Photo: Philip Jeffrey · CC BY-SA 2.0More crime per resident is recorded in Hanslope than in 85% of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Public order runs at 6 per 1,000 residents in Hanslope, against 2.4 in a typical town its size: police recorded 13 in the 12 months to August 2026. Typical years here bring 30.4 violent and sexual offences plus 11.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Violence recorded locally dropped 9% 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 Hanslope
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 9% less violent crime per resident in Hanslope 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 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hanslope has the 442nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Deepcut, Saundersfoot and Chipping Campden, higher than Llandybie, Mancetter and Witherley and Maesycwmmer. 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. 44% of Hanslope’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: C for Hanslope
A fairly firm grade. Built on 273 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hanslope 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, Hanslope runs highest on public order (6 per 1,000 against 2.4), anti-social behaviour (9.3 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (27.3 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 59 | 27.3 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 20 | 9.3 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 13 | 6 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | 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.
Hanslope is 442nd of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 68 | Seer Green Buckinghamshire | 2,582 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 1.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 110 | Long Crendon Buckinghamshire | 2,495 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 3.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 138 | Stone Buckinghamshire | 2,081 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 155 | Downley Buckinghamshire | 2,655 | 15.9 | 6.3 | 17.7 | A− |
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| 439 | Llandybie Dyfed | 2,563 | 34.1 | 7.5 | 5.9 | C |
| 440 | Mancetter and Witherley Warwickshire | 2,689 | 29.3 | 12.6 | 3.2 | C |
| 441 | Maesycwmmer Gwent | 2,095 | 28.8 | 13.2 | 4.3 | C |
| 442 | Hanslope Buckinghamshire | 2,161 | 30.4 | 11.7 | 2.5 | C |
| 443 | Ash (Dover) Kent | 2,529 | 30.1 | 12.1 | 4.5 | C |
| 444 | Narberth Dyfed | 2,365 | 34.1 | 8.6 | 8.1 | C |
| 445 | Holywell Green and Stainland West Yorkshire | 2,799 | 32 | 10.6 | 3.3 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Hanslope, and others in Buckinghamshire.
How crime in Hanslope 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 -9% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -22% (towns its size +0%).
Crime in Hanslope 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 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 68% of Hanslope’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 5% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (67% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 4% of violent and 4% 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. 101 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Hanslope’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Hanslope in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Hanslope is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hanslope’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; Hanslope had 0.
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 Hanslope’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hanslope
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanslope | 2,161 | 30.4 | 11.7 | C |
| Castlethorpe | 1,112 | 17.4 | 8.4 | B+ |
| Hartwell | 1,493 | 28.8 | 6.9 | C+ |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 9.9 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Potterspury | 1,637 | 23 | 8.1 | B− |
| Old Stratford | 2,427 | 11.5 | 7.4 | A |
| Roade | 3,571 | 18.7 | 6.2 | B+ |
| Newport Pagnell | 15,250 | 24 | 11 | B− |
Hanslope records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Castlethorpe, 1.6 miles away, records 17.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hanslope’s 30.4.
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 Hanslope 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 Hanslope
Is Hanslope safe?
Police recorded 30.4 violent and sexual offences and 11.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hanslope’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 31% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hanslope is 442nd from the least crime. 44% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Hanslope?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 9%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 22%, shoplifting and theft fell 17% and anti-social behaviour rose 122%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hanslope?
Violence & sexual offences: 59 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (13) and criminal damage & arson (10), with 20 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hanslope compare with Northampton?
Northampton records 46.1 violent and sexual offences and 19.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Hanslope’s 30.4 and 11.7, 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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