Safest towns in South West

Towns in South West ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to August 2026. Lyneham ranks first with 19.7 per 1,000 residents and Patchway ranks 144th with 202.2, 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	Lyneham	Wiltshire	114	19.7	0.20
2	Merley	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	167	27.4	0.28
3	Fremington	North Devon	156	29.0	0.30
4	Bovey Tracey	Teignbridge	201	34.9	0.36
5	Verwood	Dorset	508	35.5	0.37
6	Corfe Mullen	Dorset	393	36.8	0.38
7	Braunton	North Devon	307	38.0	0.39
8	Ashley Heath	Dorset	319	39.2	0.41
9	Ferndown	Dorset	545	39.6	0.41
10	Peasedown St John	Bath and North East Somerset	201	39.8	0.41
11	Chudleigh	Teignbridge	211	40.2	0.42
12	Ottery St Mary	East Devon	251	41.0	0.42
13	Upton (Dorset)	Dorset	366	41.8	0.43
14	Winscombe and Sandford	North Somerset	221	42.0	0.43
15	West Moors	Dorset	448	42.8	0.44
16	Carbis Bay	Cornwall	239	43.0	0.45
17	Seaton (East Devon)	East Devon	337	43.3	0.45
18	Durrington	Wiltshire	242	43.9	0.45
19	Malmesbury	Wiltshire	375	44.2	0.46
20	Corsham	Wiltshire	387	44.5	0.46
21	Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	South Gloucestershire	705	46.1	0.48
22	Gillingham (Dorset)	Dorset	539	46.1	0.48
23	Broad Blunsdon	Swindon	358	46.9	0.49
24	Highworth	Swindon	400	47.4	0.49
25	Kingsteignton	Teignbridge	630	48.1	0.50
26	Bradford-on-Avon	Wiltshire	459	48.6	0.50
27	Cranbrook (East Devon)	East Devon	296	48.8	0.50
28	Chippenham (Wiltshire)	Wiltshire	1,727	49.4	0.51
29	Cricklade	Wiltshire	261	49.6	0.51
30	Sidmouth	East Devon	722	49.8	0.52
31	Yatton	North Somerset	524	49.9	0.52
32	Swanage	Dorset	477	50.7	0.52
33	Wool	Dorset	302	50.7	0.52
34	Tidworth	Wiltshire	569	52.0	0.54
35	Ivybridge	South Hams	626	52.5	0.54
36	Wroughton	Swindon	510	53.2	0.55
37	Nailsea	North Somerset	941	53.6	0.55
38	Calne	Wiltshire	1,148	54.2	0.56
39	Clevedon	North Somerset	1,199	55.8	0.58
40	Chipping Sodbury	South Gloucestershire	468	56.0	0.58
41	Honiton	East Devon	685	56.2	0.58
42	Westbury (Wiltshire)	Wiltshire	1,017	56.5	0.58
43	Great Torrington	Torridge	337	56.9	0.59
44	Marlborough	Wiltshire	518	56.9	0.59
45	Tavistock	West Devon	779	57.3	0.59
46	Bradley Stoke	South Gloucestershire	1,488	57.8	0.60
47	Blandford Forum	Dorset	800	58.0	0.60
48	Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,773	58.0	0.60
49	Somerton	Somerset	388	58.5	0.61
50	Royal Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	805	58.6	0.61
51	Bearwood	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	302	59.5	0.62
52	Wareham	Dorset	354	59.6	0.62
53	Helston	Cornwall	622	60.2	0.62
54	Wimborne Minster	Dorset	972	60.8	0.63
55	Sherborne	Dorset	667	61.0	0.63
56	Stratton St Margaret	Swindon	1,280	62.4	0.65
57	Torpoint	Cornwall	468	62.4	0.65
58	Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road	Cornwall	375	62.7	0.65
59	Exmouth	East Devon	2,291	63.3	0.65
60	Ilminster	Somerset	396	64.1	0.66
61	Paulton	Bath and North East Somerset	421	64.3	0.66
62	South Molton	North Devon	418	65.0	0.67
63	Thornbury	South Gloucestershire	964	66.5	0.69
64	Street	Somerset	859	66.6	0.69
65	Okehampton	West Devon	686	66.7	0.69
66	Midsomer Norton	Bath and North East Somerset	959	67.5	0.70
67	Axminster	East Devon	486	67.6	0.70
68	Saltash	Cornwall	1,112	67.6	0.70
69	Brixham	Torbay	1,214	67.7	0.70
