Church of St Michael · Photo: Rodw · CC0Violent crime in Creech St Michael rose 95% in a year, while towns its size held steady
Its police logs show 26.8 violent and sexual offences and 4.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year. In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Creech St Michael at B−: close to the middle of UK towns. On burglary, vehicle crime and damage it beats 92% of UK towns; on violent crime, only 39%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Creech St Michael
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 95% more violent crime per resident in Creech St Michael than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
About the middle for a village its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Creech St Michael has the 325th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Hutton, Manea and Nant-y-moel, higher than Harlington, South Brent and Stewartby. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Creech St Michael’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 216 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Creech St Michael 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 Creech St Michael 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 +95% (towns its size +3%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Creech St Michael runs highest on violence & sexual offences (36.1 per 1,000 against 16.6) and criminal damage & arson (5.6 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 | 84 | 36.1 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 13 | 5.6 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 10 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 9 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
Among 550 towns its size, Creech St Michael ranks 325th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Tatworth Somerset | 2,287 | 11.7 | 5 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 97 | Merriott Somerset | 2,068 | 12.9 | 6 | 7.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 197 | Coleford Somerset | 2,235 | 17.5 | 6.9 | 5.1 | B+ |
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| 201 | Timsbury Somerset | 2,506 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 10.5 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 322 | Harlington Bedfordshire | 2,287 | 17.9 | 12.5 | 5.5 | B |
| 323 | South Brent Devon | 2,643 | 22.1 | 8.4 | 5.9 | B− |
| 324 | Stewartby Bedfordshire | 2,546 | 21.3 | 9.4 | 10.3 | B− |
| 325 | Creech St Michael Somerset | 2,327 | 26.8 | 4 | 4 | B− |
| 326 | Ruspidge Gloucestershire | 2,431 | 24 | 7 | 1.2 | B− |
| 327 | Lechlade-on-Thames Gloucestershire | 2,208 | 18.7 | 12.4 | 3.8 | B− |
| 328 | Severn Beach Gloucestershire | 2,208 | 23 | 8.3 | 4.6 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Creech St Michael, and others in Somerset.
Crime in Creech St Michael 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 7 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 Creech St Michael’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside Creech St Michael 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 Creech St Michael is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Creech St Michael’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; Creech St Michael 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 Creech St Michael’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Creech St Michael
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 26.8 | 4 | B− |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 27.4 | 21.2 | C− |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 38.2 | 9.4 | C− |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 56.2 | 15.1 | D |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 3.5 | 3.8 | A+ |
| Trull | 1,427 | 10 | 5.4 | A |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 32.9 | 9.9 | C |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 44.8 | 9.4 | C− |
Creech St Michael records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. North Curry, 3 miles away, records 3.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Creech St Michael’s 26.8.
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 Creech St Michael 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 Creech St Michael
Is Creech St Michael safe?
Police recorded 26.8 violent and sexual offences and 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 Creech St Michael’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 54% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Creech St Michael is 325th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Creech St Michael?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 95%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 300%, shoplifting and theft fell 14% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Creech St Michael?
Violence & sexual offences: 84 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 shoplifting (9), with 10 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Creech St Michael compare with Taunton?
Taunton records 56.2 violent and sexual offences and 15.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Creech St Michael’s 26.8 and 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 · 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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