Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Timsbury records shoplifting at 7.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
More crime per resident is recorded in 77% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. All told, Timsbury grades B+ for safety (#4 of 49 in Somerset): less crime per resident than 71% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violent crime was up 18% in a year. Violence and property crime split as 18.8 violent and sexual offences and 5.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Timsbury
Less crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Timsbury has the 201st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Chalgrove, Wootton (Vale of White Horse) and Dearham, higher than Blofield, Woodcote and Lower Kingswood. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 18% more violent crime per resident in Timsbury than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Timsbury: B+ for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 185 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Timsbury 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, Timsbury runs highest on shoplifting (14.4 per 1,000 against 1.8).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 59 | 23.5 | 22.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 36 | 14.4 | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 9 | 3.6 | 8.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How Timsbury’s neighbourhoods rank in England
100% 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.
Timsbury’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.
How crime in Timsbury has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 +1%).
Towns its size: Timsbury comes 201st of 550
| # | 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+ |
| 198 | Blofield Norfolk | 2,667 | 18.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | B+ |
| 199 | Woodcote Oxfordshire | 2,198 | 17.4 | 7 | 7.7 | B+ |
| 200 | Lower Kingswood Surrey | 2,029 | 16.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 | B+ |
| 201 | Timsbury Somerset | 2,506 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 10.5 | B+ |
| 202 | Reepham Norfolk | 2,317 | 15.8 | 8.8 | 3 | B+ |
| 203 | Witton Gilbert County Durham | 2,525 | 18.4 | 6.3 | 9.6 | B+ |
| 204 | Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood Oxfordshire | 2,956 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 2.6 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 222 | Puriton Somerset | 2,265 | 19.6 | 6 | 1.8 | 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 Timsbury, and others in Somerset.
Crime in Timsbury 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 16 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 Timsbury’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Timsbury in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Timsbury is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Timsbury’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Timsbury 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 Timsbury’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Timsbury
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 18.8 | 5.9 | B+ |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 16.3 | 7.2 | B+ |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 24 | 6.7 | B− |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 21.3 | 7.1 | B |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 23.8 | 6 | B |
| Clutton | 1,630 | 28.6 | 10.4 | C+ |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 42.2 | 13.9 | C− |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 19.1 | 6.2 | B+ |
Timsbury records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Farmborough, 1.1 miles away, records 16.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Timsbury’s 18.8.
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 Timsbury 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 Timsbury
Is Timsbury safe?
Police recorded 18.8 violent and sexual offences and 5.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Timsbury’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 71% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Timsbury is 201st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Timsbury?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 18%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 23%, shoplifting and theft rose 233% and anti-social behaviour fell 25%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Timsbury?
Violence & sexual offences: 59 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (36) and criminal damage & arson (10), with 9 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Timsbury compare with Bath?
Bath records 41.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Timsbury’s 18.8 and 5.9, 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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