Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Kelly Bray sees less crime per resident than nine in ten UK towns
The local count comes to 14.4 violent and sexual offences and 2.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year. For its size, it sits below 80% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people on crime per resident. Graded on crimes police recorded inside Kelly Bray’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores A for safety.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Kelly Bray
Less crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Kelly Bray has the 269th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Abbots Bromley, Bradwell and Nether Stowey, higher than Burton on the Wolds, Sonning and Walsham le Willows. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A for Kelly Bray
A fairly firm grade. Built on 55 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Kelly Bray against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Kelly Bray 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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| 22 | Polgooth Cornwall | 1,096 | 5 | 3 | 3 | A+ |
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| 41 | Mawnan Smith Cornwall | 1,001 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | A+ |
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| 89 | Mylor Bridge Cornwall | 1,534 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | A+ |
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| 98 | Perranarworthal Cornwall | 1,305 | 10.6 | 2 | 2.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 266 | Burton on the Wolds Leicestershire | 1,260 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 2.9 | A |
| 267 | Sonning Berkshire | 1,615 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 2.3 | A |
| 268 | Walsham le Willows Suffolk | 1,258 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 2.1 | A |
| 269 | Kelly Bray Cornwall | 1,137 | 14.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | A |
| 270 | Haverigg Cumbria | 1,551 | 15.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | A |
| 271 | School Aycliffe County Durham | 1,590 | 13 | 4 | 1.3 | A |
| 272 | Hordle Hampshire | 1,158 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 1.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Kelly Bray, and others in Cornwall.
Crime in Kelly Bray 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 1 burglary, vehicle crime or act of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 20 | 17.6 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 7 | 2.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | 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 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
“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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
20 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 12 the year before
Devon & Cornwall Police published three months short or not at all (Sep 2023, Oct 2023 and Nov 2023), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “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).
No one died in a collision on Kelly Bray’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 5 collisions with injuries inside Kelly Bray in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 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 Kelly Bray is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Kelly Bray’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; Kelly Bray 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 Kelly Bray’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Kelly Bray
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 14.4 | 2.6 | A |
| Callington | 4,665 | 36.9 | 11.9 | C− |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 20.7 | 6.4 | B |
| Pensilva | 1,656 | 13.6 | 2.4 | A |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 17.4 | 11.8 | B |
| Landrake | 1,104 | 9.6 | 4 | A+ |
| St Cleer | 1,144 | 28.9 | 6 | B− |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 27.9 | 9.1 | C+ |
Kelly Bray records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Pensilva, 4.4 miles away, records 13.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Kelly Bray’s 14.4.
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
- Some months are short. Devon & Cornwall Police published September 2023, October 2023 and November 2023 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- 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 Kelly Bray 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 Kelly Bray
Is Kelly Bray safe?
Police recorded 14.4 violent and sexual offences and 2.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Kelly Bray’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 90% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Kelly Bray is 269th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Kelly Bray?
Police recorded 20 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 12 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Kelly Bray?
Violence & sexual offences: 20 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (8) and public order (1), with 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Kelly Bray compare with Plymouth?
Plymouth records 49.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Kelly Bray’s 14.4 and 2.6, 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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