Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Great Totham records less crime per resident than 98% of UK towns
Its police logs show 8.9 violent and sexual offences and 2.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year. On the record of crimes police recorded inside Great Totham’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it takes A+ for safety: #1 of 81 in Essex.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Great Totham
Less crime than most places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Great Totham has the 17th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester), Goxhill and Parbold, higher than Upper Poppleton, Pickmere and Copmanthorpe. 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. 61% of Great Totham’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.
Inside Great Totham’s A+ for safety
A firm grade. Built on 96 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Great Totham against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Most Great Totham residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% 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.
Great Totham’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
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 19 | 6.9 | 22.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 3 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“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.
Of 856 towns its size, Great Totham is 17th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | 3,520 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 6.6 | A+ |
| 15 | Pickmere Cheshire | 2,800 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | A+ |
| 16 | Copmanthorpe North Yorkshire | 3,671 | 8.4 | 3 | 4.9 | A+ |
| 17 | Great Totham Essex | 2,773 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | A+ |
| 18 | Greetham Rutland | 2,807 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | A+ |
| 19 | Arnside Cumbria | 2,231 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | A+ |
| 20 | Newick East Sussex | 2,689 | 7.7 | 4 | 1.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 134 | Tollesbury Essex | 2,811 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 218 | Rowhedge Essex | 2,492 | 16.3 | 5.9 | 3.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 273 | Bicknacre Essex | 2,277 | 18.2 | 5.9 | 2.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 276 | West Bergholt Essex | 3,175 | 18.6 | 5.6 | 10.3 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Great Totham, and others in Essex.
Crime in Great Totham 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 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
20 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 22 the year before
“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 -9% (towns its size +1%).
No one died in a collision on Great Totham’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 10 collisions with injuries inside Great Totham in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 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 Great Totham is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Great Totham’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; Great Totham had 3.
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 Great Totham’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Great Totham
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Totham | 2,773 | 8.9 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Wickham Bishops | 1,923 | 10.6 | 6.8 | A |
| Witham | 27,395 | 37.9 | 13.6 | C− |
| Maldon | 23,389 | 33.1 | 10.3 | C |
| Tiptree | 9,302 | 26.3 | 8.2 | B− |
| Tolleshunt Knights | 1,059 | 5.4 | 3.5 | A+ |
| Hatfield Peverel | 3,622 | 32.8 | 12.5 | C |
| Kelvedon and Feering | 4,771 | 24.6 | 10.8 | C+ |
Great Totham records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Tolleshunt Knights, 3.8 miles away, records 5.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Great Totham’s 8.9.
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 Great Totham 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 Great Totham
Is Great Totham safe?
Police recorded 8.9 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 Great Totham’s built-up area). That earns an A+ for safety: less crime per resident than 98% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Great Totham is 17th from the least crime. 61% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Great Totham?
Police recorded 20 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 22 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Great Totham?
Violence & sexual offences: 19 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (5) and vehicle crime (3), with 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Great Totham compare with Witham?
Witham records 37.9 violent and sexual offences and 13.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Great Totham’s 8.9 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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