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Safest cities in United Kingdom by recorded crime

Bournemouth, United Kingdom has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 4,455 incidents per 100,000 (www.ons.gov.uk, 2026-08-27).

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United Kingdom cities ranked by recorded incidents per 100,000 residents. Differences in reporting practice remain visible in the sources.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-02

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Bournemouth, United Kingdom4,455 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
2Cambuslang, United Kingdom5,010 incidents per 100,0002026-10-02
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
3Rutherglen, United Kingdom5,010 incidents per 100,0002026-10-02
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
4Cumbernauld, United Kingdom5,880 incidents per 100,0002026-10-02
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
5Harrow, United Kingdom5,909 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
6Bexley, United Kingdom6,002 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
7Sutton, United Kingdom6,041 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
8Aberdeen, United Kingdom6,287 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
9York, United Kingdom6,576 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
10Swindon, United Kingdom6,916 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
11Clydebank, United Kingdom6,950 incidents per 100,0002026-10-02
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
12Dumbarton, United Kingdom6,950 incidents per 100,0002026-10-02
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2025-12-31
13Warrington, United Kingdom7,035 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
14Dundee, United Kingdom7,827 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
15Cheltenham, United Kingdom7,972 incidents per 100,0002026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
16Worthing, United Kingdom8,023 incidents per 100,0002026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
17Colchester, United Kingdom8,219 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
18Luton, United Kingdom8,315 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
19St Helens, United Kingdom8,589 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
20Watford, United Kingdom8,672 incidents per 100,0002026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
21Slough, United Kingdom8,829 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
22Ipswich, United Kingdom9,101 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
23Cambridge, United Kingdom9,140 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
24Belfast, United Kingdom9,156 incidents per 100,0002026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
25Sunderland, United Kingdom9,408 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
26Exeter, United Kingdom9,607 incidents per 100,0002026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-12-31
27Oxford, United Kingdom9,634 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
28Bolton, United Kingdom9,808 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
29Burnley, United Kingdom10,560 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27
30Peterborough, United Kingdom10,576 incidents per 100,0002026-08-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-08-27

What the numbers say

  • Bournemouth, United Kingdom leads at 4,455 incidents per 100,000.
  • Peterborough, United Kingdom sits at the other end with 10,576 incidents per 100,000.
  • The middle of this ranking is 8,023 incidents per 100,000, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 6,121 incidents per 100,000.

Quick answer

What does Safest cities in United Kingdom by recorded crime show?

Bournemouth, United Kingdom has the lowest recorded incidents per 100,000 residents of the 30 cities compared: 4,455 incidents per 100,000 (www.ons.gov.uk, 2026-08-27).

How this list is built

Every row is a published recorded incidents per 100,000 residents observation measured in incidents per 100,000, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2024 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-02
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Safest cities in United Kingdom by recorded crime [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 176f2da71340e47aee28dc695e2ae82d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-safest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_safest-cities-in-united-kingdom-by-recorded-crime_7a6cdfd874b6,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Safest cities in United Kingdom by recorded crime},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {176f2da71340e47aee28dc695e2ae82d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-safest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. www.ons.gov.ukwww.ons.gov.uk · Checked 2026-08-27
  2. Recorded Crimes and Offences, 2025/26Scottish Government, Justice Analytical Services · Checked 2026-10-02
  3. www.gov.scotwww.gov.scot · Checked 2026-08-27
  4. PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)Office for National Statistics · Checked 2026-09-19
  5. Annual Trends in Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland 1998/99 to 2024/25 - spreadsheet (PSNI Statistics Branch)Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) / NISRA · Checked 2026-09-19