Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Eastington records less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per head than four in five UK towns
Overall, Eastington grades B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 71% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Annual rates stand at 18.7 violent and sexual offences and 5.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Eastington
About the middle for a village its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Eastington has the 620th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Alconbury, Welsh Bicknor and Newfield, higher than Marshland St James, King's Cliffe and Bethersden. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Eastington’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 72 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Eastington against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Crime in Eastington 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.
Among 1,214 towns its size, Eastington ranks 620th for the least graded crime
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 36 | Olveston Gloucestershire | 1,009 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 192 | Avening Gloucestershire | 1,054 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 617 | Marshland St James Norfolk | 1,025 | 20.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | B+ |
| 618 | King's Cliffe Northamptonshire | 1,581 | 12 | 12.4 | 2.1 | B+ |
| 619 | Bethersden Kent | 1,008 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 4.6 | B+ |
| 620 | Eastington Gloucestershire | 1,218 | 18.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | B+ |
| 621 | Rock Cornwall | 1,156 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 6 | B+ |
| 622 | Dilton Marsh Wiltshire | 1,958 | 18.7 | 5.8 | 1.2 | B+ |
| 623 | Little Plumstead Norfolk | 1,915 | 19.2 | 5.4 | 0.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Eastington, and others in Gloucestershire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 6 | 4.9 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 3 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 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 |
“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 Eastington’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Eastington in five years. 1 person was 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 Eastington is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Eastington’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; Eastington had 1.
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 Eastington’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Eastington
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastington | 1,218 | 18.7 | 5.8 | B+ |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 38.8 | 11.6 | C− |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 14.3 | 3.9 | A |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 27.1 | 11.2 | C+ |
| Cam | 7,730 | 25.4 | 8 | B− |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 11.4 | 7.2 | A |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 38 | 20.2 | D |
| Dursley | 7,935 | 30.5 | 9.3 | C+ |
Eastington records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley, 2.3 miles away, records 14.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Eastington’s 18.7.
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 Eastington 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 Eastington
Is Eastington safe?
Police recorded 18.7 violent and sexual offences and 5.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Eastington’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 71% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Eastington is 620th from the least crime.
What is the most common crime in Eastington?
Violence & sexual offences: 6 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (1) and public order (1), with 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Eastington 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 Eastington’s 18.7 and 5.8, 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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