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.

🥇 Top of the list

Little Eriswell

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 8.7 per 1,000

🥈 Second place

Thundersley and South Benfleet

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 17.4 per 1,000

🥉 Third place

Mulbarton

Crime Rate (per 1,000 residents): 19.7 per 1,000


1 (top 3)	Little Eriswell	36	4,120	8.7 per 1,000
2 (top 3)	Thundersley and South Benfleet	869	49,886	17.4 per 1,000
3 (top 3)	Mulbarton	75	3,807	19.7 per 1,000
4	Kesgrave	300	14,947	20.1 per 1,000
5	Dersingham	97	4,753	20.4 per 1,000
6	Long Melford	80	3,895	20.5 per 1,000
7	Spixworth	71	3,418	20.8 per 1,000
8	Taverham and Drayton	312	14,989	20.8 per 1,000
9	Luton	5,209	233,524	22.3 per 1,000
10	Danbury	145	6,196	23.4 per 1,000
11	Framlingham	94	3,831	24.5 per 1,000
12	Woolmer Green	132	5,369	24.6 per 1,000
13	Peterborough	4,767	190,592	25.0 per 1,000
14	Ampthill	221	8,825	25.0 per 1,000
15	Rendlesham	80	3,185	25.1 per 1,000
16	Great Shelford and Stapleford	157	6,159	25.5 per 1,000
17	Fulbourn	96	3,737	25.7 per 1,000
18	Watton	300	11,549	26.0 per 1,000
19	Glemsford	96	3,693	26.0 per 1,000
20	Doddinghurst	107	4,067	26.3 per 1,000
21	Martham	97	3,633	26.7 per 1,000
22	Hemingford Grey	90	3,372	26.7 per 1,000
23	Stotfold	330	12,313	26.8 per 1,000
24	Hockley and Hawkwell	422	15,430	27.3 per 1,000
25	Poringland	197	7,105	27.7 per 1,000
26	Southminster	127	4,548	27.9 per 1,000
27	Chorleywood	358	12,632	28.3 per 1,000
28	Ingatestone	131	4,610	28.4 per 1,000
29	Wimblington and Doddington	123	4,279	28.7 per 1,000
30	Haddenham (East Cambridgeshire)	91	3,050	29.8 per 1,000
31	Wootton (Bedford)	228	7,567	30.1 per 1,000
32	Stansted Mountfitchet	262	8,629	30.4 per 1,000
33	Long Stratton	160	5,218	30.7 per 1,000
34	Bromham (Bedford)	143	4,652	30.7 per 1,000
35	Sawston	225	7,270	30.9 per 1,000
36	Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	130	4,201	30.9 per 1,000
37	Cranfield	222	7,053	31.5 per 1,000
38	Kelvedon and Feering	151	4,771	31.6 per 1,000
39	Barton-le-Clay	157	4,941	31.8 per 1,000
40	Aylsham	230	7,183	32.0 per 1,000
41	Harpenden	994	30,964	32.1 per 1,000
42	Billericay	1,097	34,068	32.2 per 1,000
43	Mayland	122	3,740	32.6 per 1,000
44	Saffron Walden	547	16,609	32.9 per 1,000
45	Cuffley	143	4,350	32.9 per 1,000
46	Hethersett	236	7,018	33.6 per 1,000
47	Puckeridge and Standon	130	3,861	33.7 per 1,000
48	Horsford	149	4,396	33.9 per 1,000
49	Silsoe	116	3,419	33.9 per 1,000
50	Great Dunmow	336	9,846	34.1 per 1,000
51	Ipswich	5,192	151,566	34.3 per 1,000
52	South Woodham Ferrers	551	16,029	34.4 per 1,000
53	Tiptree	327	9,302	35.2 per 1,000
54	Lakenheath	161	4,567	35.3 per 1,000
55	Hoveton and Wroxham	129	3,620	35.6 per 1,000
56	Beck Row	147	4,129	35.6 per 1,000
57	Brundall	158	4,378	36.1 per 1,000
58	Basildon	4,194	115,679	36.3 per 1,000
59	Toddington (Central Bedfordshire)	166	4,509	36.8 per 1,000
60	Sible Hedingham	158	4,261	37.1 per 1,000
