Castle Keep in the Grounds of Newton Park · Photo: Rwendland · CC BY-SA 3.0Few UK towns record less crime per resident than Newton St Loe
Violent crime here is lower than in 100% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in 100%. Its Safety Grade is A+, on crimes police recorded inside Newton St Loe’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. For every 1,000 residents, 2.2 violent and sexual offences and 0.2 incident of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Newton St Loe
Less crime than most places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Newton St Loe has the 2nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Ifold, Claverdon and Lacey Green and Loosley Row, higher than Clipsham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Newton St Loe’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 10 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Newton St Loe against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Newton St Loe has its subject grades alone.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Newton St Loe places 2nd of 1,214 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | 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+ |
| 3 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | 1,737 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1 | A+ |
| 4 | Guilden Sutton Cheshire | 1,462 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | A+ |
| 5 | Motcombe Dorset | 1,366 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1 | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 127 | Keinton Mandeville Somerset | 1,216 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Newton St Loe, and others in Somerset.
Crime in Newton St Loe 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 1 burglary, vehicle crime or act of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
4 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 3 the year before
“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).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 4 | 2.9 | 16.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 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.
No one died in a collision on Newton St Loe’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 0 collisions with injuries inside Newton St Loe 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 Newton St Loe is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Newton St Loe’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; Newton St Loe 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 Newton St Loe’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Newton St Loe
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 2.2 | 0.2 | A+ |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 15 | 4.3 | A− |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 16.3 | 7.2 | B+ |
| Bath | 94,080 | 41.6 | 16.9 | D |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 18.8 | 5.9 | B+ |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 39.1 | 13.4 | C− |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 23.8 | 6 | B |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 24 | 6.7 | B− |
Newton St Loe records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
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 Newton St Loe 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 Newton St Loe
Is Newton St Loe safe?
Police recorded 2.2 violent and sexual offences and 0.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Newton St Loe’s built-up area). That earns an A+ for safety: less crime per resident than almost every UK town. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Newton St Loe is 2nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Newton St Loe?
Police recorded 4 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 3 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Newton St Loe?
Violence & sexual offences: 4 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came bicycle theft (2) and other theft (1), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Newton St Loe compare with Kingswood and Fishponds?
Kingswood and Fishponds records 36 violent and sexual offences and 13.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Newton St Loe’s 2.2 and 0.2, 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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