Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Wolston than in 76% of UK towns
At 3.7 per 1,000 residents, shoplifting in Wolston runs well past the 1.8 of a typical town its size (10 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026). Taking everything together, Wolston scores B+ (#8 of 34 in Warwickshire): less crime per resident than 67% of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026. The local count comes to 15.4 violent and sexual offences and 10.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Wolston
Less crime than many places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Wolston has the 332nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Yorkley and Whitecroft, Eastry and Brockenhurst, higher than Watlington, Aston and Stretham. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% more violent crime per resident in Wolston than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Wolston: B+ for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 209 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Wolston 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 Wolston’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.
Wolston’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, Wolston runs highest on shoplifting (3.7 per 1,000 against 1.8). Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 44 | 16.3 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 16 | 5.9 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 10 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 1.9 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 2 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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.
Violent crime up 10% in a year, while towns its size held steady
“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 +10% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -38% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -43% (towns its size +0%).
332nd of 856: Wolston among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 162 | Harbury Warwickshire | 2,751 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 4.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 175 | Radford Semele Warwickshire | 2,301 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 2.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 193 | Binley Woods Warwickshire | 2,569 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 15.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 243 | Bishop's Tachbrook Warwickshire | 2,086 | 16.8 | 6.2 | 1.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 329 | Watlington Norfolk | 2,593 | 18.1 | 7.6 | 2.6 | B+ |
| 330 | Aston Clwyd | 2,847 | 18.2 | 7.6 | 3.3 | B+ |
| 331 | Stretham Cambridgeshire | 2,070 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 2.3 | B+ |
| 332 | Wolston Warwickshire | 2,693 | 15.4 | 10.5 | 3.1 | B+ |
| 333 | Upper Tean Staffordshire | 3,244 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 7.9 | B+ |
| 334 | Hardwick Cambridgeshire | 2,658 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 8.2 | B+ |
| 335 | Wing Buckinghamshire | 2,979 | 17.6 | 8.4 | 2.4 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Wolston, and others in Warwickshire.
Crime in Wolston 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 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 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 Wolston’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Wolston in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Wolston is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Wolston’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; Wolston 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 Wolston’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Wolston
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolston | 2,693 | 15.4 | 10.5 | B+ |
| Binley Woods | 2,569 | 11.8 | 9.1 | A− |
| Stretton-on-Dunsmore | 1,176 | 8.8 | 4.8 | A+ |
| Ryton-on-Dunsmore | 1,829 | 16.2 | 9.7 | B+ |
| Brinklow | 1,121 | 18.7 | 11.9 | B− |
| Long Lawford | 4,369 | 26.3 | 5.7 | B− |
| Cawston | 6,475 | 19.4 | 6.3 | B+ |
| Dunchurch | 2,603 | 25.4 | 8.2 | B− |
Wolston records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Binley Woods, 1.6 miles away, records 11.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Wolston’s 15.4.
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 Wolston 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 Wolston
Is Wolston safe?
Police recorded 15.4 violent and sexual offences and 10.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Wolston’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 67% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Wolston is 332nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Wolston?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 38%, shoplifting and theft rose 50% and anti-social behaviour fell 43%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Wolston?
Violence & sexual offences: 44 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (12) and shoplifting (10), with 16 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Wolston compare with Coventry?
Coventry records 47.6 violent and sexual offences and 23.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Wolston’s 15.4 and 10.5, 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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