Photo: Rodw · Public domainChurchill stands out for other theft: 7.2 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violent crime was up 46% in a year. Its Safety Grade, C, rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: more crime per resident than 68% of UK towns. Of all the kinds of crime, other theft is where Churchill departs most from towns its size: 18.1 per 1,000 against 2.5.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Churchill
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 46% more violent crime per resident in Churchill 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 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Churchill has the 1,474th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Mancetter and Witherley, Abertysswg and Leverington, higher than Penmaenmawr, Llandybie and Haughley. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 56% of Churchill’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Churchill’s C
A fairly firm grade. Built on 248 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Churchill 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 Churchill 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 +46% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +12% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +10% (towns its size +4%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Churchill runs highest on other theft (18.1 per 1,000 against 2.5), vehicle crime (5.5 per 1,000 against 1.5) and burglary (5 per 1,000 against 1.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 66 | 33.2 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 36 | 18.1 | 2.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 29 | 14.6 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 14 | 7 | 5.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 10 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | 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.
Towns its size: Churchill comes 1,474th of 1,764
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| 2 | Newton St Loe Somerset | 1,372 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | North Curry Somerset | 1,057 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 0.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Shipham Somerset | 1,104 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 132 | Chew Magna Somerset | 1,249 | 8 | 5.1 | 14.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1471 | Penmaenmawr Clwyd | 2,762 | 34.3 | 7.2 | 9.5 | C |
| 1472 | Llandybie Dyfed | 2,563 | 34.1 | 7.5 | 5.9 | C |
| 1473 | Haughley Suffolk | 1,316 | 30.1 | 11.4 | 9.1 | C |
| 1474 | Churchill Somerset | 1,989 | 28 | 13.6 | 24.8 | C |
| 1475 | Carway Dyfed | 1,401 | 32.1 | 9.6 | 2.9 | C |
| 1476 | Barrow Lancashire | 1,388 | 28.8 | 13 | 6.2 | C |
| 1477 | Clwt-y-bont Gwynedd | 1,385 | 33.2 | 8.7 | 1.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Churchill, and others in Somerset.
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 33 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 Churchill’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 14 collisions with injuries inside Churchill in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 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 Churchill is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Churchill’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; Churchill had 4.
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 Churchill’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Churchill
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | 1,989 | 28 | 13.6 | C |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 6.3 | 3.9 | A+ |
| Wrington | 1,997 | 18 | 9.2 | B |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 33.4 | 10.7 | C |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 18.8 | 7.7 | B+ |
| Blagdon | 1,056 | 12.6 | 7.6 | A− |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 27.2 | 10.6 | C+ |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 20.2 | 9.7 | B |
Churchill records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Congresbury records more. Shipham, 1.6 miles away, records 6.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Churchill’s 28.
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 Churchill 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 Churchill
Is Churchill safe?
Police recorded 28 violent and sexual offences and 13.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Churchill’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 32% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Churchill is 1,474th from the least crime. 56% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Churchill?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 46%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 12%, shoplifting and theft rose 10% and anti-social behaviour rose 75%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Churchill?
Violence & sexual offences: 66 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (36) and shoplifting (29), with 14 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Churchill compare with Weston-super-Mare?
Weston-super-Mare records 57.4 violent and sexual offences and 17.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Churchill’s 28 and 13.6, 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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