Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Underwood records anti-social behaviour at 2.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
Set against the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it has less crime per resident than 39% of them. Each year brought 20.0 violent and sexual offences and 8.4 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 Underwood
About the middle for a village its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Underwood has the 1,057th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Kelvedon Hatch, Barford and Cowling, higher than Jacksdale and Westwood, Beckington and Wateringbury. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Underwood grades B for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 182 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Underwood against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Underwood runs highest on anti-social behaviour (11.2 per 1,000 against 5.3) and criminal damage & arson (6.1 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 33 | 15.5 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 24 | 11.2 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 13 | 6.1 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 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.
Underwood places 1,057th of 1,764 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 331 | Marshfield Gwent | 2,386 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 351 | Govilon Gwent | 1,342 | 13.2 | 4 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 571 | Caer-went Gwent | 1,523 | 14.9 | 5.7 | 2.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 643 | Portskewett Gwent | 1,627 | 18 | 3.7 | 1.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 1054 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | 2,758 | 19.7 | 8.6 | 3.3 | B |
| 1055 | Beckington Somerset | 1,001 | 19.7 | 8.7 | 24.3 | B |
| 1056 | Wateringbury Kent | 2,248 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 4.3 | B |
| 1057 | Underwood Gwent | 2,134 | 20 | 8.4 | 2.8 | B |
| 1058 | Laleham Surrey | 2,521 | 16.9 | 11.5 | 4.6 | B |
| 1059 | Sibertswold Kent | 1,619 | 20.8 | 7.7 | 13.8 | B |
| 1060 | Ashill Norfolk | 1,252 | 24.5 | 4 | 3.2 | 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 Underwood, and others in Gwent.
Crime in Underwood 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 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
34 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 58 the year before
“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 -41% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +0% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -37% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Underwood’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Underwood in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Underwood is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Underwood’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; Underwood had 0.
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 Underwood’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Underwood
Underwood records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Undy and Magor, 3 miles away, records 18.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Underwood’s 20.
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 Underwood 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 Underwood
Is Underwood safe?
Police recorded 20 violent and sexual offences and 8.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Underwood’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Underwood is 1,057th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Underwood?
Police recorded 34 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 58 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Underwood?
Violence & sexual offences: 33 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (13) and public order (9), with 24 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Underwood compare with Newport?
Newport records 55.8 violent and sexual offences and 25.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Underwood’s 20 and 8.4, 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 · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · 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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