Safest Towns in East of England

Ranked list of towns in East of England by crime rate (per 1,000 residents). Data is sourced from official public datasets and updated regularly.

Across 249 towns, recorded crime ranged from 27.3 per 1,000 per 1,000 in Mildenhall (West Suffolk) to 119.9 per 1,000 per 1,000 in Chatteris. The median rate was 57.9 per 1,000 per 1,000.

🥇 Top of the list

Mildenhall (West Suffolk)

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 27.3 per 1,000

🥈 Second place

Brandon (West Suffolk)

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 33.7 per 1,000

🥉 Third place

Spixworth

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 34.8 per 1,000


1 (top 3)	Mildenhall (West Suffolk)	264	9,684	27.3 per 1,000
2 (top 3)	Brandon (West Suffolk)	311	9,218	33.7 per 1,000
3 (top 3)	Spixworth	119	3,418	34.8 per 1,000
4	Taverham and Drayton	528	14,989	35.2 per 1,000
5	Aylsham	255	7,183	35.5 per 1,000
6	Brundall	156	4,378	35.6 per 1,000
7	Horsford	157	4,396	35.7 per 1,000
8	Baldock	404	10,613	38.1 per 1,000
9	Cromer	313	7,522	41.6 per 1,000
10	North Walsham	534	12,829	41.6 per 1,000
11	Fakenham	349	8,390	41.6 per 1,000
12	Cringleford	195	4,686	41.6 per 1,000
13	Stalham	141	3,383	41.7 per 1,000
14	Hoveton and Wroxham	151	3,620	41.7 per 1,000
15	Sheringham	296	7,087	41.8 per 1,000
16	Wymondham (South Norfolk)	702	16,812	41.8 per 1,000
17	Poringland	298	7,105	41.9 per 1,000
18	Hethersett	295	7,018	42.0 per 1,000
19	Long Stratton	219	5,218	42.0 per 1,000
20	Holt (North Norfolk)	169	4,014	42.1 per 1,000
21	Queen's Hills	188	4,465	42.1 per 1,000
22	Harleston	214	5,077	42.2 per 1,000
23	Mulbarton	161	3,807	42.3 per 1,000
24	Cambourne	472	11,071	42.6 per 1,000
25	Mayland	162	3,740	43.3 per 1,000
26	Southminster	198	4,548	43.5 per 1,000
27	Rayleigh	1,388	31,894	43.5 per 1,000
28	Rochford	549	12,617	43.5 per 1,000
29	Great Wakering	295	6,774	43.5 per 1,000
30	Maldon	1,019	23,389	43.6 per 1,000
31	Ashingdon	283	6,490	43.6 per 1,000
32	Hockley and Hawkwell	673	15,430	43.6 per 1,000
33	Burnham-on-Crouch	341	7,806	43.7 per 1,000
34	Hullbridge	250	5,709	43.8 per 1,000
35	Ely	870	19,185	45.3 per 1,000
36	Linton (South Cambridgeshire)	202	4,452	45.4 per 1,000
37	Burwell	269	5,912	45.5 per 1,000
38	Sutton (East Cambridgeshire)	177	3,880	45.6 per 1,000
39	Haddenham (East Cambridgeshire)	139	3,050	45.6 per 1,000
40	Waterbeach	245	5,375	45.6 per 1,000
41	Longstanton	151	3,301	45.7 per 1,000
42	Willingham	179	3,912	45.8 per 1,000
43	Histon and Impington	356	7,781	45.8 per 1,000
44	Girton	201	4,384	45.8 per 1,000
45	Fulbourn	171	3,737	45.8 per 1,000
46	Bar Hill	179	3,899	45.9 per 1,000
47	Great Shelford and Stapleford	283	6,159	45.9 per 1,000
48	Sawston	334	7,270	45.9 per 1,000
49	Diss	442	9,599	46.0 per 1,000
50	Cottenham	283	6,156	46.0 per 1,000
51	Milton (South Cambridgeshire)	191	4,150	46.0 per 1,000