61	Burwell	221	5,912	37.4 per 1,000
62	Hullbridge	216	5,709	37.8 per 1,000
63	Rickmansworth	998	26,290	38.0 per 1,000
64	Cambridge (Cambridge)	5,872	152,742	38.4 per 1,000
65	Heacham	166	4,307	38.5 per 1,000
66	Flitwick	526	13,668	38.5 per 1,000
67	Rayleigh	1,231	31,894	38.6 per 1,000
68	Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	707	18,203	38.8 per 1,000
69	Brentwood	2,149	55,339	38.8 per 1,000
70	Papworth Everard	149	3,821	39.0 per 1,000
71	Earls Colne	131	3,360	39.0 per 1,000
72	Emneth and Elm	178	4,555	39.1 per 1,000
73	Hadleigh	338	8,638	39.1 per 1,000
74	West Mersea	277	7,071	39.2 per 1,000
75	Chelmsford	4,360	110,612	39.4 per 1,000
76	Theydon Bois	140	3,540	39.5 per 1,000
77	Elmswell	176	4,446	39.6 per 1,000
78	Hemsby	229	5,724	40.0 per 1,000
79	Sutton (East Cambridgeshire)	156	3,880	40.2 per 1,000
80	Arlesey	242	6,027	40.2 per 1,000
81	Needham Market	207	5,055	40.9 per 1,000
82	Great Notley	315	7,659	41.1 per 1,000
83	Sawbridgeworth	432	10,471	41.3 per 1,000
84	Ashingdon	269	6,490	41.4 per 1,000
85	Linton (South Cambridgeshire)	185	4,452	41.6 per 1,000
86	Colchester	5,432	130,396	41.7 per 1,000
87	Stevenage	3,949	94,462	41.8 per 1,000
88	Langford (Central Bedfordshire)	156	3,712	42.0 per 1,000
89	Hoddesdon	1,714	40,799	42.0 per 1,000
90	Hemel Hempstead	4,039	95,995	42.1 per 1,000
91	Kessingland	179	4,242	42.2 per 1,000
92	Thaxted	132	3,111	42.4 per 1,000
93	Sandy	487	11,375	42.8 per 1,000
94	Harleston	220	5,077	43.3 per 1,000
95	Southend-on-Sea	7,896	182,295	43.3 per 1,000
96	Brightlingsea	378	8,678	43.6 per 1,000
97	Lowestoft	3,126	71,308	43.8 per 1,000
98	Redbourn	228	5,188	43.9 per 1,000
99	Radlett	359	8,182	43.9 per 1,000
100	Lower Nazeing	160	3,631	44.1 per 1,000
101	Boreham	158	3,561	44.4 per 1,000
102	Beccles	439	9,807	44.8 per 1,000
103	Bushey	1,259	27,994	45.0 per 1,000
104	Sawtry	265	5,870	45.1 per 1,000
105	Belton (Great Yarmouth)	163	3,603	45.2 per 1,000
106	Norwich	9,098	200,492	45.4 per 1,000
107	West Bergholt	144	3,175	45.4 per 1,000
108	Cambourne	504	11,071	45.5 per 1,000
109	Melbourn	224	4,907	45.6 per 1,000
110	Somersham (Huntingdonshire)	153	3,349	45.7 per 1,000
111	Woodbridge	481	10,527	45.7 per 1,000
112	North Weald Bassett	198	4,323	45.8 per 1,000
113	Red Lodge	265	5,771	45.9 per 1,000
114	Clapham (Bedford)	207	4,502	46.0 per 1,000
115	Markyate	146	3,174	46.0 per 1,000
116	Watford (Watford)	6,030	131,109	46.0 per 1,000
117	Tring	551	11,961	46.1 per 1,000
118	Bury St Edmunds	1,911	41,279	46.3 per 1,000
119	Lower Stondon	184	3,966	46.4 per 1,000
120	Brandon (West Suffolk)	430	9,218	46.6 per 1,000
121	Cromer	352	7,522	46.8 per 1,000
122	Holt (North Norfolk)	190	4,014	47.3 per 1,000
123	Soham	503	10,609	47.4 per 1,000
124	Willingham	186	3,912	47.5 per 1,000
125	Royston (North Hertfordshire)	828	17,443	47.5 per 1,000
126	Coggeshall	179	3,767	47.5 per 1,000
127	Cottenham	294	6,156	47.8 per 1,000
128	Shenley	170	3,556	47.8 per 1,000
129	Little Paxton	193	4,031	47.9 per 1,000
