Photo: Rod Grealish · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Silloth trails 85% of UK towns per resident
Compared with the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it records less crime per resident than 18%. Recorded violence rose 8% in a year. Police counts work out at 40.5 violent and sexual offences and 9.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Silloth
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 8% more violent crime per resident in Silloth than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Silloth has the 486th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Llanfoist, Craven Arms and Hall Green, higher than Godstone, Woolavington and Loddon. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
How Silloth comes out at C−
A fairly firm grade. Built on 381 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Silloth against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Silloth identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 38% of Silloth’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” (73% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 12% 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. 119 crimes.
How Silloth’s neighbourhoods rank in England
36% 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.
Silloth’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.
Silloth places 486th of 550 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Arnside Cumbria | 2,231 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Stainburn Cumbria | 2,120 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 207 | Dearham Cumbria | 2,344 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 1.7 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 424 | Ambleside Cumbria | 2,624 | 30.4 | 9 | 13.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 483 | Godstone Surrey | 2,648 | 28.7 | 19.8 | 5.8 | C− |
| 484 | Woolavington Somerset | 2,324 | 37.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 | C− |
| 485 | Loddon Norfolk | 2,247 | 38.6 | 10.5 | 9.2 | C− |
| 486 | Silloth Cumbria | 2,542 | 40.5 | 9.4 | 6 | C− |
| 487 | Goodwick Dyfed | 2,017 | 37.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | C− |
| 488 | Fishburn County Durham | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | 11.7 | C− |
| 489 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | 2,237 | 44 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 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 Silloth, and others in Cumbria.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Silloth runs highest on shoplifting (3.9 per 1,000 against 1.8), violence & sexual offences (43.7 per 1,000 against 22.4) and criminal damage & arson (7.9 per 1,000 against 4.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 111 | 43.7 | 22.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 20 | 7.9 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 14 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 10 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 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 Silloth 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 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 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 Silloth has moved
“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 +8% (towns its size +1%).
No one died in a collision on Silloth’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Silloth in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Silloth is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Silloth’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; Silloth 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 Silloth’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Silloth
Silloth records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 4 neighbours. Dearham, 11.5 miles away, records 17.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Silloth’s 40.5.
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 Silloth 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 Silloth
Is Silloth safe?
Police recorded 40.5 violent and sexual offences and 9.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Silloth’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 22% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Silloth is 486th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Silloth?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 8%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 71%, shoplifting and theft rose 69% and anti-social behaviour fell 57%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Silloth?
Violence & sexual offences: 111 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (20) and public order (14), with 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Silloth compare with Carlisle?
Carlisle records 55.4 violent and sexual offences and 16.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Silloth’s 40.5 and 9.4, 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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