Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Chipping Campden trails 86% of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people on crime per resident
Violent crime here is higher than in 71% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 65%. The yearly rates were 31.4 violent and sexual offences and 11.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Overall, Chipping Campden grades C for safety: more crime per resident than 70% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Chipping Campden
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Chipping Campden has the 1,501st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Trelewis, Uffculme and South Hetton, higher than Yalding, Denham and Medomsley. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Chipping Campden’s C
A fairly firm grade. Built on 221 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Chipping Campden against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
1,501st of 1,764: Chipping Campden among towns its size
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Amberley Gloucestershire | 1,300 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 38 | Olveston Gloucestershire | 1,009 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 233 | Avening Gloucestershire | 1,054 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1498 | Yalding Kent | 1,549 | 26.7 | 16.1 | 6.2 | C |
| 1499 | Denham Buckinghamshire | 1,482 | 23.4 | 19.6 | 10.3 | C |
| 1500 | Medomsley County Durham | 1,216 | 27.7 | 15.4 | 3.3 | C |
| 1501 | Chipping Campden Gloucestershire | 2,120 | 31.4 | 11.7 | 2.9 | C |
| 1502 | Brompton North Yorkshire | 2,034 | 31.5 | 11.6 | 3.6 | C |
| 1503 | Exning Suffolk | 2,049 | 28 | 15.1 | 4.2 | C |
| 1504 | Elstree Hertfordshire | 1,737 | 26.3 | 16.9 | 8.6 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | 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 Chipping Campden, and others in Gloucestershire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Chipping Campden runs highest on anti-social behaviour (7.1 per 1,000 against 5.3). Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 27 | 12.7 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
Crime in Chipping Campden 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 2 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 Chipping Campden’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Chipping Campden in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 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 Chipping Campden is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Chipping Campden’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; Chipping Campden had 4.
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 Chipping Campden’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Chipping Campden
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 31.4 | 11.7 | C |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 16.6 | 12.4 | B |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 21.1 | 9.4 | B |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 15.7 | 7.9 | B+ |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 13.4 | 5.5 | A |
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 73.8 | 20.3 | D− |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 13.2 | 8.4 | A− |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 20.9 | 8.7 | B |
Chipping Campden records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Meon Vale records more. Blockley, 2.6 miles away, records 16.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Chipping Campden’s 31.4.
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 Chipping Campden 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 Chipping Campden
Is Chipping Campden safe?
Police recorded 31.4 violent and sexual offences and 11.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Chipping Campden’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 30% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Chipping Campden is 1,501st from the least crime.
What is the most common crime in Chipping Campden?
Violence & sexual offences: 27 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (3) and other theft (2), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Chipping Campden compare with Evesham?
Evesham records 37.2 violent and sexual offences and 15.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Chipping Campden’s 31.4 and 11.7, 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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