Photo: Cameraman · CC BY-SA 2.0Steeple Claydon has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per resident than 72% of UK towns
For its size, it sits below 65% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people on crime per resident. Steeple Claydon’s Safety Grade, B (#15 of 39 in Buckinghamshire), rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Per 1,000 residents a year, 21.3 violent and sexual offences and 6.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Steeple Claydon
About the middle for a town its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Steeple Claydon has the 276th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Underwood, Laleham and Kelvedon Hatch, higher than Charlbury, Downton and Dinnington. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B for Steeple Claydon
A fairly firm grade. Built on 214 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Steeple Claydon 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 Steeple Claydon’s neighbourhoods rank in England
44% 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.
Steeple Claydon’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Steeple Claydon runs highest on other theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 3.2). Anti-social behaviour sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 56 | 22.1 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 17 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 12 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“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.
Crime in Steeple Claydon 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 7 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Steeple Claydon against towns its size
| # | 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− |
| … | ||||||
| 273 | Charlbury Oxfordshire | 2,810 | 19.5 | 8.7 | 2.9 | B |
| 274 | Downton Wiltshire | 2,952 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 7.3 | B |
| 275 | Dinnington Tyne and Wear | 2,366 | 20.1 | 8.1 | 2.5 | B |
| 276 | Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire | 2,530 | 21.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | B |
| 277 | Hunmanby North Yorkshire | 2,900 | 20.6 | 7.7 | 2.3 | B |
| 278 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | 2,758 | 19.7 | 8.6 | 3.3 | B |
| 279 | Wateringbury Kent | 2,248 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 4.3 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Steeple Claydon, and others in Buckinghamshire.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 +0% (towns its size +1%).
No one died in a collision on Steeple Claydon’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Steeple Claydon 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 Steeple Claydon is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Steeple Claydon’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Steeple Claydon 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 Steeple Claydon’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Steeple Claydon
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 21.3 | 6.9 | B |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 16.7 | 7 | B+ |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 27.4 | 9.2 | C+ |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 24.6 | 10.4 | C+ |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 6.4 | 3.3 | A+ |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 7 | 5.1 | A+ |
| Launton | 1,374 | 14.6 | 5.3 | A− |
| Waddesdon | 1,859 | 22.6 | 6.5 | B |
Steeple Claydon records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Calvert, 1.9 miles away, records 16.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Steeple Claydon’s 21.3.
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 Steeple Claydon 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 Steeple Claydon
Is Steeple Claydon safe?
Police recorded 21.3 violent and sexual offences and 6.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Steeple Claydon’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Steeple Claydon is 276th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Steeple Claydon?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 13%, shoplifting and theft fell 6% and anti-social behaviour fell 6%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Steeple Claydon?
Violence & sexual offences: 56 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (12) and criminal damage & arson (10), with 17 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Steeple Claydon compare with Bicester?
Bicester records 30.5 violent and sexual offences and 9.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Steeple Claydon’s 21.3 and 6.9, 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.