Photo: Joy Jackson · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Amberley records less crime than almost every UK town
Scored on crimes police recorded inside Amberley’s built-up area across September 2023 to August 2026, the town lands on A+ for safety. Add to that, on violence it beats 99% of UK towns, and on burglary, vehicle crime and damage 96%. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 3.2.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Amberley
Less crime than most places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Amberley has the 32nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Olveston, Minley and Perham Down, higher than Bonds, Tolleshunt Knights and Hampsthwaite. 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. 100% of Amberley’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.
Amberley: A+ for safety, and why
A firm grade. Built on 28 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Amberley against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Amberley places 32nd of 1,214 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Beachley Gloucestershire | 1,120 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Bonds Lancashire | 1,237 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | A+ |
| 30 | Tolleshunt Knights Essex | 1,059 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 0.3 | A+ |
| 31 | Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire | 1,169 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 | A+ |
| 32 | Amberley Gloucestershire | 1,300 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | A+ |
| 33 | High Shincliffe County Durham | 1,045 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
| 34 | Little Haywood Staffordshire | 1,968 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | A+ |
| 35 | Embsay North Yorkshire | 1,723 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | A+ |
| 36 | Olveston Gloucestershire | 1,009 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 192 | Avening Gloucestershire | 1,054 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 196 | Gotherington Gloucestershire | 1,131 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 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 Amberley, and others in Gloucestershire.
Crime in Amberley 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 1 shoplifting and theft report, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 0 | 0 | 16.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 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.
No one died in a collision on Amberley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Amberley in five years. 2 people were 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 Amberley is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Amberley’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; Amberley had 2.
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 Amberley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Amberley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley | 1,300 | 5.7 | 3.2 | A+ |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 31.5 | 10.2 | C |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 16.1 | 18.4 | B− |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 15.6 | 7.8 | B+ |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 38 | 20.2 | D |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 14.3 | 3.9 | A |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 13.5 | 3.8 | A |
| Avening | 1,054 | 11.8 | 3.5 | A |
Amberley records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
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. Gloucestershire Police published February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026 and August 2026 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 Amberley 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 Amberley
Is Amberley safe?
Police recorded 5.7 violent and sexual offences and 3.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Amberley’s built-up area). That earns an A+ for safety: less crime per resident than almost every UK town. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Amberley is 32nd from the least crime. 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What is the most common crime in Amberley?
Criminal damage & arson: 1 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came other theft (1) and violence & sexual offences (0), with 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Amberley compare with Stroud?
Stroud records 38 violent and sexual offences and 20.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Amberley’s 5.7 and 3.2, 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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