Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0More burglary, vehicle crime and damage is recorded per resident in Ash Green than in 72% of UK towns
Its Safety Grade, B− (#15 of 34 in Warwickshire), rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: close to the middle of UK towns. Recorded violence rose 7% in a year. Police recorded 10 cases of vehicle crime in Ash Green in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 3.9 per 1,000 against a typical 2. Year on year, 21.1 violent and sexual offences and 12.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 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 Ash Green
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 7% more violent crime per resident in Ash Green than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Ash Green has the 367th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Chiseldon, Grendon and Linton, higher than Padstow, Bassingbourn and Newstead. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Ash Green: B− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 261 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Ash Green 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, Ash Green runs highest on other crime (3.9 per 1,000 against 1.5) and vehicle crime (3.9 per 1,000 against 2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 51 | 19.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 24 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 10 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 2 | 3.2 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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 Ash Green’s neighbourhoods rank in England
45% 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.
Ash Green’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.
Of 550 towns its size, Ash Green is 367th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 116 | Harbury Warwickshire | 2,751 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 4.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 126 | Radford Semele Warwickshire | 2,301 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 2.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 136 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | 2,569 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 15.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 175 | Bishop's Tachbrook Warwickshire | 2,086 | 16.8 | 6.2 | 1.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 364 | Padstow Cornwall | 2,351 | 25 | 8.7 | 10.8 | B− |
| 365 | Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire | 2,353 | 24.5 | 9.4 | 2.1 | B− |
| 366 | Newstead Nottinghamshire | 2,204 | 25.3 | 8.6 | 2.6 | B− |
| 367 | Ash Green Warwickshire | 2,562 | 21.1 | 12.9 | 2.9 | B− |
| 368 | Cullybackey Mid and East Antrim | 2,659 | 26.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | B− |
| 369 | Eggborough North Yorkshire | 2,440 | 22.4 | 11.8 | 2.9 | B− |
| 370 | Brimscombe and Thrupp Gloucestershire | 2,187 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 3.4 | 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 Ash Green, and others in Warwickshire.
How crime in Ash Green 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 +7% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -37% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Ash Green 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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts 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.
No one died in a collision on Ash Green’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 21 collisions with injuries inside Ash Green in five years. 3 people were 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 Ash Green is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Ash Green’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; Ash Green had 3.
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 Ash Green’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Ash Green
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 21.1 | 12.9 | B− |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 40.2 | 18.4 | D |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 36.4 | 36.8 | D |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 38.8 | 18.1 | D |
| Coventry | 344,289 | 47.6 | 23.7 | D |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 22.7 | 18.1 | C |
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 21.2 | 15.2 | C+ |
| New Arley | 1,666 | 30.8 | 13.6 | C |
Ash Green 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 Ash Green 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 Ash Green
Is Ash Green safe?
Police recorded 21.1 violent and sexual offences and 12.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Ash Green’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 46% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Ash Green is 367th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Ash Green?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 7%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 37%, shoplifting and theft fell 38% and anti-social behaviour rose 60%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Ash Green?
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 (10) and vehicle crime (10), with 24 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Ash Green compare with Coventry?
Coventry records 47.6 violent and sexual offences and 23.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Ash Green’s 21.1 and 12.9, 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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