Photo: Ojw at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0For its size, Silsoe has less crime per resident than 92% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
For every 1,000 residents, 11.8 violent and sexual offences and 6.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year. Violent crime here is lower than in 88% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in 74%. The grade is A, built on crimes police recorded inside Silsoe’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: #4 of 33 in Bedfordshire.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Silsoe
Less crime than most places its size
Of 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Silsoe has the 142nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Seamer (Scarborough), Tattenhall and Radley, higher than Middleton Cheney, Carnon Downs and Devoran and Reydon. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Silsoe’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 188 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Silsoe against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How Silsoe’s neighbourhoods rank in England
49% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Silsoe’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Silsoe places 142nd of 1,089 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Bromham Bedfordshire | 4,652 | 8.5 | 5.2 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 80 | Oakley Bedfordshire | 2,507 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 0.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 119 | Barton-le-Clay Bedfordshire | 4,941 | 10 | 7.5 | 4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 139 | Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire | 4,127 | 13.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | A |
| 140 | Carnon Downs and Devoran Cornwall | 2,129 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | A |
| 141 | Reydon Suffolk | 2,369 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 3.1 | A |
| 142 | Silsoe Bedfordshire | 3,419 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 2.5 | A |
| 143 | Shelley West Yorkshire | 2,696 | 12.7 | 5.7 | 3.1 | A |
| 144 | Long Hanborough Oxfordshire | 3,034 | 14.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | A |
| 145 | Rolleston on Dove Staffordshire | 2,902 | 14.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 161 | Westoning Bedfordshire | 2,097 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1089 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Silsoe, and others in Bedfordshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Silsoe runs highest on vehicle crime (2.9 per 1,000 against 2) and anti-social behaviour (10.8 per 1,000 against 8.8). Criminal damage & arson and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 42 | 12.3 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 37 | 10.8 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 2.9 | 2 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Silsoe per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
43 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 32 the year before
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +34% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -9% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -33% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Silsoe’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Silsoe in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Silsoe is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Silsoe’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 3 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Silsoe had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Silsoe’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Silsoe
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silsoe | 3,419 | 11.8 | 6.5 | A |
| Flitton | 1,531 | 7.4 | 2 | A+ |
| Clophill | 2,515 | 14.6 | 9.3 | B+ |
| Maulden | 2,486 | 19.7 | 5.1 | B+ |
| Barton-le-Clay | 4,941 | 10 | 7.5 | A |
| Flitwick | 13,668 | 16.2 | 11.2 | B |
| Shillington | 1,629 | 18.8 | 8.4 | B |
| Ampthill | 8,825 | 16.1 | 8.5 | B+ |
Silsoe records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Flitton, 1.2 miles away, records 7.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Silsoe’s 11.8.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Silsoe sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Silsoe
Is Silsoe safe?
Police recorded 11.8 violent and sexual offences and 6.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Silsoe’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 87% of UK towns. Among 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Silsoe is 142nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Silsoe?
Police recorded 43 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 32 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Silsoe?
Violence & sexual offences: 42 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (10) and other theft (10), with 37 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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