130	Galleywood	307	6,410	47.9 per 1,000
131	Felixstowe	1,165	24,218	48.1 per 1,000
132	Wivenhoe	357	7,354	48.5 per 1,000
133	Burnham-on-Crouch	381	7,806	48.8 per 1,000
134	Worlingham	177	3,618	48.9 per 1,000
135	Takeley and Little Canfield	272	5,553	49.0 per 1,000
136	Sheringham	348	7,087	49.1 per 1,000
137	Caister-on-Sea	447	9,095	49.1 per 1,000
138	Girton	216	4,384	49.3 per 1,000
139	Wheathampstead	223	4,523	49.3 per 1,000
140	Marston Moretaine	298	6,032	49.4 per 1,000
141	Eye (Peterborough)	268	5,419	49.5 per 1,000
142	Berkhamsted	1,053	21,236	49.6 per 1,000
143	Stanford-le-Hope	1,472	29,527	49.9 per 1,000
144	Godmanchester	387	7,714	50.2 per 1,000
145	Rochford	637	12,617	50.5 per 1,000
146	Histon and Impington	395	7,781	50.8 per 1,000
147	Downham Market	578	11,349	50.9 per 1,000
148	Diss	489	9,599	50.9 per 1,000
149	Mildenhall (West Suffolk)	493	9,684	50.9 per 1,000
150	Hitchin	1,793	35,220	50.9 per 1,000
151	St Neots	1,729	33,262	52.0 per 1,000
152	Saxmundham	249	4,778	52.1 per 1,000
153	St Albans	3,942	75,544	52.2 per 1,000
154	Hertford	1,521	28,807	52.8 per 1,000
155	Leiston	313	5,919	52.9 per 1,000
156	Warboys	229	4,318	53.0 per 1,000
157	Waterbeach	285	5,375	53.0 per 1,000
158	Letchworth	1,806	33,993	53.1 per 1,000
159	Bishop's Stortford	2,181	40,916	53.3 per 1,000
160	Great Wakering	364	6,774	53.7 per 1,000
161	Caddington	177	3,288	53.8 per 1,000
162	Hatfield Peverel	195	3,622	53.8 per 1,000
163	Potton	282	5,229	53.9 per 1,000
164	Brookmans Park	220	4,033	54.5 per 1,000
165	Brampton (Huntingdonshire)	360	6,585	54.7 per 1,000
166	Attleborough	616	11,236	54.8 per 1,000
167	Haverhill	1,468	26,704	55.0 per 1,000
168	Bovingdon	293	5,313	55.1 per 1,000
169	Epping	590	10,693	55.2 per 1,000
170	Bungay	277	5,012	55.3 per 1,000
171	Chatteris	610	11,022	55.3 per 1,000
172	Halesworth	274	4,924	55.6 per 1,000
173	North Walsham	714	12,829	55.7 per 1,000
174	Leighton Buzzard	2,390	42,736	55.9 per 1,000
175	East Tilbury	323	5,751	56.2 per 1,000
176	Maldon	1,325	23,389	56.7 per 1,000
177	Lawford	258	4,488	57.5 per 1,000
178	Stalham	195	3,383	57.6 per 1,000
179	Newmarket	1,090	18,857	57.8 per 1,000
180	Canvey Island	2,196	38,004	57.8 per 1,000
181	Elsenham	198	3,414	58.0 per 1,000
182	Aveley	543	9,364	58.0 per 1,000
183	Bedford	5,657	97,226	58.2 per 1,000
184	Claydon	184	3,140	58.6 per 1,000
185	Halstead (Braintree)	819	13,902	58.9 per 1,000
186	Buntingford	465	7,877	59.0 per 1,000
187	Upwell and Outwell	217	3,664	59.2 per 1,000
188	Silver End	235	3,913	60.1 per 1,000
189	Harlow	5,606	93,204	60.1 per 1,000
190	Walton-on-the-Naze	421	6,980	60.3 per 1,000
191	Hunstanton	257	4,230	60.8 per 1,000
192	Thetford	1,556	25,502	61.0 per 1,000
193	Writtle	288	4,703	61.2 per 1,000
194	Wickford	1,698	27,533	61.7 per 1,000
195	Fakenham	519	8,390	61.9 per 1,000
196	Braintree	2,688	43,179	62.3 per 1,000
197	Stowmarket	1,324	20,833	63.6 per 1,000
198	Shefford	466	7,317	63.7 per 1,000
199	Whittlesey	895	13,833	64.7 per 1,000
