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Safety in Alloa · Scottish Government, SIMD

Recorded crime in the Clackmannanshire council area is 9% below Scotland’s rate

Police Scotland doesn’t publish crimes street by street, so Alloa has no Safety Grade and no overall grade until the 2026 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation brings neighbourhood crime figures. What Scotland does publish: crime for the whole Clackmannanshire council area (519 crimes per 10,000 people in 2025-26), and how Alloa’s own neighbourhoods rank for crime.

Crimes, Clackmannanshire
519
per 10,000 people, 2025-26
Scotland 569
Violence
155
non-sexual violent crimes per 10,000
Scotland 136
Cleared up
67%
of recorded crimes, 2025-26
Scotland 57%
SIMD crimes in Alloa
502
per 10,000 residents, 2017/18
Scotland 276
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Alloa

Crime about level over ten years

Recorded crime across the Clackmannanshire council area went from 525 to 519 per 10,000 people between 2016-17 and 2025-26; across Scotland it moved +3%. Ten years ↓

More crime-deprived neighbourhoods than most

42% of Alloa’s residents live in the fifth of Scotland’s small areas with the most crime on SIMD 2020, and 13% in the fifth with the least. Its rate of SIMD crimes, 502 per 10,000 in 2017/18, is 82% above Scotland’s. Neighbourhood ranks ↓

Written from the Scottish Government’s recorded crime and SIMD figures on this page.

Where in Alloa

Fewest SIMD crimes in Clackmannan, Kennet and Forestmill; most in Alloa South and East

AreaResidentsPer 10,000
Clackmannan, Kennet and Forestmill1,593100
Alloa West3,410208
Alloa North4,843279
Alloa South and East4,7311,078
Below Scotland’s rateAt or above it

2 of Alloa’s 4 areas are at or above Scotland’s rate of 276 (orange bars). SIMD counts crimes where they were recorded, so an area with a town centre, a station or a hospital records more than its own residents suffer.

SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, by small area (2011 data zones, grouped by the names the Scottish Government gives them), fewest first.

By type

What police recorded in the Clackmannanshire council area in 2025-26

Common assault130
Vandalism69
Shoplifting68
Fraud26
Housebreaking12
Drug supply8
Domestic abuse7
Serious assault6
Robbery4
Car theft3
Violent & sexualHomes, cars & damageOtherScotland

Against Scotland, the Clackmannanshire council area runs highest on robbery (4 per 10,000 against 3), vandalism (69 per 10,000 against 59) and domestic abuse (7 per 10,000 against 6). Shoplifting and car theft sit below Scotland’s rate.

Show every crime group as a table
GroupRecordedPer 10,000Scotland
Non-sexual crimes of violence809155136
Sexual crimes1663230
Crimes of dishonesty (theft, housebreaking, fraud)807155213
Damage and reckless behaviour (vandalism, fire-raising)4208169
Crimes against society (drugs, weapons, justice)50497121
Antisocial offences (disorder, threatening behaviour)4368493

Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26: crimes and offences by council area. Groups 1 to 5 are crimes; group 6, antisocial offences, is offences.

Per 10,000 people. The tick on each bar is Scotland’s rate. Every town in the council area shares these figures.

Towns its size

Alloa is 97th of 99 Scottish towns of 7,393 to 28,507

#TownPeopleSIMD crimes per 10,000In the most crime-deprived fifth
1Westhill Aberdeenshire11,778520%
2Bishopton Renfrewshire10,048690%
…
94Galashiels Scottish Borders10,07143540%
95Peterhead Aberdeenshire19,79344340%
96Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire12,92648242%
97Alloa Clackmannanshire14,68950242%
98Methil Fife10,71250957%
99Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway9,72956545%

SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, counting from the fewest: the towns either side of Alloa, and the ends of the list. Described, not graded.

Neighbourhoods · Scotland-wide rank

42% of Alloa residents live in one of Scotland’s highest-crime neighbourhoods

32%1
10%2
16%3
7%4
0%5
8%6
4%7
10%8
7%9
5%10
Higher crimeLower crime

23% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Scotland’s neighbourhoods, and 42% in the highest-crime 20%. Alloa counted 502 SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, 82% above Scotland’s 276; three years before, 467 (+7%, Scotland -9%).

Scottish Government, SIMD 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (crimes of violence, sexual crimes, domestic housebreaking, vandalism, drugs offences and common assault, 2014/15 and 2017/18). Residents from Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.

Alloa’s residents by the crime decile of their small area (2011 data zone, about 800 people) in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Scotland’s 6,976 data zones and 10 the lowest.