52	Papworth Everard	176	3,821	46.1 per 1,000
53	Melbourn	226	4,907	46.1 per 1,000
54	Lower Stondon	192	3,966	48.4 per 1,000
55	Caddington	159	3,288	48.4 per 1,000
56	Langford (Central Bedfordshire)	180	3,712	48.5 per 1,000
57	Sandy	553	11,375	48.6 per 1,000
58	Marston Moretaine	293	6,032	48.6 per 1,000
59	Ampthill	429	8,825	48.6 per 1,000
60	Arlesey	293	6,027	48.6 per 1,000
61	Flitwick	664	13,668	48.6 per 1,000
62	Barton-le-Clay	240	4,941	48.6 per 1,000
63	Toddington (Central Bedfordshire)	219	4,509	48.6 per 1,000
64	Biggleswade	1,052	21,592	48.7 per 1,000
65	Leighton Buzzard	2,081	42,736	48.7 per 1,000
66	Dunstable	1,681	34,498	48.7 per 1,000
67	Potton	255	5,229	48.8 per 1,000
68	Stotfold	601	12,313	48.8 per 1,000
69	Silsoe	167	3,419	48.8 per 1,000
70	Houghton Regis	882	18,057	48.8 per 1,000
71	Cranfield	345	7,053	48.9 per 1,000
72	Shefford	359	7,317	49.1 per 1,000
73	Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	207	4,201	49.3 per 1,000
74	Swaffham	419	8,434	49.7 per 1,000
75	Thetford	1,268	25,502	49.7 per 1,000
76	Dereham	1,035	20,788	49.8 per 1,000
77	Watton	576	11,549	49.9 per 1,000
78	Hitchin	1,764	35,220	50.1 per 1,000
79	Knebworth	210	4,191	50.1 per 1,000
80	Royston (North Hertfordshire)	875	17,443	50.2 per 1,000
81	Letchworth	1,706	33,993	50.2 per 1,000
82	Stanstead Abbotts	193	3,754	51.4 per 1,000
83	Buntingford	406	7,877	51.5 per 1,000
84	Bishop's Stortford	2,116	40,916	51.7 per 1,000
85	Thundersley and South Benfleet	2,581	49,886	51.7 per 1,000
86	Canvey Island	1,966	38,004	51.7 per 1,000
87	Saffron Walden	860	16,609	51.8 per 1,000
88	Ware	1,016	19,631	51.8 per 1,000
89	Hertford	1,491	28,807	51.8 per 1,000
90	Stansted Mountfitchet	448	8,629	51.9 per 1,000
91	Takeley and Little Canfield	288	5,553	51.9 per 1,000
92	Puckeridge and Standon	201	3,861	52.1 per 1,000
93	Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	949	18,203	52.1 per 1,000
94	Rickmansworth	1,371	26,290	52.1 per 1,000
95	Chorleywood	660	12,632	52.2 per 1,000
96	Elsenham	179	3,414	52.4 per 1,000
97	Moor Park	307	5,850	52.5 per 1,000
98	Thaxted	164	3,111	52.7 per 1,000
99	Coggeshall	201	3,767	53.4 per 1,000
100	Kelvedon and Feering	255	4,771	53.4 per 1,000
101	Great Notley	410	7,659	53.5 per 1,000
102	Halstead (Braintree)	745	13,902	53.6 per 1,000
103	Braintree	2,314	43,179	53.6 per 1,000
104	Witham	1,469	27,395	53.6 per 1,000
105	Sible Hedingham	229	4,261	53.7 per 1,000
106	Silver End	210	3,913	53.7 per 1,000
107	Earls Colne	181	3,360	53.9 per 1,000
108	Hatfield Peverel	197	3,622	54.4 per 1,000
109	Little Paxton	229	4,031	56.8 per 1,000
110	Somersham (Huntingdonshire)	191	3,349	57.0 per 1,000
111	Ramsey	327	5,727	57.1 per 1,000
112	Brampton (Huntingdonshire)	376	6,585	57.1 per 1,000
113	Sawtry	336	5,870	57.2 per 1,000
114	Huntingdon	1,453	25,416	57.2 per 1,000
115	Hemingford Grey	193	3,372	57.2 per 1,000
116	St Neots	1,901	33,262	57.2 per 1,000
