Photo: My another account at en.wikipedia · Public domainBerryfield records more crime per resident than 94% of UK towns
Violent crime barely moved in a year. It has more violent crime than 95% of UK towns, and more burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 89%. On top of that, that puts it at D for safety, judged on crimes police recorded inside Berryfield’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 53.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 18.6.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What’s behind Berryfield’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 237 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Berryfield 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, Berryfield runs highest on drugs (14.6 per 1,000 against 0.6), public order (14.6 per 1,000 against 2.4) and criminal damage & arson (15.5 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 73 | 66.7 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 17 | 15.5 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 16 | 14.6 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 16 | 14.6 | 0.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 16 | 14.6 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 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 Berryfield 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Middle Winterslow Wiltshire | 1,563 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 1.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 38 | Perham Down Wiltshire | 1,397 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | Ashton Keynes Wiltshire | 1,425 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 1.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 62 | Holt Wiltshire | 1,704 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1178 | Grove Dorset | 1,032 | 64 | 6.5 | 3.9 | D |
| 1179 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | 1,196 | 49.1 | 22.6 | 8.9 | D |
| 1180 | Lynemouth Northumberland | 1,685 | 44.6 | 27 | 7.8 | D |
| 1181 | Berryfield Wiltshire | 1,094 | 53.6 | 18.6 | 4 | D |
| 1182 | New Houghton Derbyshire | 1,431 | 50.3 | 22.4 | 4.4 | D |
| 1183 | Barmouth Gwynedd | 1,986 | 58.5 | 14.8 | 19 | D |
| 1184 | Ansley Warwickshire | 1,046 | 50 | 24.5 | 6.4 | 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 Berryfield, and others in Wiltshire.
Crime in Berryfield 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 18 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.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 +4% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -20% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Berryfield’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 10 collisions with injuries inside Berryfield in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Berryfield is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Berryfield’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; Berryfield 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 Berryfield’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Berryfield
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 53.6 | 18.6 | D |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 19.1 | 7.6 | B+ |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 29.7 | 11.1 | C |
| Holt | 1,704 | 7.8 | 3.3 | A+ |
| Atworth | 1,293 | 17 | 7.2 | B+ |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 33.5 | 12 | C |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 10.3 | 6.9 | A |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 18.5 | 9.4 | B |
Berryfield records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Bowerhill, 1 miles away, records 19.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Berryfield’s 53.6.
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 Berryfield 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 Berryfield
Is Berryfield safe?
Police recorded 53.6 violent and sexual offences and 18.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Berryfield’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 6% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Berryfield has less crime per resident than 3%.
Is crime going up in Berryfield?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 20%, shoplifting and theft fell 20% and anti-social behaviour rose 129%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Berryfield?
Violence & sexual offences: 73 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (17) and public order (16), with 16 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Berryfield compare with Trowbridge?
Trowbridge records 33.5 violent and sexual offences and 12 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Berryfield’s 53.6 and 18.6, 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 · 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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