Photo: Bryn Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0Set against UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Chalfont St Peter records less crime than 91%
The yearly rates were 15.6 violent and sexual offences and 11.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Overall, it grades B for safety (#12 of 39 in Buckinghamshire). Violent crime is lower than in 76% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in only 34%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Chalfont St Peter
Less crime than most places its size
Of 332 UK towns of 10,000 to 18,000 people, Chalfont St Peter has the 38th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Euxton, North Hykeham and Saffron Walden, higher than Crowthorne, Nailsea and Flitwick. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 29% of Chalfont St Peter’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B for Chalfont St Peter
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,126 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Chalfont St Peter 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, Chalfont St Peter runs highest on vehicle crime (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.8). Anti-social behaviour and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 188 | 13.8 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 67 | 4.9 | 12.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 57 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 46 | 3.4 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 43 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 41 | 3 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 35 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 21 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 14 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Robbery | Violent | 11 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
1 in 3 Chalfont St Peter residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
51% 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.
Chalfont St Peter’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.
38th of 332: Chalfont St Peter among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Crowthorne Berkshire | 15,196 | 20.3 | 6.7 | 10.8 | B |
| 36 | Nailsea Somerset | 15,919 | 18.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | B |
| 37 | Flitwick Bedfordshire | 13,668 | 16.2 | 11.2 | 9.4 | B |
| 38 | Chalfont St Peter Buckinghamshire | 13,654 | 15.6 | 11.9 | 5.8 | B |
| 39 | Tring Hertfordshire | 11,961 | 17.4 | 10.2 | 9.3 | B |
| 40 | Ballymoney Causeway Coast and Glens | 11,048 | 19 | 8.8 | 7.2 | B |
| 41 | Cranleigh Surrey | 10,430 | 19.1 | 8.8 | 6.9 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Amersham Buckinghamshire | 17,377 | 18.6 | 9.7 | 9.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 79 | Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green Buckinghamshire | 12,438 | 20.5 | 11.1 | 7.8 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 83 | Marlow Buckinghamshire | 14,641 | 22.1 | 9.7 | 13.2 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire | 15,250 | 24 | 11 | 9.8 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 332 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 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 Chalfont St Peter, and others in Buckinghamshire.
Police in Chalfont St Peter identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 78% of Chalfont St Peter’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 18% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (48% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 393 crimes.
Crime in Chalfont St Peter 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 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 +1% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -27% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -18% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +10% (towns its size -4%).
No one died in a collision on Chalfont St Peter’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 32 collisions with injuries inside Chalfont St Peter in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chalfont St Peter’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chalfont St Peter’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Chalfont St Peter’s size at the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people would see about 16 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Chalfont St Peter had 5.
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 Chalfont St Peter’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Chalfont St Peter
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 15.6 | 11.9 | B |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 13.6 | 9.5 | A− |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | B |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 38.8 | 16.8 | C− |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 8.1 | 8.9 | A |
| Denham | 1,482 | 23.4 | 19.6 | C |
| Beaconsfield | 14,142 | 21 | 15.4 | C+ |
| Chorleywood | 12,632 | 14.7 | 9.8 | B+ |
Chalfont St Peter records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Chalfont St Giles, 1.8 miles away, records 13.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Chalfont St Peter’s 15.6.
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 Chalfont St Peter 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 Chalfont St Peter
Is Chalfont St Peter safe?
Police recorded 15.6 violent and sexual offences and 11.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Chalfont St Peter’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 62% of UK towns. Among 332 UK towns of 10,000 to 18,000 people, Chalfont St Peter is 38th from the least crime. 29% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Chalfont St Peter?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 27%, shoplifting and theft fell 18% and anti-social behaviour rose 10%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Chalfont St Peter?
Violence & sexual offences: 188 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (57) and criminal damage & arson (46), with 67 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Chalfont St Peter 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 Chalfont St Peter’s 15.6 and 11.9, 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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