Cleared up

67% of crimes in the Clackmannanshire council area were cleared up, more than Scotland’s 57%

All crimes67%
Violence77%
Sexual crimes63%
Dishonesty45%
Damage46%
Against society93%
Violent & sexualHomes, cars & damageOtherScotland

Violence and drugs crimes are cleared up most often, because they are usually recorded with a suspect in view; housebreaking, theft and vandalism least.

Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26: crime clear-up rates by council area.

Share of crimes recorded in 2025-26 that were cleared up: a suspect identified and enough evidence to report them to the procurator fiscal. The tick is Scotland.

Ten years · yearly

Recorded crime about level since 2016-17

Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2016-17 to the newest year. Since April 2019 violence includes the new crime of domestic abuse under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.

Per 10,000 people each year, the Clackmannanshire council area against Scotland. 2016-17 to 2025-26: all crimes -1% (Scotland +3%), violence +16%.

1,000 people · one year

For every 1,000 people in the Clackmannanshire council area, about 19 violent or sexual crimes in 2025-26

Violent & sexualHousebreaking, car theft & damageOther theft & fraud
975
violent and sexual crimes, Clackmannanshire, 2025-26
497
housebreaking, car theft & damage
730
other theft & fraud
43
of the three, per 1,000

A crime isn’t a victim: one person can suffer several, and crimes in a city centre often involve visitors rather than residents.

And about 10 housebreakings, car thefts or acts of vandalism and fire-raising, plus 14 other thefts and frauds. Each dot is one person; each coloured dot is one recorded crime. These are council-wide figures: every town in the Clackmannanshire council area shares them.

On the roads

One person died in collisions on Alloa’s roads in 2021–2025

Police recorded 37 collisions with injuries inside Alloa in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 17 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 on foot and 2 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 Alloa’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alloa’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.

Counting serious injuries too, Alloa had 23.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).

1
people killed, 2021–2025
17
killed or seriously injured
4
of them on foot
2
of them on a bicycle

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; the towns its size are England and Wales’s. There’s no national rate here: more than two thirds of Scotland’s road deaths (70%) happen outside every town’s locality boundary. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.

Collisions police recorded inside Alloa’s locality, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.

Neighbours

Crime in the places around Alloa

Fewest quarterSecondThirdMost SIMD crime
TownPeopleSIMD crimes per 10,000Most crime-deprived fifth
Alloa14,68950242%
Sauchie6,35734032%
Tullibody8,51526415%
Clackmannan3,28233021%
Alva4,8202180%
Fallin2,7692930%
Menstrie2,834920%
Tillicoultry4,48228628%

Alloa counted more SIMD crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Sauchie, 1.1 miles away, counted 340 per 10,000, against Alloa’s 502.

SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18. The map colours each town by the quarter of Scotland’s towns it falls in; they are not grades. Tap a town for its safety page.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Council areas, not towns. Recorded crime and clear-up rates are published for each of Scotland’s 32 council areas, so every town in the Clackmannanshire council area shares them. A city centre and a quiet village in the same council show the same figures.
  • SIMD crime is town-level, but old. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation counts selected crimes (violence, sexual crimes, domestic housebreaking, vandalism, drugs offences and common assault) in each small area. SIMD 2020 uses crimes from 2017/18; SIMD 2026, due at the end of 2026, will bring newer figures; we plan to grade Scottish safety on them.
  • Not a grade. Nothing on this page is graded. The towns-its-size ranking and the neighbours’ colours describe SIMD crime rates; they aren’t a Safety Grade and don’t feed one.
  • Recorded, not experienced. Recorded crime is what the police record. It moves with reporting and policing as well as with crime; the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey asks people directly, for Scotland as a whole.

Questions about safety in Alloa

Is Alloa safe?

Police Scotland recorded 519 crimes per 10,000 people across the Clackmannanshire council area in 2025-26, 9% below Scotland’s 569. Within Alloa, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation counted 502 of its selected crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, against 276 across Scotland; 42% of residents live in the fifth of Scotland’s neighbourhoods with the most crime. Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Alloa has no Safety Grade.

How many crimes are solved in the Clackmannanshire council area?

67% of crimes recorded in 2025-26 were cleared up (someone was identified and there was enough evidence to report them to the procurator fiscal), against 57% across Scotland.

Why doesn’t Alloa have a Safety Grade?

Our Safety Grade counts crimes inside each town’s boundary. Police Scotland doesn’t publish crimes by location for reuse, so Scottish towns can’t be measured the same way. The 2026 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation will bring newer neighbourhood crime figures.

Sources: Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the NRS 2022 locality 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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