medway	11,367	98.7	1.02
245	Banbury	Cherwell	5,437	98.9	1.02
246	Snodland	Tonbridge and Malling	1,211	98.9	1.02
247	Slough	Slough	17,288	99.5	1.03
248	Yapton	Arun	765	101.2	1.05
249	Worthing	Worthing	11,569	101.6	1.05
250	Herne Bay	Canterbury	2,506	101.8	1.05
251	Bognor Regis	Arun	7,025	102.0	1.06
252	Sittingbourne	Swale	5,678	102.7	1.06
253	Reading	Reading	21,930	102.7	1.06
254	Wick (Arun)	Arun	1,262	103.4	1.07
255	Oxford	Oxford	17,690	103.9	1.08
256	Guildford	Guildford	8,387	104.6	1.08
257	Maidstone	Maidstone	11,735	105.2	1.09
258	Gravesend	Gravesham	6,402	105.6	1.09
259	Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes	21,460	109.2	1.13
260	Lewes	Lewes	1,801	109.6	1.13
261	Epsom	Epsom and Ewell	3,917	111.2	1.15
262	Sandown	Isle of Wight	1,427	116.0	1.20
263	Havant	Havant	5,786	116.9	1.21
264	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	27,549	119.9	1.24
265	Leatherhead	Mole Valley	1,520	120.2	1.24
266	Margate	Thanet	7,858	123.2	1.27
267	Folkestone	Folkestone and Hythe	6,682	123.7	1.28
268	Littlehampton	Arun	2,308	123.8	1.28
269	Brighton and Hove	Brighton and Hove	35,044	124.8	1.29
270	Newport (Isle of Wight)	Isle of Wight	3,320	125.6	1.30
271	Crawley (Crawley)	Crawley	15,916	126.4	1.31
272	Chatham	Medway	10,149	126.7	1.31
273	Staines-upon-Thames	Spelthorne	2,619	130.4	1.35
274	Southampton	Southampton	34,688	133.7	1.38
275	Newhaven	Lewes	2,049	136.5	1.41
276	Ramsgate	Thanet	5,841	136.5	1.41
277	Eastbourne	Eastbourne	14,430	144.4	1.49
278	Hastings	Hastings	13,338	146.2	1.51
279	Dover	Dover	5,526	150.1	1.55
280	Chichester	Chichester	5,505	158.6	1.64
281	Canterbury	Canterbury	9,598	165.8	1.72
282	Sheerness	Swale	2,847	211.0	2.18

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