Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Henstridge stands out for criminal damage & arson: 3.2 times the rate of a typical town its size
Weighing it all, Henstridge earns C− for safety, with more crime per resident than 83% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 41.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 12.7. Of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 7% record more crime per resident.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Henstridge
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 48% more violent crime per resident in Henstridge than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Henstridge: C− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 256 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Henstridge against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Violent crime up 48% in a year, while towns its size held steady
“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 +48% (towns its size +3%).
Police in Henstridge identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 0% of Henstridge’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 2% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (58% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 1% of violent and 11% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 116 crimes.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Henstridge runs highest on criminal damage & arson (10.1 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (36.7 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 58 | 36.7 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 16 | 10.1 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 5.7 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 9 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 6 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
How Henstridge compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Shipham Somerset | 1,104 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 112 | Chew Magna Somerset | 1,249 | 8 | 5.1 | 14.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1128 | Duckmanton Derbyshire | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1129 | Campsall South Yorkshire | 1,879 | 33 | 20.6 | 5.9 | C− |
| 1130 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | 1,354 | 36.7 | 17.2 | 13.3 | C− |
| 1131 | Henstridge Somerset | 1,579 | 41.4 | 12.7 | 3.2 | C− |
| 1132 | Goosnargh Lancashire | 1,892 | 47.2 | 7.1 | 3 | C− |
| 1133 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | 1,129 | 33.4 | 21 | 12.1 | C− |
| 1134 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | 1,296 | 28.6 | 26 | 14.1 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | 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 Henstridge, and others in Somerset.
Crime in Henstridge 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 16 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 Henstridge’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Henstridge in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Henstridge is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Henstridge’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; Henstridge had 1.
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 Henstridge’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Henstridge
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 41.4 | 12.7 | C− |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 16.3 | 6.3 | A− |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 29 | 7.2 | C+ |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 19 | 7 | B+ |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 11.6 | 8.2 | A− |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 29.8 | 9.6 | C+ |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 37.7 | 12.6 | C− |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 21.6 | 7.8 | B |
Henstridge records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Stalbridge, 1.4 miles away, records 16.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Henstridge’s 41.4.
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 Henstridge 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 Henstridge
Is Henstridge safe?
Police recorded 41.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Henstridge’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 17% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Henstridge has less crime per resident than 7%.
Is crime going up in Henstridge?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 48%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 73%, shoplifting and theft rose 133% and anti-social behaviour fell 31%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Henstridge?
Violence & sexual offences: 58 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (16) and public order (9), with 9 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Henstridge compare with Yeovil?
Yeovil records 49.2 violent and sexual offences and 12.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Henstridge’s 41.4 and 12.7, 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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