Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Templecombe records public order at 3.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Recorded violence fell 18% in a year. Compared with the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it records less crime per resident than 23%. The overall Safety Grade is C+, which means close to the middle of UK towns, judged on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Each year brought 29.0 violent and sexual offences and 7.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Templecombe
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 18% less violent crime per resident in Templecombe 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 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Templecombe has the 951st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bradninch, Bishop's Castle and St Athan, higher than Biddenden, Winchelsea Beach and Ringstead. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for Templecombe, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 180 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Templecombe against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Templecombe runs highest on public order (9.1 per 1,000 against 2.4), violence & sexual offences (30.8 per 1,000 against 16.6) and anti-social behaviour (9.1 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 51 | 30.8 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 15 | 9.1 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 9.1 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 6 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
How crime in Templecombe 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 -18% (towns its size +3%).
Among 1,214 towns its size, Templecombe ranks 951st for the least graded crime
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 948 | Biddenden Kent | 1,345 | 24.3 | 11.7 | 5.2 | C+ |
| 949 | Winchelsea Beach East Sussex | 1,027 | 22.7 | 13.3 | 5.5 | C+ |
| 950 | Ringstead Northamptonshire | 1,369 | 27.8 | 8.3 | 2 | C+ |
| 951 | Templecombe Somerset | 1,657 | 29 | 7.2 | 10.1 | C+ |
| 952 | Harlech Gwynedd | 1,261 | 28.1 | 8.2 | 4.5 | C+ |
| 953 | North Leigh Oxfordshire | 1,733 | 27.7 | 8.7 | 4 | C+ |
| 954 | Marazion Cornwall | 1,350 | 25.1 | 11.3 | 5.1 | 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 Templecombe, and others in Somerset.
Crime in Templecombe 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 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 Templecombe’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside Templecombe 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 Templecombe is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Templecombe’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; Templecombe 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 Templecombe’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Templecombe
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 29 | 7.2 | C+ |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 41.4 | 12.7 | C− |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 19 | 7 | B+ |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 16.3 | 6.3 | A− |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 37.7 | 12.6 | C− |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 11.6 | 8.2 | A− |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 21.6 | 7.8 | B |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 20 | 9.4 | B |
Templecombe records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Henstridge and Wincanton record more. Milborne Port, 3 miles away, records 19 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Templecombe’s 29.
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 Templecombe 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 Templecombe
Is Templecombe safe?
Police recorded 29 violent and sexual offences and 7.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Templecombe’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 42% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Templecombe is 951st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Templecombe?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 18%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 33%, shoplifting and theft fell 26% and anti-social behaviour rose 25%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Templecombe?
Violence & sexual offences: 51 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (15) and shoplifting (7), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Templecombe 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 Templecombe’s 29 and 7.2, 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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