Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Violent crime per resident is lower in Northleach than in 76% of UK towns
Compared with the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it records less crime per resident than 54%. Overall, it grades B+ for safety. Year on year, 15.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Northleach
About the middle for a village its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Northleach has the 773rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Shamley Green, Minster Lovell and Ruardean, higher than Settle, Rillington and St Erme and Trispen. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Northleach’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 115 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Northleach 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 Northleach 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 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Towns its size: Northleach comes 773rd of 1,764
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 770 | Settle North Yorkshire | 2,710 | 15.8 | 8 | 5 | B+ |
| 771 | Rillington North Yorkshire | 1,206 | 21.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | B+ |
| 772 | St Erme and Trispen Cornwall | 1,604 | 18.6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | B+ |
| 773 | Northleach Gloucestershire | 1,997 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 2.9 | B+ |
| 774 | Chivenor and Wrafton Devon | 1,953 | 20.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | B+ |
| 775 | Clophill Bedfordshire | 2,515 | 14.6 | 9.3 | 3.7 | B+ |
| 776 | Painswick Gloucestershire | 1,833 | 16.7 | 7.2 | 2.3 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Northleach, 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 | 4 | 2 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 4 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 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.
One person died in collisions on Northleach’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Northleach in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 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, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Northleach’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Northleach’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; Northleach 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 Northleach’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Northleach
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northleach | 1,997 | 15.3 | 8.5 | B+ |
| Bourton-on-the-Water | 4,177 | 23.7 | 10.4 | B− |
| Upper Rissington | 1,999 | 9.7 | 11.2 | A− |
| Stow-on-the-Wold | 1,907 | 22.7 | 16.7 | C+ |
| Burford | 1,522 | 30.7 | 14.2 | C |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 14.3 | 6.4 | A− |
| Stratton | 2,558 | 9.7 | 6 | A |
| Cirencester | 17,715 | 34.1 | 10.5 | C |
Northleach records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Upper Rissington, 6.4 miles away, records 9.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Northleach’s 15.3.
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 Northleach 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 Northleach
Is Northleach safe?
Police recorded 15.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Northleach’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 73% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Northleach is 773rd from the least crime.
What is the most common crime in Northleach?
Violence & sexual offences: 4 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (4) and burglary (2), with 4 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Northleach compare with Cheltenham?
Cheltenham records 35.2 violent and sexual offences and 17.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Northleach’s 15.3 and 8.5, 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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