Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0More crime per resident is recorded in Wick than in 82% of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Recorded violence fell 21% in a year. With 41 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, violent crime reaches 26 per 1,000 residents in Wick, well above the typical 16.6. Overall, it grades C+ for safety. Each year brought 28.9 violent and sexual offences and 11.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 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 Wick
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 21% less violent crime per resident in Wick than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Wick has the 1,011th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Fleet Hargate, Barlaston and Crays Hill, higher than Hurley, Tolvaddon and Y Bala. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Wick’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 189 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Wick against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Wick 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 -21% (towns its size +3%).
Set against 1,214 towns its size, Wick is 1,011th
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 1008 | Hurley Warwickshire | 1,420 | 26.5 | 13.2 | 2.3 | C+ |
| 1009 | Tolvaddon Cornwall | 1,107 | 32.5 | 7.2 | 2 | C+ |
| 1010 | Y Bala Gwynedd | 1,993 | 26.6 | 13.2 | 6.5 | C+ |
| 1011 | Wick Gloucestershire | 1,579 | 28.9 | 11 | 9.5 | C+ |
| 1012 | Stainton North Yorkshire | 1,817 | 25 | 15 | 1.7 | C+ |
| 1013 | Blakeney Gloucestershire | 1,303 | 30.2 | 9.8 | 3.8 | C+ |
| 1014 | Wadworth South Yorkshire | 1,156 | 22.2 | 17.9 | 3.8 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Wick, and others in Gloucestershire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Wick runs highest on violence & sexual offences (26 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 41 | 26 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 4 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 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 Wick 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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, 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 Wick’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 9 collisions with injuries inside Wick in five years. 2 people were 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, and Wick is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Wick’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; Wick had 2.
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 Wick’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Wick
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | 1,579 | 28.9 | 11 | C+ |
| Pucklechurch | 2,702 | 23.6 | 10.1 | B− |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 36 | 13.4 | C− |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 15 | 4.3 | A− |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 39.1 | 13.4 | C− |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 14.6 | 6.4 | A− |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 20.3 | 8.5 | B |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 2.2 | 0.2 | A+ |
Wick records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Kingswood and Fishponds and Keynsham record more. Pucklechurch, 2 miles away, records 23.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Wick’s 28.9.
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 Wick 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 Wick
Is Wick safe?
Police recorded 28.9 violent and sexual offences and 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Wick’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 35% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Wick is 1,011th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Wick?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 21%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 7%, shoplifting and theft rose 14% and anti-social behaviour fell 50%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Wick?
Violence & sexual offences: 41 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 (8), with 4 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Wick compare with Bristol?
Bristol records 55.3 violent and sexual offences and 25.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Wick’s 28.9 and 11, 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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