Photo: Andy F · CC BY-SA 2.0Long Itchington records vehicle crime at 2.2 times the rate of a typical town its size
Annual rates stand at 23.8 violent and sexual offences and 13.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents. For its size, it sits below 40% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people on crime per resident. All told, Long Itchington grades C+ for safety (#20 of 34 in Warwickshire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violent crime was down 29% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Long Itchington
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 29% less violent crime per resident in Long Itchington 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, Long Itchington has the 396th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Cotford St Luke, Awsworth and Asfordby, higher than Weedon Bec, Bardney and Upton upon Severn. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Long Itchington’s C+ for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 276 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Long Itchington against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Long Itchington 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 -29% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -35% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -7% (towns its size +0%).
How Long Itchington’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% 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.
Long Itchington’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Long Itchington runs highest on vehicle crime (4.4 per 1,000 against 2), anti-social behaviour (16 per 1,000 against 8.8) and criminal damage & arson (5.6 per 1,000 against 4.5). Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 43 | 17.2 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 40 | 16 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 4.4 | 2 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 4 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 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.
Towns its size: Long Itchington comes 396th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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− |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Weedon Bec Northamptonshire | 2,856 | 27.4 | 9.1 | 6.2 | C+ |
| 394 | Bardney Lincolnshire | 2,069 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.2 | C+ |
| 395 | Upton upon Severn Worcestershire | 2,403 | 25.7 | 11.1 | 26.4 | C+ |
| 396 | Long Itchington Warwickshire | 2,500 | 23.8 | 13.1 | 4.4 | C+ |
| 397 | Swavesey Cambridgeshire | 2,739 | 26 | 10.8 | 2.6 | C+ |
| 398 | Acle Norfolk | 2,268 | 29.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | C+ |
| 399 | Cilfrew West Glamorgan | 2,178 | 32.3 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 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 Long Itchington, and others in Warwickshire.
Crime in Long Itchington 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 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 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 Long Itchington’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Long Itchington in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Long Itchington is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Long Itchington’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; Long Itchington 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 Long Itchington’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Long Itchington
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Itchington | 2,500 | 23.8 | 13.1 | C+ |
| Stockton | 1,504 | 13.7 | 5.8 | A− |
| Southam | 8,103 | 22.9 | 10 | B− |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 11.3 | 11.9 | A− |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 11.3 | 8.5 | A− |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 12.8 | 7.4 | A− |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 16.5 | 7.5 | B+ |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 8.8 | 4.8 | A+ |
Long Itchington records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Stockton, 1.4 miles away, records 13.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Long Itchington’s 23.8.
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 Long Itchington 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 Long Itchington
Is Long Itchington safe?
Police recorded 23.8 violent and sexual offences and 13.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Long Itchington’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 41% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Long Itchington is 396th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Long Itchington?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 29%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 35%, shoplifting and theft fell 11% and anti-social behaviour fell 7%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Long Itchington?
Violence & sexual offences: 43 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (14) and vehicle crime (11), with 40 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Long Itchington compare with Royal Leamington Spa?
Royal Leamington Spa records 34 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Long Itchington’s 23.8 and 13.1, 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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