Photo: Jongleur100 · Public domainBrimscombe and Thrupp records vehicle crime at 4.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Weighing it all, Brimscombe and Thrupp earns B− for safety, with close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. Of all the kinds of crime, vehicle crime is where Brimscombe and Thrupp departs most from towns its size: 7.3 per 1,000 against 1.5. Recorded violent and sexual offences come to about one a year for every 62 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Brimscombe and Thrupp
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Brimscombe and Thrupp has the 370th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Charing, Upper Halliford and Witchford, higher than Ash Green, Cullybackey and Eggborough. 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. 27% of Brimscombe and Thrupp’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.
The grade: B− for Brimscombe and Thrupp
A fairly firm grade. Built on 182 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Brimscombe and Thrupp against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Brimscombe and Thrupp runs highest on vehicle crime (7.3 per 1,000 against 1.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 16 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 7 | 3.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 7 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 6 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | 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 |
“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.
Of 550 towns its size, Brimscombe and Thrupp is 370th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Stratton Gloucestershire | 2,558 | 9.7 | 6 | 2.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 234 | Yorkley and Whitecroft Gloucestershire | 2,678 | 21.2 | 4.8 | 2.2 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 244 | Charfield Gloucestershire | 2,833 | 21 | 5.3 | 6.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 268 | Longford Gloucestershire | 2,536 | 21.7 | 6.2 | 14.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 367 | Ash Green Warwickshire | 2,562 | 21.1 | 12.9 | 2.9 | B− |
| 368 | Cullybackey Mid and East Antrim | 2,659 | 26.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | B− |
| 369 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | 2,440 | 22.4 | 11.8 | 2.9 | B− |
| 370 | Brimscombe and Thrupp Gloucestershire | 2,187 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 3.4 | B− |
| 371 | Chiseldon Wiltshire | 2,033 | 24.9 | 9.7 | 3.8 | B− |
| 372 | Grendon Warwickshire | 2,427 | 21.3 | 13.3 | 5 | B− |
| 373 | Linton Derbyshire | 2,145 | 23.9 | 10.9 | 3 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Brimscombe and Thrupp, and others in Gloucestershire.
Crime in Brimscombe and Thrupp 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 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts 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.
No one died in a collision on Brimscombe and Thrupp’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 18 collisions with injuries inside Brimscombe and Thrupp in five years. 10 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Brimscombe and Thrupp is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, Brimscombe and Thrupp had 91.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (12.7).
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 Brimscombe and Thrupp’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Brimscombe and Thrupp
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 16.1 | 18.4 | B− |
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | 15.6 | 7.8 | B+ |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 13.5 | 3.8 | A |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 5.7 | 3.2 | A+ |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 31.5 | 10.2 | C |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 38 | 20.2 | D |
| Avening | 1,054 | 11.8 | 3.5 | A |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 11.4 | 7.2 | A |
Brimscombe and Thrupp records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Nailsworth and Stroud record more. Minchinhampton, 1.1 miles away, records 15.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Brimscombe and Thrupp’s 16.1.
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 Brimscombe and Thrupp 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 Brimscombe and Thrupp
Is Brimscombe and Thrupp safe?
Police recorded 16.1 violent and sexual offences and 18.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Brimscombe and Thrupp’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 46% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Brimscombe and Thrupp is 370th from the least crime. 27% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What is the most common crime in Brimscombe and Thrupp?
Vehicle crime: 16 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came violence & sexual offences (7) and public order (6), with 7 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Brimscombe and Thrupp 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 Brimscombe and Thrupp’s 16.1 and 18.4, 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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