117	St Ives (Huntingdonshire)	963	16,818	57.3 per 1,000
118	Godmanchester	442	7,714	57.3 per 1,000
119	Epping	613	10,693	57.3 per 1,000
120	Warboys	249	4,318	57.7 per 1,000
121	Heacham	249	4,307	57.8 per 1,000
122	Hunstanton	245	4,230	57.9 per 1,000
123	Dersingham	275	4,753	57.9 per 1,000
124	King's Lynn	2,755	47,604	57.9 per 1,000
125	Upwell and Outwell	212	3,664	57.9 per 1,000
126	Fenstanton	175	3,015	58.0 per 1,000
127	Downham Market	659	11,349	58.1 per 1,000
128	Worlingham	218	3,618	60.3 per 1,000
129	Saxmundham	290	4,778	60.7 per 1,000
130	Kesgrave	912	14,947	61.0 per 1,000
131	Trimley St Mary	228	3,736	61.0 per 1,000
132	Lowestoft	4,357	71,308	61.1 per 1,000
133	Bungay	306	5,012	61.1 per 1,000
134	Halesworth	301	4,924	61.1 per 1,000
135	Framlingham	234	3,831	61.1 per 1,000
136	Felixstowe	1,480	24,218	61.1 per 1,000
137	Leiston	362	5,919	61.2 per 1,000
138	Kessingland	260	4,242	61.3 per 1,000
139	Rendlesham	196	3,185	61.5 per 1,000
140	Bricket Wood	296	4,624	64.0 per 1,000
141	Brentwood	3,542	55,339	64.0 per 1,000
142	North Weald Bassett	277	4,323	64.1 per 1,000
143	London Colney	529	8,253	64.1 per 1,000
144	Waltham Abbey	1,196	18,645	64.1 per 1,000
145	Loughton	2,137	33,338	64.1 per 1,000
146	Buckhurst Hill	753	11,749	64.1 per 1,000
147	Chigwell	785	12,251	64.1 per 1,000
148	Harpenden	1,989	30,964	64.2 per 1,000
149	Redbourn	333	5,188	64.2 per 1,000
150	St Albans	4,851	75,544	64.2 per 1,000
151	Chiswell Green	429	6,681	64.2 per 1,000
152	Ingatestone	296	4,610	64.2 per 1,000
153	Wheathampstead	291	4,523	64.3 per 1,000
154	Chipping Ongar	252	3,922	64.3 per 1,000
155	Lower Nazeing	234	3,631	64.4 per 1,000
156	Doddinghurst	262	4,067	64.4 per 1,000
157	Theydon Bois	229	3,540	64.7 per 1,000
158	Yaxley (Huntingdonshire)	612	9,403	65.1 per 1,000
159	Attleborough	742	11,236	66.0 per 1,000
160	Soham	711	10,609	67.0 per 1,000
161	Woodbridge	711	10,527	67.5 per 1,000
162	Markyate	217	3,174	68.4 per 1,000
163	Great Dunmow	676	9,846	68.7 per 1,000
164	Bovingdon	365	5,313	68.7 per 1,000
165	Tring	823	11,961	68.8 per 1,000
166	Hemel Hempstead	6,612	95,995	68.9 per 1,000
167	Broomfield	241	3,491	69.0 per 1,000
168	Berkhamsted	1,465	21,236	69.0 per 1,000
169	Danbury	428	6,196	69.1 per 1,000
170	Chelmsford	7,654	110,612	69.2 per 1,000
171	South Woodham Ferrers	1,109	16,029	69.2 per 1,000
172	Writtle	326	4,703	69.3 per 1,000
173	Boreham	247	3,561	69.4 per 1,000
174	Galleywood	445	6,410	69.4 per 1,000
175	Goff's Oak	278	3,976	69.9 per 1,000
176	Waltham Cross	837	11,936	70.1 per 1,000
177	Hoddesdon	2,863	40,799	70.2 per 1,000
178	Cheshunt	3,066	43,694	70.2 per 1,000
179	Caister-on-Sea	651	9,095	71.6 per 1,000
180	Chadwell St Mary	771	10,680	72.2 per 1,000
181	Beccles	716	9,807	73.0 per 1,000
182	Potters Bar	1,765	23,394	75.4 per 1,000
183	Shenley	268	3,556	75.4 per 1,000
184	Radlett	617	8,182	75.4 per 1,000
