Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Meon Vale records more crime than 98% of UK towns
Recorded violence rose 21% in a year. Add to that, violent crime here is higher than in 99% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 92%. Graded on crimes police recorded inside Meon Vale’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores D− for safety. Per 1,000 residents a year, 73.8 violent and sexual offences and 20.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Meon Vale
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 21% more violent crime per resident in Meon Vale than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Meon Vale’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 399 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Meon Vale 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, Meon Vale runs highest on anti-social behaviour (63 per 1,000 against 5.3), public order (14.2 per 1,000 against 2.4) and criminal damage & arson (18.4 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 120 | 84.9 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 89 | 63 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 26 | 18.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 20 | 14.2 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 7.1 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 2.8 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
How Meon Vale compares with 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 1198 | Pentre Maelor Clwyd | 1,814 | 75.4 | 11.2 | 9 | D− |
| 1199 | Camber East Sussex | 1,132 | 61.5 | 25.3 | 14.4 | D− |
| 1200 | Salfords Surrey | 1,873 | 61.6 | 25.3 | 15.3 | D− |
| 1201 | Meon Vale Warwickshire | 1,413 | 73.8 | 20.3 | 7.3 | D− |
| 1202 | Wymington Bedfordshire | 1,000 | 65.3 | 31.7 | 7.3 | D− |
| 1203 | Sherford Devon | 1,311 | 81 | 16.9 | 12.2 | D− |
| 1204 | Lingdale North Yorkshire | 1,323 | 60 | 38.8 | 5 | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Meon Vale, and others in Warwickshire.
Police in Meon Vale identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 50% of Meon Vale’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 2% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (78% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 11% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 106 crimes.
How crime in Meon Vale 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 +21% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +62% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +93% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Meon Vale 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 30 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 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 Meon Vale’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Meon Vale 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 Meon Vale is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Meon Vale’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; Meon Vale 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 Meon Vale’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Meon Vale
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meon Vale | 1,413 | 73.8 | 20.3 | D− |
| Lower Quinton | 1,691 | 20.9 | 8.7 | B |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 21.1 | 9.4 | B |
| Welford-on-Avon | 1,692 | 12 | 8.7 | A− |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 13.4 | 5.5 | A |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 31.4 | 11.7 | C |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 13.2 | 8.4 | A− |
| Bidford-on-Avon | 5,825 | 23.6 | 11.2 | B− |
Meon Vale records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Lower Quinton, 0.8 miles away, records 20.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Meon Vale’s 73.8.
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 Meon Vale 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 Meon Vale
Is Meon Vale safe?
Police recorded 73.8 violent and sexual offences and 20.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Meon Vale’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: less crime per resident than 2% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Meon Vale has less crime per resident than 1%.
Is crime going up in Meon Vale?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 21%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 62%, shoplifting and theft fell 15% and anti-social behaviour rose 93%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Meon Vale?
Violence & sexual offences: 120 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (26) and public order (20), with 89 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Meon Vale compare with Evesham?
Evesham records 37.2 violent and sexual offences and 15.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Meon Vale’s 73.8 and 20.3, 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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