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League table · Recorded crime
Lowest recorded crime in South West
Where is recorded crime lowest? All 20 council areas in South West ranked on recorded crime (per 1,000 people a year). Source: ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026.
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Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres with many visitors and workers look higher than the risk to someone living there. Not ranked: parts of Kent whose official figures are wrong this year (a police recording problem), City of London (too few residents), and areas that share one figure across a combined partnership.
| # | Area | Recorded crime | England & Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | 31.3 per 1,000 | 1st | |
| 2 | Cotswold | 44.2 per 1,000 | 15th | |
| 3 | Dorset | 44.5 per 1,000 | 18th | |
| 4 | Tewkesbury | 45.8 per 1,000 | 22nd | |
| 5 | Forest of Dean | 46.6 per 1,000 | 25th | |
| 6 | Wiltshire | 49.3 per 1,000 | 32nd | |
| 7 | Stroud | 49.3 per 1,000 | 33rd | |
| 8 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 57.5 per 1,000 | 74th | |
| 9 | Cornwall | 62.7 per 1,000 | 96th | |
| 10 | Swindon | 69.6 per 1,000 | 123rd | |
| 11 | South Gloucestershire | 73.8 per 1,000 | 143rd | |
| 12 | Bath and North East Somerset | 79.0 per 1,000 | 161st | |
| 13 | Cheltenham | 79.7 per 1,000 | 164th | |
| 14 | North Somerset | 81.8 per 1,000 | 173rd | |
| 15 | Somerset | 84.1 per 1,000 | 180th | |
| 16 | Plymouth | 93.1 per 1,000 | 211th | |
| 17 | Torbay | 93.4 per 1,000 | 213th | |
| 18 | Exeter | 96.1 per 1,000 | 223rd | |
| 19 | Gloucester | 107.3 per 1,000 | 247th | |
| 20 | Bristol | 131.0 per 1,000 | 275th |
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