Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0New Denham records other theft at 4 times the rate of a typical town its size
Its letter overall is C−: more crime per resident than 76% of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. For its size, it sits below 11% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people on crime per resident. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 30.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 17.5. Violent crime was down 5% 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 New Denham
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 5% less violent crime per resident in New Denham 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 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, New Denham has the 1,090th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Richings Park, South Broomhill and Llanybydder, higher than Haswell, Sharpness and Witheridge. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind New Denham’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 256 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks New Denham 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, New Denham runs highest on other theft (10.1 per 1,000 against 2.5), vehicle crime (6.1 per 1,000 against 1.5) and public order (8.4 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 54 | 30.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 25 | 14 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 18 | 10.1 | 2.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 15 | 8.4 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 7.8 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 8 | 4.5 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 6 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 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.
New Denham against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
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| 8 | Lacey Green and Loosley Row Buckinghamshire | 1,135 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 2.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire | 1,814 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 44 | Quainton Buckinghamshire | 1,311 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 5.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 71 | Little Kingshill Buckinghamshire | 1,471 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.5 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1087 | Haswell County Durham | 1,185 | 30.4 | 16.9 | 3.1 | C |
| 1088 | Sharpness Gloucestershire | 1,237 | 35.1 | 12.4 | 5.4 | C− |
| 1089 | Witheridge Devon | 1,306 | 35.9 | 11.7 | 4.7 | C− |
| 1090 | New Denham Buckinghamshire | 1,790 | 30.2 | 17.5 | 13 | C− |
| 1091 | Thurcaston Leicestershire | 1,649 | 25.1 | 22.8 | 4.3 | C− |
| 1092 | Flimby Cumbria | 1,716 | 32.8 | 15.2 | 2.9 | C− |
| 1093 | Farcet Cambridgeshire | 1,596 | 36.8 | 11.5 | 3.3 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | 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 New Denham, and others in Buckinghamshire.
Crime in New Denham 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 18 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 15 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in New Denham 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 -5% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +14% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +23% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -4% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on New Denham’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 12 collisions with injuries inside New Denham in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 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 New Denham is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of New Denham’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; New Denham had 2.
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 New Denham’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around New Denham
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Denham | 1,790 | 30.2 | 17.5 | C− |
| Denham | 1,482 | 23.4 | 19.6 | C |
| Iver Heath | 5,150 | 16.5 | 15.9 | B− |
| Iver | 3,267 | 41.2 | 20.1 | D |
| Hillingdon | 307,089 | 33.4 | 23 | C− |
| Richings Park | 1,787 | 24.7 | 23.7 | C− |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | B |
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | 18.1 | 10.5 | B |
New Denham records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Denham, 1 miles away, records 23.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against New Denham’s 30.2.
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 New Denham 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 New Denham
Is New Denham safe?
Police recorded 30.2 violent and sexual offences and 17.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside New Denham’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 24% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, New Denham is 1,090th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in New Denham?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 5%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 14%, shoplifting and theft rose 23% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in New Denham?
Violence & sexual offences: 54 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (18) and public order (15), with 25 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does New Denham compare with Hillingdon?
Hillingdon records 33.4 violent and sexual offences and 23 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against New Denham’s 30.2 and 17.5, 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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