Photo: Ruth Sharville · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime in Falfield, without a grade
Annual rates stand at 329.1 violent and sexual offences and 37.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents. From September 2023 to August 2026, police recorded crimes inside Falfield’s built-up area; the town has no Safety Grade. This Gloucestershire town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded from 1,000: below that, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. Violence recorded locally dropped 13% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Falfield
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 13% less violent crime per resident in Falfield than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Falfield runs highest on violence & sexual offences (313.1 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 93 | 313.1 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 26.9 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 7 | 23.6 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 16.8 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 13.5 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 10.1 | 2.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 3 | 10.1 | 5.3 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
Police in Falfield identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 0% of Falfield’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 1% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (48% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 12% of violent and 10% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 103 crimes.
How crime in Falfield has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 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 -13% (towns its size +3%).
Crime in Falfield 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 30 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Falfield
Falfield records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Charfield, 2.7 miles away, records 21 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Falfield’s 329.1.
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
- 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 Falfield 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 Falfield
Is Falfield safe?
Police recorded 329.1 violent and sexual offences and 37 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Falfield’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Falfield?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 13%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 36%, shoplifting and theft fell 25% and anti-social behaviour rose 50%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Falfield?
Violence & sexual offences: 93 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (8) and other crime (7), with 3 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Falfield compare with Yate?
Yate records 38.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Falfield’s 329.1 and 37, 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) · 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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