Photo: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0Cilfrew has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per resident than 89% of UK towns
At 5.1 per 1,000 residents, public order in Cilfrew runs well past the 2.4 of a typical town its size (11 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026). Its letter overall is C+: close to the middle of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. Still, recorded violence fell 18% in a year. Year on year, 32.3 violent and sexual offences and 4.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Cilfrew
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 18% less violent crime per resident in Cilfrew 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, Cilfrew has the 399th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Silverstone, Wiveliscombe and Welham Green, higher than Long Itchington, Swavesey and Acle. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for Cilfrew, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 241 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Cilfrew 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 Cilfrew 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%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Cilfrew runs highest on public order (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.4), criminal damage & arson (6.4 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (27.1 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 59 | 27.1 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 6.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 11 | 5.1 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 8 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 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.
Cilfrew is 399th of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 106 | Rhos West Glamorgan | 2,560 | 16.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 169 | Alltwen West Glamorgan | 2,721 | 18.8 | 3.9 | 14.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 302 | Tonna West Glamorgan | 2,665 | 22.8 | 6.6 | 3.1 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 338 | Resolven West Glamorgan | 2,162 | 23.5 | 8.3 | 1.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 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+ |
| 400 | Cotford St Luke Somerset | 2,411 | 27.7 | 9.3 | 3.2 | C+ |
| 401 | Awsworth Nottinghamshire | 2,444 | 22.1 | 14.9 | 8.9 | C+ |
| 402 | Asfordby Leicestershire | 2,761 | 25 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 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 Cilfrew, and others in West Glamorgan.
Crime in Cilfrew 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 0 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 Cilfrew’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Cilfrew in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Cilfrew is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Cilfrew’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; Cilfrew had 1.
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 Cilfrew’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Cilfrew
Cilfrew records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Neath and Pontardawe record more. Tonna, 0.7 miles away, records 22.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Cilfrew’s 32.3.
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 Cilfrew 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 Cilfrew
Is Cilfrew safe?
Police recorded 32.3 violent and sexual offences and 4.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Cilfrew’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, Cilfrew is 399th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Cilfrew?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 18%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 143%, shoplifting and theft fell 100% and anti-social behaviour fell 43%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Cilfrew?
Violence & sexual offences: 59 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 public order (11), with 8 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Cilfrew compare with Swansea?
Swansea records 42.6 violent and sexual offences and 15.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Cilfrew’s 32.3 and 4.6, 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 · Welsh Government Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, community safety domain by LSOA · 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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