Photo: Darren Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Eton Wick stands out for public order: 2.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Typical years here bring 25.9 violent and sexual offences plus 12.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Its Safety Grade, C+, rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: more crime per resident than 62% of UK towns. Measured against the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 20% of them record more crime per resident. Recorded violence fell 10% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Eton Wick
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Eton Wick than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Eton Wick has the 1,406th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Goudhurst, South Hiendley and Kensworth, higher than Bruton, Sedbergh and Kirkbymoorside. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C+ for Eton Wick
A fairly firm grade. Built on 245 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Eton Wick against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Eton Wick runs highest on public order (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.4), criminal damage & arson (6.6 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (25.9 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 55 | 25.9 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 16 | 7.5 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 15 | 7.1 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 6.6 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Of 1,764 towns its size, Eton Wick is 1,406th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | Cold Ash Berkshire | 2,267 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 100 | Winkfield Row Berkshire | 1,756 | 9.1 | 3 | 2.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 266 | Upper Basildon Berkshire | 1,074 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 333 | Sonning Berkshire | 1,615 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 2.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1403 | Bruton Somerset | 2,816 | 25.9 | 12.4 | 11 | C+ |
| 1404 | Sedbergh Cumbria | 1,449 | 28.5 | 9.9 | 5.8 | C+ |
| 1405 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | 2,763 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 6.3 | C+ |
| 1406 | Eton Wick Berkshire | 2,121 | 25.9 | 12.6 | 3.2 | C+ |
| 1407 | Kirkby Stephen Cumbria | 1,895 | 28.7 | 9.9 | 7.2 | C+ |
| 1408 | Thorpe Surrey | 1,226 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 8.2 | C+ |
| 1409 | Weston Rhyn Shropshire | 1,381 | 29.9 | 8.7 | 15.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | 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 Eton Wick, and others in Berkshire.
How crime in Eton Wick has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 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 -10% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -15% (towns its size +0%).
Crime in Eton Wick 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 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Eton Wick’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Eton Wick in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Eton Wick is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Eton Wick’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Eton Wick 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 Eton Wick’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Eton Wick
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 25.9 | 12.6 | C+ |
| Eton | 2,461 | 18.8 | 13 | B− |
| Windsor | 31,569 | 34 | 16.3 | C− |
| Slough | 166,868 | 43.4 | 20.7 | D |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 24.3 | 21.9 | C |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 20.8 | 11.6 | B− |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 18 | 14.7 | B− |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 18.1 | 10.5 | B |
Eton Wick records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Eton, 1.3 miles away, records 18.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Eton Wick’s 25.9.
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 Eton Wick 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 Eton Wick
Is Eton Wick safe?
Police recorded 25.9 violent and sexual offences and 12.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Eton Wick’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 38% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Eton Wick is 1,406th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Eton Wick?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 15%, shoplifting and theft fell 56% and anti-social behaviour rose 60%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Eton Wick?
Violence & sexual offences: 55 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (15) and criminal damage & arson (14), with 16 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Eton Wick compare with Slough?
Slough records 43.4 violent and sexual offences and 20.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Eton Wick’s 25.9 and 12.6, over the same three years.
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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