200	Fenstanton	196	3,015	65.0 per 1,000
201	Biggleswade	1,417	21,592	65.6 per 1,000
202	Sudbury	1,580	23,922	66.0 per 1,000
203	Witham	1,818	27,395	66.4 per 1,000
204	Welwyn Garden City	3,539	51,504	68.7 per 1,000
205	Yaxley (Huntingdonshire)	649	9,403	69.0 per 1,000
206	Baldock	732	10,613	69.0 per 1,000
207	Ely	1,338	19,185	69.7 per 1,000
208	Milton (South Cambridgeshire)	297	4,150	71.6 per 1,000
209	Loughton	2,386	33,338	71.6 per 1,000
210	Wymondham (South Norfolk)	1,214	16,812	72.2 per 1,000
211	St Ives (Huntingdonshire)	1,248	16,818	74.2 per 1,000
212	King's Lynn	3,545	47,604	74.5 per 1,000
213	Dereham	1,565	20,788	75.3 per 1,000
214	Ware	1,480	19,631	75.4 per 1,000
215	Harwich	1,492	19,582	76.2 per 1,000
216	Chiswell Green	509	6,681	76.2 per 1,000
217	March	1,621	21,042	77.0 per 1,000
218	Queen's Hills	345	4,465	77.3 per 1,000
219	Gorleston-on-Sea	1,904	24,474	77.8 per 1,000
220	Littleport	716	9,170	78.1 per 1,000
221	Clacton-on-Sea	4,166	53,190	78.3 per 1,000
222	Chipping Ongar	307	3,922	78.3 per 1,000
223	Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)	922	11,632	79.3 per 1,000
224	Stanstead Abbotts	299	3,754	79.6 per 1,000
225	Ramsey	458	5,727	80.0 per 1,000
226	Swaffham	676	8,434	80.2 per 1,000
227	Bar Hill	315	3,899	80.8 per 1,000
228	Frinton-on-Sea	394	4,865	81.0 per 1,000
229	Dunstable	2,811	34,498	81.5 per 1,000
230	Grays	3,621	44,340	81.7 per 1,000
231	Borehamwood	3,257	39,760	81.9 per 1,000
232	South Ockendon	1,839	22,441	81.9 per 1,000
233	Cheshunt	3,585	43,694	82.0 per 1,000
234	Potters Bar	1,920	23,394	82.1 per 1,000
235	Bricket Wood	384	4,624	83.0 per 1,000
236	Kirby Cross	483	5,720	84.4 per 1,000
237	Wixams	515	6,044	85.2 per 1,000
238	Buckhurst Hill	1,062	11,749	90.4 per 1,000
239	Knebworth	394	4,191	94.0 per 1,000
240	Kempston	2,179	22,779	95.7 per 1,000
241	Thurston	292	3,009	97.0 per 1,000
242	Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames	2,878	29,470	97.7 per 1,000
243	Welwyn	389	3,906	99.6 per 1,000
244	Trimley St Mary	376	3,736	100.6 per 1,000
245	Waltham Abbey	1,932	18,645	103.6 per 1,000
246	Chadwell St Mary	1,107	10,680	103.7 per 1,000
247	Hatfield	4,353	41,561	104.7 per 1,000
248	Houghton Regis	1,912	18,057	105.9 per 1,000
249	Cringleford	519	4,686	110.8 per 1,000
250	Moor Park	703	5,850	120.2 per 1,000
251	London Colney	1,011	8,253	122.5 per 1,000
252	Jaywick	625	5,080	123.0 per 1,000
253	Wisbech	3,321	26,800	123.9 per 1,000
254	Huntingdon	3,173	25,416	124.8 per 1,000
255	Tilbury	1,841	14,187	129.8 per 1,000
256	Chigwell	1,620	12,251	132.2 per 1,000
257	Goff's Oak	534	3,976	134.3 per 1,000
258	Shortstown	686	4,837	141.8 per 1,000
259	Longstanton	491	3,301	148.7 per 1,000
260	Berechurch	1,152	7,702	149.6 per 1,000
261	Runwell	1,266	8,086	156.6 per 1,000
262	Broomfield	680	3,491	194.8 per 1,000
263	Great Yarmouth	5,929	28,979	204.6 per 1,000
264	Waltham Cross	2,830	11,936	237.1 per 1,000
265	Great Denham	1,307	4,363	299.6 per 1,000