Safest towns in South West

Towns in South West ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, 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	Merley	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	155	25.4	0.26
3	Fremington	North Devon	150	27.9	0.29
4	Bovey Tracey	Teignbridge	195	33.8	0.35
5	Corfe Mullen	Dorset	372	34.8	0.36
6	Verwood	Dorset	510	35.6	0.37
7	Braunton	North Devon	297	36.8	0.38
8	Ferndown	Dorset	538	39.1	0.41
9	West Moors	Dorset	421	40.2	0.42
10	Ashley Heath	Dorset	329	40.4	0.42
11	Winscombe and Sandford	North Somerset	215	40.8	0.42
12	Peasedown St John	Bath and North East Somerset	209	41.4	0.43
13	Chudleigh	Teignbridge	218	41.5	0.43
14	Upton (Dorset)	Dorset	364	41.5	0.43
15	Ottery St Mary	East Devon	259	42.3	0.44
16	Cam	Stroud	396	42.4	0.44
17	Durrington	Wiltshire	234	42.5	0.44
18	Carbis Bay	Cornwall	239	43.0	0.45
19	Seaton (East Devon)	East Devon	337	43.3	0.45
20	Malmesbury	Wiltshire	369	43.5	0.45
21	Gillingham (Dorset)	Dorset	519	44.4	0.46
22	Corsham	Wiltshire	390	44.8	0.47
23	Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	South Gloucestershire	713	46.6	0.48
24	Highworth	Swindon	395	46.8	0.49
25	Bishop's Cleeve	Tewkesbury	654	46.9	0.49
26	Wool	Dorset	284	47.7	0.49
27	Cricklade	Wiltshire	251	47.7	0.50
28	Broad Blunsdon	Swindon	365	47.8	0.50
29	Kingsteignton	Teignbridge	626	47.8	0.50
30	Swanage	Dorset	459	48.8	0.51
31	Cranbrook (East Devon)	East Devon	296	48.8	0.51
32	Sidmouth	East Devon	709	48.9	0.51
33	Chippenham (Wiltshire)	Wiltshire	1,714	49.1	0.51
34	Tetbury	Cotswold	348	49.2	0.51
35	Bradford-on-Avon	Wiltshire	465	49.2	0.51
36	Nailsea	North Somerset	919	52.3	0.54
37	Yatton	North Somerset	553	52.7	0.55
38	Ivybridge	South Hams	629	52.8	0.55
39	Winchcombe	Tewkesbury	278	52.9	0.55
40	Calne	Wiltshire	1,139	53.8	0.56
41	Honiton	East Devon	670	55.0	0.57
42	Marlborough	Wiltshire	501	55.0	0.57
43	Wroughton	Swindon	529	55.2	0.57
44	Blandford Forum	Dorset	762	55.2	0.57
45	Bearwood	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	281	55.4	0.57
46	Chipping Sodbury	South Gloucestershire	469	56.1	0.58
47	Tidworth	Wiltshire	615	56.2	0.58
48	Royal Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	776	56.5	0.59
49	Clevedon	North Somerset	1,218	56.6	0.59
50	Westbury (Wiltshire)	Wiltshire	1,029	57.2	0.59
51	Tavistock	West Devon	779	57.3	0.59
52	Brockworth	Tewkesbury	826	57.3	0.59
53	Bradley Stoke	South Gloucestershire	1,478	57.4	0.60
54	Great Torrington	Torridge	341	57.6	0.60
55	Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,754	57.6	0.60
56	Churchdown	Tewkesbury	956	58.9	0.61
57	Torpoint	Cornwall	446	59.5	0.62
58	Wimborne Minster	Dorset	960	60.1	0.62
59	Sherborne	Dorset	665	60.8	0.63
60	Wareham	Dorset	362	61.0	0.63
61	Helston	Cornwall	631	61.0	0.63
62	Somerton	Somerset	407	61.4	0.64
63	Stratton St Margaret	Swindon	1,268	61.8	0.64
64	Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road	Cornwall	371	62.1	0.64
65	South Molton	North Devon	412	64.1	0.67
66	Dursley	Stroud	494	64.1	0.67
67	Weston (Dorset)	Dorset	353	64.3	0.67
68	Exmouth	East Devon	2,331	64.4	0.67
69	Paulton	Bath and North East Somerset	422	64.4	0.67
70	Ilminster	Somerset	403	65.2	0.68
71	Dartmouth	South Hams	355	66.7	0.69
72	Thornbury	South Gloucestershire	968	66.7	0.69
73	Street	Somerset	865	67.0	0.70
74	Brixham	Torbay	1,212	67.6	0.70
75	Okehampton	West Devon	700	68.0	0.71
76	Midsomer Norton	Bath and North East Somerset	971	68.3	0.71
77	Saltash	Cornwall	1,124	68.4	0.71
78	Axminster	East Devon	500	69.5	0.72
79	Bude	Cornwall	573	70.5	0.73
80	St Blazey	Cornwall	494	70.5	0.73
81	Totnes	South Hams	648	70.9	0.74
82	Amesbury	Wiltshire	983	71.0	0.74
