Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Kingswood beats 86% of UK towns per resident
Of all the kinds of crime, anti-social behaviour is where Kingswood departs most from towns its size: 9.2 per 1,000 against 5.3. Its Safety Grade, B+, rests on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: less crime per resident than 72% of UK towns. For every 1,000 residents, 12.6 violent and sexual offences and 11.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Kingswood
About the middle for a village its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Kingswood has the 596th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Tickton, Higher Walton and Shurdington, higher than Welland, Stoke and Audlem. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 51% of Kingswood’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Kingswood’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 84 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Kingswood 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, Kingswood runs highest on anti-social behaviour (9.2 per 1,000 against 5.3). Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 11 | 9.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 11 | 9.2 | 5.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 6.7 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 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.
Crime in Kingswood 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 0 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Kingswood is 596th of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Claverdon Warwickshire | 1,310 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 73 | Leek Wootton Warwickshire | 1,003 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 0.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 122 | Stretton-on-Dunsmore Warwickshire | 1,176 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 213 | Clifton upon Dunsmore Warwickshire | 1,216 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 1.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 593 | Welland Worcestershire | 1,309 | 19.9 | 4.1 | 2 | B+ |
| 594 | Stoke Hampshire | 1,267 | 17.1 | 6.8 | 12.4 | B+ |
| 595 | Audlem Cheshire | 1,833 | 16 | 8 | 1.8 | B+ |
| 596 | Kingswood Warwickshire | 1,197 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 1.7 | B+ |
| 597 | Hatfield Heath Essex | 1,789 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 6.3 | B+ |
| 598 | Great Bedwyn Wiltshire | 1,194 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 1.4 | B+ |
| 599 | Goldsithney Cornwall | 1,346 | 19.7 | 4.3 | 2.2 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Kingswood, and others in Warwickshire.
11 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 12 the year before
“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).
No one died in a collision on Kingswood’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Kingswood 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 Kingswood is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Kingswood’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; Kingswood 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 Kingswood’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Kingswood
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingswood | 1,197 | 12.6 | 11.4 | B+ |
| Hockley Heath | 1,899 | 14.6 | 18.4 | B− |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 15.1 | 12 | B |
| Henley-in-Arden | 3,001 | 23.5 | 9.9 | B− |
| Claverdon | 1,310 | 1.5 | 4.6 | A+ |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 14 | 11.2 | B+ |
| Hatton | 1,953 | 13 | 7 | A− |
| Balsall Common | 7,094 | 13.5 | 10.2 | B+ |
Kingswood records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Claverdon, 4 miles away, records 1.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Kingswood’s 12.6.
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 Kingswood 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 Kingswood
Is Kingswood safe?
Police recorded 12.6 violent and sexual offences and 11.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Kingswood’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 72% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Kingswood is 596th from the least crime. 51% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Kingswood?
Police recorded 11 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 12 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Kingswood?
Violence & sexual offences: 11 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (8) and burglary (2), with 11 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Kingswood 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 Kingswood’s 12.6 and 11.4, 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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