Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Kineton stands out for burglary: 2.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violence recorded locally dropped 18% in a year. Per 1,000 residents a year, 27.0 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded. All told, Kineton grades C+ for safety: more crime per resident than 63% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 19% record more crime per resident.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Kineton
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 18% less violent crime per resident in Kineton 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 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Kineton has the 423rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bessbrook, Berinsfield and Pontycymer, higher than Kirkbymoorside, Eton Wick and Picket Piece. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Kineton’s C+ for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 263 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Kineton 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, Kineton runs highest on burglary (4.5 per 1,000 against 1.6), public order (5.4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and violence & sexual offences (25.5 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 25.5 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4.5 | 1.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | 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.
How crime in Kineton 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%), homes and vehicles -48% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -42% (towns its size -1%).
Of 550 towns its size, Kineton is 423rd 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− |
| … | ||||||
| 420 | Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire | 2,763 | 27.6 | 10.9 | 6.3 | C+ |
| 421 | Eton Wick Berkshire | 2,121 | 25.9 | 12.6 | 3.2 | C+ |
| 422 | Picket Piece Hampshire | 2,329 | 31.9 | 7.2 | 3.6 | C+ |
| 423 | Kineton Warwickshire | 2,235 | 27 | 12.2 | 3.9 | C+ |
| 424 | Ambleside Cumbria | 2,624 | 30.4 | 9 | 13.9 | C+ |
| 425 | Barlestone Leicestershire | 2,563 | 26.7 | 12.9 | 4.9 | C+ |
| 426 | Church Warsop Nottinghamshire | 2,139 | 29.9 | 9.8 | 4.4 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Kineton, and others in Warwickshire.
Crime in Kineton 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 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
One person died in collisions on Kineton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Kineton in five years, in which one person died. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Kineton’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Kineton’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; Kineton had 2.
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 Kineton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Kineton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kineton | 2,235 | 27 | 12.2 | C+ |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 17.5 | 10.7 | B |
| Wellesbourne | 7,015 | 21 | 7.1 | B |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 16.5 | 7.5 | B+ |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 11.3 | 8.5 | A− |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 16.8 | 6.2 | A− |
| Barford | 1,428 | 14.5 | 14 | B |
| Whitnash | 8,914 | 15.3 | 7.1 | A− |
Kineton records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Ettington, 4.3 miles away, records 17.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Kineton’s 27.
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 Kineton 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 Kineton
Is Kineton safe?
Police recorded 27 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Kineton’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 37% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Kineton is 423rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Kineton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 18%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 48%, shoplifting and theft rose 175% and anti-social behaviour fell 42%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Kineton?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (12) and burglary (10), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Kineton compare with Banbury?
Banbury records 47 violent and sexual offences and 15.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Kineton’s 27 and 12.2, 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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