83	Cullompton	Mid Devon	873	71.3	0.74
84	Warminster	Wiltshire	1,336	71.3	0.74
85	Melksham	Wiltshire	1,335	71.9	0.75
86	Shaftesbury	Dorset	676	72.0	0.75
87	Dorchester (Dorset)	Dorset	1,637	72.4	0.75
88	Poole	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	10,536	72.6	0.75
89	Portishead	North Somerset	1,875	73.0	0.76
90	Lydney	Forest of Dean	788	73.6	0.76
91	Teignmouth	Teignbridge	1,117	74.6	0.77
92	Quedgeley and Hardwicke	Gloucester	1,764	75.1	0.78
93	Stoke Gifford	South Gloucestershire	1,307	76.2	0.79
94	Yate	South Gloucestershire	2,354	77.6	0.81
95	Stonehouse (Stroud)	Stroud	654	77.9	0.81
96	Cheddar	Somerset	448	78.2	0.81
97	Wadebridge	Cornwall	412	79.4	0.82
98	Cinderford	Forest of Dean	718	79.5	0.82
99	Kingsbridge	South Hams	517	80.0	0.83
100	Looe	Cornwall	455	80.5	0.84
101	Bridport	Dorset	820	82.3	0.85
102	Newent	Forest of Dean	426	82.7	0.86
103	Dawlish	Teignbridge	1,014	83.2	0.86
104	Newton Abbot	Teignbridge	2,488	83.6	0.87
105	Penryn	Cornwall	730	83.8	0.87
106	Falmouth	Cornwall	2,014	84.5	0.88
107	Wellington (Somerset West and Taunton)	Somerset	1,253	86.1	0.89
108	Tewkesbury	Tewkesbury	1,178	86.2	0.89
109	Radstock	Bath and North East Somerset	954	86.2	0.89
110	Swindon (Swindon)	Swindon	16,566	86.8	0.90
111	Hayle	Cornwall	799	87.4	0.91
112	Kingswood and Fishponds	South Gloucestershire	14,327	88.4	0.92
113	Bideford	Torridge	1,720	89.5	0.93
114	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	1,529	90.3	0.94
115	Tiverton	Mid Devon	1,900	91.1	0.95
116	Crediton	Mid Devon	760	91.6	0.95
117	Shepton Mallet	Somerset	974	92.2	0.96
118	Crewkerne	Somerset	608	92.3	0.96
119	Wells	Somerset	1,046	92.7	0.96
120	Paignton	Torbay	6,322	93.9	0.97
121	Coleford (Forest of Dean)	Forest of Dean	512	94.1	0.98
122	Trowbridge	Wiltshire	4,041	94.6	0.98
123	Wincanton	Somerset	622	95.0	0.99
124	Keynsham	Bath and North East Somerset	1,994	95.2	0.99
125	Devizes	Wiltshire	1,746	95.6	0.99
126	Camborne	Cornwall	2,170	97.0	1.01
127	Redruth	Cornwall	1,181	97.7	1.01
128	Weymouth	Dorset	5,342	99.0	1.03
129	North Petherton	Somerset	519	99.0	1.03
130	Salisbury	Wiltshire	4,713	99.8	1.04
131	Frome	Somerset	2,957	101.9	1.06
132	Launceston	Cornwall	851	103.4	1.07
133	Cirencester	Cotswold	1,848	104.3	1.08
134	Cheltenham	Cheltenham	12,084	104.4	1.08
135	Filton	South Gloucestershire	1,277	106.3	1.10
136	St Austell	Cornwall	2,595	106.6	1.11
137	Bournemouth	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	21,650	106.8	1.11
138	Stroud	Stroud	2,798	107.1	1.11
139	Pool and Illogan	Cornwall	1,070	107.6	1.12
140	Minehead	Somerset	1,287	108.3	1.12
141	Plymouth	Plymouth	29,665	108.5	1.13
142	Monkton Heathfield	Somerset	697	108.8	1.13
143	Newquay	Cornwall	2,702	110.0	1.14
144	Exeter	Exeter	14,657	110.8	1.15
145	St Ives (Cornwall)	Cornwall	582	111.7	1.16
146	Liskeard	Cornwall	1,321	112.9	1.17
147	Bath	Bath and North East Somerset	11,518	116.4	1.21
148	Barnstaple	North Devon	3,521	116.5	1.21
149	Bodmin	Cornwall	2,090	118.9	1.23
150	Yeovil	Somerset	6,175	119.0	1.23
151	Weston-super-Mare	North Somerset	10,807	123.1	1.28
152	Chard	Somerset	1,834	125.5	1.30
153	Truro	Cornwall	2,904	126.1	1.31
154	Taunton	Somerset	8,250	127.2	1.32
155	Ilfracombe	North Devon	1,285	129.1	1.34
156	Penzance	Cornwall	2,109	129.8	1.35
157	Gloucester	Gloucester	17,054	138.6	1.44
158	Torquay	Torbay	7,339	144.3	1.50
159	Bristol	Bristol, City of	66,977	150.1	1.56
160	Glastonbury	Somerset	1,479	161.8	1.68
161	Bridgwater	Somerset	8,893	170.8	1.77
162	Patchway	South Gloucestershire	4,069	201.6	2.09

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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