Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Violent crime in Silverstone fell 40% in a year, while towns its size held steady
The overall Safety Grade is C+ (#20 of 31 in Northamptonshire), which means more crime per resident than 60% of UK towns, judged on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. The typical town its size sees 2 cases of vehicle crime per 1,000 residents; Silverstone sees 4.3, or 11 in the 12 months to August 2026. Typical years here bring 27.0 violent and sexual offences plus 10.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage 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 Silverstone
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 40% less violent crime per resident in Silverstone 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 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Silverstone has the 403rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Market Bosworth, Bletchingley and West Clyst, higher than Cotford St Luke, Awsworth and Asfordby. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C+ for Silverstone
A fairly firm grade. Built on 283 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Silverstone 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 Silverstone 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 -40% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +13% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour +6% (towns its size +0%).
How Silverstone’s neighbourhoods rank in England
100% 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.
Silverstone’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, Silverstone runs highest on vehicle crime (4.3 per 1,000 against 2), anti-social behaviour (13 per 1,000 against 8.8) and other theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 51 | 20.1 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 33 | 13 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 4.3 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 8 | 3.1 | 1 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
403rd of 550: Silverstone 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Bozeat Northamptonshire | 2,166 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.2 | A |
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| 82 | Mawsley Village Northamptonshire | 2,487 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | A |
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| 100 | Old Stratford Northamptonshire | 2,427 | 11.5 | 7.4 | 2.9 | A |
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| 149 | Kings Sutton Northamptonshire | 2,306 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | A− |
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| 400 | Cotford St Luke Somerset | 2,411 | 27.7 | 9.3 | 3.2 | C+ |
| 401 | Awsworth Nottinghamshire | 2,444 | 22.1 | 14.9 | 8.9 | C+ |
| 402 | Asfordby Leicestershire | 2,761 | 25 | 12.1 | 4.6 | C+ |
| 403 | Silverstone Northamptonshire | 2,542 | 27 | 10.1 | 5.8 | C+ |
| 404 | Wiveliscombe Somerset | 2,316 | 29.4 | 7.8 | 3 | C+ |
| 405 | Welham Green Hertfordshire | 2,962 | 19 | 18.1 | 4.1 | C+ |
| 406 | Langstone Gwent | 2,912 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Silverstone, and others in Northamptonshire.
Crime in Silverstone 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 11 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.
No one died in a collision on Silverstone’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 5 collisions with injuries inside Silverstone in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Silverstone is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Silverstone’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; Silverstone 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 Silverstone’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Silverstone
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverstone | 2,542 | 27 | 10.1 | C+ |
| Towcester | 11,333 | 22.3 | 9.2 | B− |
| Greens Norton | 1,525 | 8.3 | 7.2 | A |
| Potterspury | 1,637 | 23 | 8.1 | B− |
| Yardley Gobion | 1,283 | 9.9 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 14.7 | 7.2 | A− |
| Pattishall and Astcote | 1,081 | 12.3 | 7.7 | A− |
| Brackley | 16,180 | 17 | 5.1 | A− |
Silverstone records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Towcester, 3.1 miles away, records 22.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Silverstone’s 27.
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 Silverstone 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 Silverstone
Is Silverstone safe?
Police recorded 27 violent and sexual offences and 10.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Silverstone’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 40% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Silverstone is 403rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Silverstone?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 40%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 13%, shoplifting and theft rose 10% and anti-social behaviour rose 6%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Silverstone?
Violence & sexual offences: 51 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (12) and other theft (11), with 33 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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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