Photo: Thirteene · Public domainTerrington St Clement has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than most UK towns, but more violence
Terrington St Clement’s overall Safety Grade is C (#39 of 51 in Norfolk): more crime per resident than 66% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Still, violent crime was down 26% in a year. Police recorded 10 cases of shoplifting in the town in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 3.6 per 1,000 against a typical 1.8. In a usual year, 34.6 violent and sexual offences and 6.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Terrington St Clement
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 26% less violent crime per resident in Terrington St Clement than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Terrington St Clement has the 658th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bawtry, Castlederg and Birdwell, higher than Chartham, Kirkheaton and Ogmore Vale. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Terrington St Clement’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 341 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Terrington St Clement 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 Terrington St Clement has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 -26% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -50% (towns its size -1%).
How Terrington St Clement’s neighbourhoods rank in England
67% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Terrington St Clement’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Terrington St Clement runs highest on shoplifting (3.6 per 1,000 against 1.8), violence & sexual offences (31.5 per 1,000 against 22.4) and other theft (3.9 per 1,000 against 3.2). Anti-social behaviour sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 88 | 31.5 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 16 | 5.7 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 10 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 8 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
658th of 856: Terrington St Clement among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Mulbarton Norfolk | 3,807 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Marham Norfolk | 2,608 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Spixworth Norfolk | 3,418 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Snettisham Norfolk | 2,709 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 655 | Chartham Kent | 3,569 | 28.9 | 11.8 | 5.5 | C |
| 656 | Kirkheaton West Yorkshire | 3,492 | 31.4 | 9.3 | 2.8 | C |
| 657 | Ogmore Vale Mid Glamorgan | 3,098 | 33.1 | 7.5 | 4.1 | C |
| 658 | Terrington St Clement Norfolk | 2,792 | 34.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | C |
| 659 | Bermuda Warwickshire | 2,071 | 22.7 | 18.1 | 15.8 | C |
| 660 | Langport Somerset | 3,578 | 34.6 | 6.2 | 17.3 | C |
| 661 | Pegswood Northumberland | 3,302 | 26.2 | 14.6 | 11.7 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Terrington St Clement, and others in Norfolk.
Crime in Terrington St Clement 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 5 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 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 Terrington St Clement’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Terrington St Clement in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Terrington St Clement is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Terrington St Clement’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Terrington St Clement had 3.
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 Terrington St Clement’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Terrington St Clement
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 34.6 | 6.1 | C |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 12.9 | 4.8 | A |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 18.9 | 7 | B+ |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 23.9 | 5.3 | B |
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | 37.1 | 14.7 | C− |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 51.4 | 14.7 | D |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 14.6 | 4.8 | A− |
| Marshland St James | 1,025 | 20.5 | 3.9 | B+ |
Terrington St Clement records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Sutton Bridge and King's Lynn record more. Clenchwarton, 2.4 miles away, records 12.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Terrington St Clement’s 34.6.
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 Terrington St Clement 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 Terrington St Clement
Is Terrington St Clement safe?
Police recorded 34.6 violent and sexual offences and 6.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Terrington St Clement’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 34% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Terrington St Clement is 658th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Terrington St Clement?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 26%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 50%, shoplifting and theft rose 29% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Terrington St Clement?
Violence & sexual offences: 88 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (11) and shoplifting (10), with 16 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Terrington St Clement compare with King's Lynn?
King's Lynn records 51.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Terrington St Clement’s 34.6 and 6.1, 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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