70	Weston (Dorset)	Dorset	372	67.7	0.70
71	Warminster	Wiltshire	1,282	68.4	0.71
72	Bude	Cornwall	560	68.9	0.71
73	St Blazey	Cornwall	484	69.1	0.71
74	Cullompton	Mid Devon	851	69.5	0.72
75	Dartmouth	South Hams	371	69.7	0.72
76	Portishead	North Somerset	1,810	70.5	0.73
77	Amesbury	Wiltshire	981	70.9	0.73
78	Dorchester (Dorset)	Dorset	1,631	72.1	0.75
79	Totnes	South Hams	659	72.1	0.75
80	Shaftesbury	Dorset	682	72.6	0.75
81	Kingsbridge	South Hams	474	73.3	0.76
82	Poole	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	10,739	74.0	0.77
83	Melksham	Wiltshire	1,375	74.1	0.77
84	Teignmouth	Teignbridge	1,111	74.2	0.77
85	Yate	South Gloucestershire	2,294	75.6	0.78
86	Stoke Gifford	South Gloucestershire	1,313	76.5	0.79
87	Wadebridge	Cornwall	398	76.7	0.79
88	Cheddar	Somerset	457	79.8	0.83
89	Dawlish	Teignbridge	1,002	82.2	0.85
90	Falmouth	Cornwall	1,961	82.3	0.85
91	Radstock	Bath and North East Somerset	912	82.4	0.85
92	Looe	Cornwall	476	84.2	0.87
93	Penryn	Cornwall	736	84.5	0.87
94	Bridport	Dorset	845	84.8	0.88
95	Newton Abbot	Teignbridge	2,527	84.9	0.88
96	Hayle	Cornwall	793	86.8	0.90
97	Swindon (Swindon)	Swindon	16,632	87.1	0.90
98	Wells	Somerset	988	87.6	0.91
99	Wellington (Somerset West and Taunton)	Somerset	1,278	87.8	0.91
100	Kingswood and Fishponds	South Gloucestershire	14,356	88.6	0.92
101	Wincanton	Somerset	583	89.0	0.92
102	Bideford	Torridge	1,715	89.3	0.92
103	Shepton Mallet	Somerset	949	89.8	0.93
104	Crewkerne	Somerset	604	91.7	0.95
105	Crediton	Mid Devon	762	91.9	0.95
106	Tiverton	Mid Devon	1,918	92.0	0.95
107	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	1,565	92.4	0.96
108	Paignton	Torbay	6,232	92.6	0.96
109	Trowbridge	Wiltshire	4,063	95.1	0.98
110	Devizes	Wiltshire	1,739	95.2	0.99
111	North Petherton	Somerset	502	95.8	0.99
112	Keynsham	Bath and North East Somerset	2,032	97.0	1.00
113	Camborne	Cornwall	2,199	98.3	1.02
114	Redruth	Cornwall	1,193	98.7	1.02
115	Frome	Somerset	2,887	99.5	1.03
116	Salisbury	Wiltshire	4,724	100.0	1.03
117	Weymouth	Dorset	5,466	101.3	1.05
118	Launceston	Cornwall	841	102.1	1.06
119	St Ives (Cornwall)	Cornwall	545	104.6	1.08
120	Minehead	Somerset	1,255	105.6	1.09
121	St Austell	Cornwall	2,582	106.1	1.10
122	Filton	South Gloucestershire	1,291	107.4	1.11
123	Bournemouth	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	21,896	108.0	1.12
124	Pool and Illogan	Cornwall	1,078	108.4	1.12
125	Monkton Heathfield	Somerset	695	108.5	1.12
126	Newquay	Cornwall	2,666	108.6	1.12
127	Plymouth	Plymouth	29,787	108.9	1.13
128	Exeter	Exeter	14,661	110.8	1.15
129	Liskeard	Cornwall	1,337	114.2	1.18
130	Barnstaple	North Devon	3,461	114.5	1.18
131	Bath	Bath and North East Somerset	11,682	118.0	1.22
132	Bodmin	Cornwall	2,090	118.9	1.23
133	Yeovil	Somerset	6,211	119.7	1.24
134	Chard	Somerset	1,779	121.7	1.26
135	Weston-super-Mare	North Somerset	10,745	122.3	1.27
136	Penzance	Cornwall	2,029	124.9	1.29
137	Ilfracombe	North Devon	1,257	126.2	1.31
138	Taunton	Somerset	8,305	128.0	1.32
139	Truro	Cornwall	2,962	128.6	1.33
140	Torquay	Torbay	7,355	144.6	1.50
141	Bristol	Bristol, City of	67,024	150.3	1.55
142	Glastonbury	Somerset	1,502	164.3	1.70
143	Bridgwater	Somerset	9,040	173.7	1.80
144	Patchway	South Gloucestershire	4,081	202.2	2.09

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