Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Cullompton records more crime per resident than 76% of UK towns
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Cullompton’s built-up area put it at C− for safety: #33 of 47 in Devon.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Cullompton
More crime than many places its size
Of 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, Cullompton has the 340th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Brynteg, Hoo St Werburgh and New Ollerton and Ollerton, higher than Pontllanfraith, Ludlow and Fence Houses. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 22% of Cullompton’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Cullompton grades C− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,218 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Cullompton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Police in Cullompton identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
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. 335 crimes.
No suspect was identified for 43% of Cullompton’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 7% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (69% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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.
Against the typical town its size, Cullompton runs highest on shoplifting (6.9 per 1,000 against 1.8), possession of weapons (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.4) and criminal damage & arson (8.3 per 1,000 against 4.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 338 | 38 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 92 | 10.3 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 74 | 8.3 | 4.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 61 | 6.9 | 1.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 37 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 34 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 20 | 2.2 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 16 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 13 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 13 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 10 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.1 | 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.
1 in 4 Cullompton residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
Cullompton’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.
53% 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.
Cullompton is 340th of 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Cullompton, and others in Devon.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Bovey Tracey Devon | 6,241 | 14.9 | 5.2 | 2.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 71 | Braunton Devon | 6,610 | 17.3 | 7.8 | 4.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 86 | Ottery St Mary Devon | 6,043 | 20.6 | 6.3 | 4.9 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 91 | Seaton Devon | 7,429 | 22.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 337 | Pontllanfraith Gwent | 9,363 | 31.7 | 15.2 | 7.4 | C |
| 338 | Ludlow Shropshire | 10,037 | 31 | 16.1 | 17.7 | C |
| 339 | Fence Houses Tyne and Wear | 6,945 | 27.3 | 19.9 | 9.8 | C |
| 340 | Cullompton Devon | 8,895 | 37.4 | 10 | 9.9 | C− |
| 341 | Wixams Bedfordshire | 6,044 | 35 | 12.4 | 6.5 | C− |
| 342 | Bursledon Hampshire | 8,072 | 33.8 | 14 | 11.4 | C− |
| 343 | Whitfield Kent | 6,509 | 33.2 | 14.7 | 16.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 487 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 39 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 12 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
Lowest recorded crime in Cullompton South, Cullompton Outer and Cullompton North; highest in Cullompton North
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Cullompton’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullompton South | 4,333 | 24.5 | 7.2 | |
| Cullompton Outer | 1,116 | 40.3 | 6.9 | |
| Cullompton North | 3,446 | 48.8 | 13.9 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 141 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 92 | 58% violent |
| Petrol stations | 75 | 31% violent |
| Motorway services | 48 | 31% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Cullompton North records 1.8× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Cullompton. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Cullompton. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
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%), homes and vehicles +45% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +4% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -34% (towns its size +0%).
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 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
One person died in collisions on Cullompton’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Cullompton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 35 collisions with injuries inside Cullompton in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 8 people were killed or seriously injured: 6 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, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Cullompton’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Cullompton’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 7 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Cullompton had 8.
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.
Crime in the places around Cullompton
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
Cullompton records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Tiverton records more. Bradninch, 2.4 miles away, records 30.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Cullompton’s 37.4.
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 Cullompton 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 Cullompton
Is Cullompton safe?
Police recorded 37.4 violent and sexual offences and 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Cullompton’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 24% of UK towns. Among 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, Cullompton is 340th from the least crime. 22% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Cullompton?
By council ward, Cullompton South, Cullompton Outer and Cullompton North record the least violent and household crime per resident: 24.5, 40.3 and 48.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 48.8 in Cullompton North.
Is crime going up in Cullompton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 45%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour fell 34%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Cullompton?
Violence & sexual offences: 338 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (74) and shoplifting (61), with 92 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Cullompton compare with Exeter?
Exeter records 47.6 violent and sexual offences and 14.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Cullompton’s 37.4 and 10, 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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