Crime recorded in Aspley Heath, and why it isn’t graded
For every 1,000 residents, 22.5 violent and sexual offences and 31.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year. The crimes police recorded inside Aspley Heath’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are below; Aspley Heath has no Safety Grade. Safety Grades start at 1,000 residents, and Aspley Heath has fewer: in a place this small, a few incidents move the rate a long way.
Violent crime
22.5
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
31.9
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
35.5
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
5.9
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
6
homes & vehicles
8
shoplifting & theft
70
of the three, per 1,000
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 21 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 28 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
6 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 6 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Aspley HeathUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Aspley HeathUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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).
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Other theft24.8
Violence & sexual offences21.3
Public order10.6
Vehicle crime10.6
Burglary7.1
Criminal damage & arson3.5
Theft from the person3.5
Anti-social behaviour3.5
Shoplifting0
Drugs0
Other crime0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Other theft
not graded
7
24.8
2.5
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
6
21.3
16.6
Public order
not graded
3
10.6
2.4
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
3
10.6
1.5
Burglary
Home & vehicle
2
7.1
1.6
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
1
3.5
3.2
Theft from the person
not graded
1
3.5
0
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
1
3.5
5.3
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Possession of weapons
Violent
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
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.
Aspley Heath records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Wythall, 3.1 miles away, records 11.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Aspley Heath’s 22.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 Aspley Heath sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 Aspley Heath
Is Aspley Heath safe?
Police recorded 22.5 violent and sexual offences and 31.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Aspley Heath’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Aspley Heath?
Police recorded 6 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 6 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Aspley Heath?
Other theft: 7 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came violence & sexual offences (6) and public order (3), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Aspley Heath compare with Solihull?
Solihull records 28.4 violent and sexual offences and 19.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Aspley Heath’s 22.5 and 31.9, 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0