Photo: Rick Crowley · CC BY-SA 2.0Keynsham has more violent crime per resident than four in five UK towns
More crime per resident is recorded in 34% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. The grade is C−, built on crimes police recorded inside Keynsham’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: #34 of 49 in Somerset. Violent crime was up 28% in a year. Police counts work out at 39.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Keynsham
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 28% more violent crime per resident in Keynsham than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 22% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 318 UK towns of 13,000 to 26,000 people, Keynsham has the 217th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Lewes, New Rossington and Rossington and Rothwell, higher than Heysham, Baildon and Swanley. 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. 14% of Keynsham’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.
The grade: C− for Keynsham
A firm grade. Built on 3,029 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Keynsham against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Keynsham identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 1% of Keynsham’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 1% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (51% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 11% of violent and 9% 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. 1,012 crimes.
How crime in Keynsham has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 +28% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +22% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +16% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +35% (towns its size -4%).
1 in 7 Keynsham residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
14% 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.
Keynsham’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, Keynsham runs highest on public order (8.7 per 1,000 against 5.4), burglary (3.5 per 1,000 against 2.4) and anti-social behaviour (17.8 per 1,000 against 12.4). Shoplifting and vehicle crime sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 831 | 43.2 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 343 | 17.8 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 168 | 8.7 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 151 | 7.8 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 95 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 91 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 68 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 48 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 39 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 39 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 19 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Keynsham 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 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 10 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Keynsham against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Nailsea Somerset | 15,919 | 18.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | B |
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| 76 | Clevedon Somerset | 21,084 | 24.2 | 8.5 | 8.8 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 155 | Midsomer Norton Somerset | 13,749 | 33.1 | 10.1 | 9.2 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 199 | Wellington Somerset | 13,815 | 40.8 | 8.8 | 7.9 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 214 | Heysham Lancashire | 16,593 | 36.7 | 15.6 | 7.3 | C− |
| 215 | Baildon West Yorkshire | 17,056 | 35.8 | 16.5 | 8.2 | C− |
| 216 | Swanley Kent | 17,209 | 35.7 | 16.8 | 16 | C− |
| 217 | Keynsham Somerset | 19,257 | 39.1 | 13.4 | 9.4 | C− |
| 218 | East Ardsley West Yorkshire | 15,238 | 38 | 14.6 | 9 | C− |
| 219 | Leek Staffordshire | 19,388 | 41.7 | 10.9 | 15.6 | C− |
| 220 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | 14,161 | 31.7 | 21 | 13.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 318 | Sheerness Kent | 13,253 | 87.2 | 32.8 | 27.3 | 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 Keynsham, and others in Somerset.
Lowest recorded crime in Keynsham South, Keynsham East and Keynsham North; highest in Keynsham North
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynsham South | 7,183 | 29.3 | 6.4 | |
| Keynsham East | 5,771 | 37 | 14.8 | |
| Keynsham North | 6,303 | 52.1 | 19.9 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 381 | 31% anti-social behaviour |
| Supermarkets | 137 | 45% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 108 | 49% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 38 | 45% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Keynsham North records 1.6× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Keynsham. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Keynsham. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Keynsham’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on Keynsham’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 63 collisions with injuries inside Keynsham in five years. 14 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 on foot and 4 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Keynsham’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Keynsham’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Keynsham had 14.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
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 Keynsham’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Keynsham
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 39.1 | 13.4 | C− |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 15 | 4.3 | A− |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 32.1 | 14.4 | C |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 2.2 | 0.2 | A+ |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 36 | 13.4 | C− |
| Wick | 1,579 | 28.9 | 11 | C+ |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 16.3 | 7.2 | B+ |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 55.3 | 25.9 | D− |
Keynsham records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Bristol records more. Saltford, 1.9 miles away, records 15 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Keynsham’s 39.1.
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 Keynsham 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 Keynsham
Is Keynsham safe?
Police recorded 39.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Keynsham’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 18% of UK towns. Among 318 UK towns of 13,000 to 26,000 people, Keynsham is 217th from the least crime. 14% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Keynsham?
By council ward, Keynsham South, Keynsham East and Keynsham North record the least violent and household crime per resident: 29.3, 37 and 52.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 52.1 in Keynsham North.
Is crime going up in Keynsham?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 28%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 22%, shoplifting and theft rose 16% and anti-social behaviour rose 35%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Keynsham?
Violence & sexual offences: 831 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (168) and criminal damage & arson (151), with 343 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Keynsham compare with Bristol?
Bristol records 55.3 violent and sexual offences and 25.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Keynsham’s 39.1 and 13.4, 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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