Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Lambourn records drugs at 3 times the rate of a typical town its size
Police recorded 10 cases of drugs in Lambourn in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 3.2 per 1,000 against a typical 1. Violent crime was down 25% in a year. Weighing it all, Lambourn earns B for safety (#14 of 30 in Berkshire), with close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Lambourn
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 25% less violent crime per resident in Lambourn than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Lambourn has the 454th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Tywardreath, Kingsclere and Dunton Green, higher than Bosham, Great Lumley and Ringmer. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The B for Lambourn, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 281 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Lambourn 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 crime in Lambourn has moved
“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 -25% (towns its size +1%), shoplifting and theft -70% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -52% (towns its size +0%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Lambourn runs highest on drugs (3.2 per 1,000 against 1), vehicle crime (3.5 per 1,000 against 2) and public order (5.4 per 1,000 against 3.6). Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 18.1 | 22.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 17 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 17 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 12 | 3.8 | 8.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 10 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 6 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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.
How Lambourn’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% 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.
Lambourn’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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Lambourn places 454th of 856 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Cold Ash Berkshire | 2,267 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 112 | Hermitage Berkshire | 2,224 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Charvil Berkshire | 3,158 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 195 | Wargrave Berkshire | 2,896 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 5.3 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 451 | Bosham West Sussex | 2,693 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 8.1 | B |
| 452 | Great Lumley County Durham | 3,627 | 21.1 | 8.6 | 3.3 | B |
| 453 | Ringmer East Sussex | 3,221 | 21.4 | 8.4 | 3.7 | B |
| 454 | Lambourn Berkshire | 3,141 | 22 | 7.9 | 3.8 | B |
| 455 | Halling Kent | 2,926 | 18.8 | 11.1 | 7.4 | B |
| 456 | Vigo Village Kent | 2,005 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 3.8 | B |
| 457 | Edenfield Lancashire | 2,048 | 18.7 | 11.2 | 2.9 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | 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 Lambourn, and others in Berkshire.
No one died in a collision on Lambourn’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 5 collisions with injuries inside Lambourn 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 Lambourn is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Lambourn’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; Lambourn 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 Lambourn’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Lambourn
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambourn | 3,141 | 22 | 7.9 | B |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 11.7 | 4.7 | A |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 8.9 | 4.8 | A+ |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 29.4 | 12.6 | C |
| East Challow | 1,031 | 20.1 | 7.1 | B |
| Wantage | 13,100 | 33.2 | 10.9 | C |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 6.7 | 4.8 | A+ |
| Grove | 7,942 | 29.6 | 7.1 | C+ |
Lambourn records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Aldbourne, 4.4 miles away, records 11.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Lambourn’s 22.
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 Lambourn 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 Lambourn
Is Lambourn safe?
Police recorded 22 violent and sexual offences and 7.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Lambourn’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 56% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Lambourn is 454th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Lambourn?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 25%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 136%, shoplifting and theft fell 70% and anti-social behaviour fell 52%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Lambourn?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (17) and public order (17), with 12 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Lambourn compare with Stratton St Margaret?
Stratton St Margaret records 29.5 violent and sexual offences and 11.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Lambourn’s 22 and 7.9, 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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