Safest Places to Live in the UK

Top 100 neighbourhoods with lowest crime rates • January 2026 data

Safest Areas Highest Crime Areas
# Neighbourhood Police Force Score Grade
1 Bridport Dorset Police 81 A
2 Bourne and Billingborough Lincolnshire Police 81 A
3 Holbeach Town and Rural Lincolnshire Police 81 A
4 Easingwold North Yorkshire Police 81 A
5 Silverstone Northamptonshire Police 81 A
6 Strabane Police Service of Northern Ireland 81 A
7 St Dials Gwent Police 81 A
8 Fairwater Gwent Police 81 A
9 Overmonnow Gwent Police 81 A
10 Coed Eva Gwent Police 81 A
11 Ashton Keynes and Minety Wiltshire Police 81 A
12 East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury Kent Police 81 A
13 West Downs Kent Police 81 A
14 Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs Kent Police 81 A
15 Bewbush Sussex Police 81 A
16 Hathersage Derbyshire Constabulary 81 A
17 Belmont Cleveland Police 81 A
18 Hutton Cleveland Police 81 A
19 Leek Rural Staffordshire Police 81 A
20 Longsight Greater Manchester Police 81 A
21 Atherleigh Greater Manchester Police 81 A
22 Ashton St. Michael's Greater Manchester Police 81 A
23 Barmouth North Wales Police 81 A
24 Whitford North Wales Police 81 A
25 Holt North Wales Police 81 A
26 Groeslon North Wales Police 81 A
27 Pandy North Wales Police 81 A
28 Llansantffraed Dyfed-Powys Police 81 A
29 Llandovery Dyfed-Powys Police 81 A
30 Meifod Dyfed-Powys Police 81 A
31 Martley and Tenbury West Mercia Police 81 A
32 Derby & Thornley Lancashire Constabulary 81 A
33 Mellor Lancashire Constabulary 81 A
34 Watton Norfolk Constabulary 81 A
35 Basingstoke Rural West Hampshire Constabulary 81 A
36 Settle North Yorkshire Police 80 A
37 Towcester Northamptonshire Police 80 A
38 Ilfracombe West Devon & Cornwall Police 80 A
39 Howden Humberside Police 80 A
40 Darlington (West Villages) Durham Constabulary 80 A
41 Cwmllynfell and Ystalyfera South Wales Police 80 A
42 Aberdulais South Wales Police 80 A
43 Pennard South Wales Police 80 A
44 Dunmow and Felsted Essex Police 80 A
45 Ebbw Vale North Gwent Police 80 A
46 Twyn Carno Gwent Police 80 A
47 Badminton Gwent Police 80 A
48 Eastry Rural Kent Police 80 A
49 Rural Tunbridge Wells Kent Police 80 A
50 Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway Kent Police 80 A
51 Rolvenden & Tenterden West Kent Police 80 A
52 Dover Downs & River Kent Police 80 A
53 Eynsham Thames Valley Police 80 A
54 Broadfield Sussex Police 80 A
55 Gamesley and St Johns Derbyshire Constabulary 80 A
56 Rural West Cleveland Police 80 A
57 Madeley Keele & Loggerheads Staffordshire Police 80 A
58 Waterhouses Rural Staffordshire Police 80 A
59 Lichfield Rural Staffordshire Police 80 A
60 Irwell Riverside Greater Manchester Police 80 A
61 Bramhall South and Woodford Greater Manchester Police 80 A
62 Ordsall Greater Manchester Police 80 A
63 Clifford North Greater Manchester Police 80 A
64 Kersal Greater Manchester Police 80 A
65 Little Lever Greater Manchester Police 80 A
66 Coverdale Greater Manchester Police 80 A
67 MRI Greater Manchester Police 80 A
68 Llanbadrig North Wales Police 80 A
69 Rhosneigr North Wales Police 80 A
70 Glyn Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
71 Kilgetty and Begelly Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
72 Llangunnor Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
73 Presteigne Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
74 Llangybi Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
75 Welshpool - Castle Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
76 Troedyraur Dyfed-Powys Police 80 A
77 Cleobury and Highley West Mercia Police 80 A
78 Barrowford & Pendleside Lancashire Constabulary 80 A
79 Lydney Gloucestershire Constabulary 80 A
80 Severn Banks Gloucestershire Constabulary 80 A
81 Ringwood and Fordingbridge Hampshire Constabulary 80 A
82 Twyford, Colden Common, Owslebury and Curbridge Hampshire Constabulary 80 A
83 Chard Rural West Avon and Somerset Constabulary 80 A
84 Peasedown and Paulton Avon and Somerset Constabulary 80 A
85 North Warwickshire West Warwickshire Police 79 B
86 East Dorset Rural Dorset Police 79 B
87 East Dorset Urban Dorset Police 79 B
88 Boston Rural East Lincolnshire Police 79 B
89 Kingsbridge Rural West Devon & Cornwall Police 79 B
90 Porthleven & Helston North Devon & Cornwall Police 79 B
91 Newtownabbey Police Service of Northern Ireland 79 B
92 Lisnaskea Police Service of Northern Ireland 79 B
93 Cimla and Pelenna South Wales Police 79 B
94 Lakenheath and the Rows Suffolk Constabulary 79 B
95 Martlesham and Orwell Suffolk Constabulary 79 B
96 Woodbridge and Wickham Market Suffolk Constabulary 79 B
97 Pengam Gwent Police 79 B
98 Cefn Fforest Gwent Police 79 B
99 Wootton Bassett Rural Wiltshire Police 79 B
100 Pewsey East Wiltshire Police 79 B

About This Ranking

This ranking shows neighbourhoods with the lowest recorded crime rates based on official police data from data.police.uk. The safety score (0-100) is calculated from total reported crimes in the latest month.

Higher scores indicate safer areas. Grade A (80-100) represents the safest neighbourhoods, while Grade F (0-19) indicates areas with higher crime rates.