Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Upton upon Severn records burglary at 4.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Upton upon Severn at C+: close to the middle of UK towns. It has less crime per resident than 22% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. Still, violent crime was down 6% in a year. Each year brought 25.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 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 Upton upon Severn
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 6% less violent crime per resident in Upton upon Severn 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, Upton upon Severn has the 395th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Cilfrew, Cotford St Luke and Awsworth, higher than Berkeley, Weedon Bec and Bardney. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Upton upon Severn’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 265 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Upton upon Severn 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, Upton upon Severn runs highest on burglary (6.7 per 1,000 against 1.6), other theft (5.8 per 1,000 against 2.5) and criminal damage & arson (6.7 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoplifting | not graded | 89 | 37 | 0 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 59 | 24.6 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 20 | 8.3 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 16 | 6.7 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 16 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 14 | 5.8 | 2.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 5 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 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.
Towns its size: Upton upon Severn comes 395th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 124 | Bredon Worcestershire | 2,071 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 1.5 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 184 | Broadway Worcestershire | 2,719 | 15.7 | 7.9 | 8 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 215 | Badsey Worcestershire | 2,722 | 16.8 | 8.5 | 2 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 239 | Stoke Prior Worcestershire | 2,226 | 19.9 | 6.3 | 4 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 392 | Berkeley Gloucestershire | 2,250 | 25.8 | 10.7 | 5.5 | C+ |
| 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Upton upon Severn, and others in Worcestershire.
How crime in Upton upon Severn 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 -6% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +52% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +126% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -29% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Upton upon Severn 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 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 43 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 Upton upon Severn’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Upton upon Severn in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 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 Upton upon Severn is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Upton upon Severn’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Upton upon Severn 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 Upton upon Severn’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Upton upon Severn
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton upon Severn | 2,403 | 25.7 | 11.1 | C+ |
| Welland | 1,309 | 19.9 | 4.1 | B+ |
| Twyning | 1,079 | 9.2 | 7.3 | A |
| Eckington | 1,256 | 10.4 | 4.8 | A |
| Malvern Wells | 1,757 | 8.2 | 6.3 | A |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 9.4 | 10.7 | A− |
| Kempsey | 3,753 | 23 | 7.8 | B− |
| Great Malvern | 33,194 | 28.5 | 10.7 | C+ |
Upton upon Severn records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Great Malvern records more. Welland, 3.3 miles away, records 19.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Upton upon Severn’s 25.7.
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 Upton upon Severn 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 Upton upon Severn
Is Upton upon Severn safe?
Police recorded 25.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Upton upon Severn’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, Upton upon Severn is 395th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Upton upon Severn?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 6%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 52%, shoplifting and theft rose 126% and anti-social behaviour fell 29%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Upton upon Severn?
Shoplifting: 89 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came violence & sexual offences (59) and criminal damage & arson (16), with 20 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Upton upon Severn compare with Worcester?
Worcester records 44.8 violent and sexual offences and 18.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Upton upon Severn’s 25.7 and 11.1, 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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