185	Wimblington and Doddington	323	4,279	75.5 per 1,000
186	Bushey	2,113	27,994	75.5 per 1,000
187	Borehamwood	3,004	39,760	75.6 per 1,000
188	Emneth and Elm	345	4,555	75.7 per 1,000
189	Whittlesey	1,049	13,833	75.8 per 1,000
190	March	1,596	21,042	75.8 per 1,000
191	Wisbech	2,033	26,800	75.9 per 1,000
192	Clapham (Bedford)	349	4,502	77.5 per 1,000
193	Great Denham	338	4,363	77.5 per 1,000
194	Bromham (Bedford)	361	4,652	77.6 per 1,000
195	Wootton (Bedford)	587	7,567	77.6 per 1,000
196	Bedford	7,556	97,226	77.7 per 1,000
197	Kempston	1,770	22,779	77.7 per 1,000
198	Wixams	470	6,044	77.8 per 1,000
199	Shortstown	378	4,837	78.1 per 1,000
200	Walton-on-the-Naze	550	6,980	78.8 per 1,000
201	Brookmans Park	318	4,033	78.8 per 1,000
202	Frinton-on-Sea	384	4,865	78.9 per 1,000
203	Brightlingsea	685	8,678	78.9 per 1,000
204	Clacton-on-Sea	4,197	53,190	78.9 per 1,000
205	Lawford	355	4,488	79.1 per 1,000
206	Harwich	1,548	19,582	79.1 per 1,000
207	Welwyn	309	3,906	79.1 per 1,000
208	Jaywick	402	5,080	79.1 per 1,000
209	Kirby Cross	453	5,720	79.2 per 1,000
210	Woolmer Green	425	5,369	79.2 per 1,000
211	Welwyn Garden City	4,080	51,504	79.2 per 1,000
212	Hatfield	3,291	41,561	79.2 per 1,000
213	Cuffley	346	4,350	79.5 per 1,000
214	Berechurch	619	7,702	80.4 per 1,000
215	Colchester	10,495	130,396	80.5 per 1,000
216	Wivenhoe	592	7,354	80.5 per 1,000
217	West Bergholt	256	3,175	80.6 per 1,000
218	West Mersea	572	7,071	80.9 per 1,000
219	Luton	19,347	233,524	82.8 per 1,000
220	Sawbridgeworth	882	10,471	84.2 per 1,000
221	Stanford-le-Hope	2,494	29,527	84.5 per 1,000
222	South Ockendon	1,897	22,441	84.5 per 1,000
223	Grays	3,747	44,340	84.5 per 1,000
224	Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames	2,491	29,470	84.5 per 1,000
225	Tilbury	1,200	14,187	84.6 per 1,000
226	East Tilbury	487	5,751	84.7 per 1,000
227	Billericay	2,907	34,068	85.3 per 1,000
228	Basildon	9,873	115,679	85.3 per 1,000
229	Wickford	2,351	27,533	85.4 per 1,000
230	Runwell	691	8,086	85.5 per 1,000
231	Watford (Watford)	11,419	131,109	87.1 per 1,000
232	Ipswich	13,363	151,566	88.2 per 1,000
233	Stevenage	8,558	94,462	90.6 per 1,000
234	Harlow	8,553	93,204	91.8 per 1,000
235	Cambridge (Cambridge)	14,138	152,742	92.6 per 1,000
236	Littleport	864	9,170	94.2 per 1,000
237	Tiptree	878	9,302	94.4 per 1,000
238	Southend-on-Sea	17,430	182,295	95.6 per 1,000
239	Martham	352	3,633	96.9 per 1,000
240	Great Yarmouth	2,808	28,979	96.9 per 1,000
241	Gorleston-on-Sea	2,371	24,474	96.9 per 1,000
242	Hemsby	556	5,724	97.1 per 1,000
243	Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)	1,130	11,632	97.1 per 1,000
244	Belton (Great Yarmouth)	350	3,603	97.1 per 1,000
245	Aveley	951	9,364	101.6 per 1,000
246	Peterborough	19,949	190,592	104.7 per 1,000
247	Eye (Peterborough)	568	5,419	104.8 per 1,000
248	Norwich	21,889	200,492	109.2 per 1,000
249	Chatteris	1,321	11,022	119.9 per 1,000