Crime rates in university cities and towns
Student safety is important. See the rates for crimes most likely to affect students in the areas they live during term time.
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The table below shows the crimes that are most likely to impact students in England and Wales – robbery, burglary, and violence and sexual offences. Official data for crime specifically against students is not available.
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Crime statistics – England and Wales 2018
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| Incidents per 1000 residents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Robbery | Burglary | Violence & Sexual Offences | Total | |
| Royal Agricultural University | 6.9 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 18.5 | |
| Cirencester | 6.9 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 18.5 | |
| Falmouth | 2.5 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 20.8 | |
| Penryn | 2.0 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 15.4 | |
| Falmouth | 2.8 | 0.1 | 21.9 | 24.8 | |
| Buckingham | 4.8 | 0.7 | 16.8 | 22.3 | |
| Buckingham | 4.8 | 0.7 | 16.8 | 22.3 | |
| York | 4.2 | 0.5 | 17.7 | 22.4 | |
| York | 4.2 | 0.5 | 17.7 | 22.4 | |
| Harper Adams | 5.4 | 0.2 | 16.9 | 22.4 | |
| Telford | 5.4 | 0.2 | 16.9 | 22.4 | |
| Rose Bruford College | 6.7 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 24.4 | |
| Sidcup | 6.7 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 24.4 | |
| Reading | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 25.9 | |
| Reading | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 25.9 | |
| Royal Holloway | 7.5 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 28.1 | |
| Egham | 7.5 | 0.8 | 19.8 | 28.1 | |
| Oxford Brookes | 6.4 | 0.9 | 21.1 | 28.4 | |
| Oxford | 6.4 | 0.9 | 21.0 | 28.4 | |
| Swindon | 6.3 | 0.6 | 22.4 | 29.3 | |
| Surrey | 4.9 | 0.6 | 23.2 | 28.7 | |
| Guildford | 4.9 | 0.6 | 23.2 | 28.7 | |
| Warwick | 8.3 | 1.0 | 20.4 | 29.7 | |
| Warwick | 8.3 | 1.0 | 20.4 | 29.7 | |
| St Mary's | 7.3 | 1.9 | 21.4 | 30.6 | |
| Twickenham | 7.3 | 1.9 | 21.4 | 30.6 | |
| Winchester | 4.8 | 0.5 | 25.6 | 30.9 | |
| Winchester (King Alfred) | 4.8 | 0.5 | 25.6 | 30.9 | |
| Bath | 7.2 | 0.7 | 23.8 | 31.7 | |
| Bath | 7.1 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 31.2 | |
| Warminster (Centre for Addiction Treatment Studies) | 9.7 | 4.1 | 33.0 | 46.8 | |
| East Anglia | 4.9 | 0.8 | 26.1 | 31.8 | |
| Norwich | 4.9 | 0.8 | 26.1 | 31.8 | |
| Bucks New | 6.0 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 33.1 | |
| Aylesbury Vale | 4.7 | 0.6 | 19.2 | 24.5 | |
| High Wycombe | 5.0 | 0.8 | 25.3 | 31.1 | |
| Langley Campus, East Berkshire College | 6.5 | 1.1 | 26.3 | 33.9 | |
| Uxbridge | 7.9 | 3.0 | 28.1 | 39.0 | |
| Writtle University College | 8.3 | 0.8 | 24.6 | 33.7 | |
| Writtle College | 8.3 | 0.8 | 24.6 | 33.7 | |
| Worcester | 5.7 | 0.9 | 27.1 | 33.8 | |
| Worcester | 5.7 | 0.9 | 27.1 | 33.8 | |
| Bath Spa | 6.5 | 0.8 | 26.7 | 34.0 | |
| Bath (Newton Park) | 4.8 | 0.6 | 20.8 | 26.2 | |
| Bath (Sion Hill) | 8.1 | 0.8 | 26.3 | 35.1 | |
| Bath (The Circus) | 6.8 | 0.9 | 29.0 | 36.6 | |
| Bishop Grosseteste | 9.5 | 0.7 | 23.9 | 34.0 | |
| Lincoln | 9.5 | 0.7 | 23.9 | 34.0 | |
| Edge Hill | 6.3 | 0.7 | 27.4 | 34.4 | |
| Ormskirk | 6.1 | 0.6 | 26.5 | 33.2 | |
| Manchester (Armstrong House) | 9.5 | 1.5 | 37.3 | 48.4 | |
| Keele | 5.1 | 1.1 | 28.2 | 34.4 | |
| Keele | 5.1 | 1.1 | 28.2 | 34.4 | |
| Cambridge | 6.2 | 1.6 | 26.8 | 34.6 | |
| Cambridge | 6.2 | 1.6 | 26.8 | 34.6 | |
| Chichester | 5.3 | 0.5 | 28.9 | 34.7 | |
| Chichester (Bishop Otter) | 5.6 | 0.3 | 28.3 | 34.3 | |
| Bognor Regis | 4.4 | 0.9 | 30.6 | 35.9 | |
| Hertfordshire | 6.0 | 1.7 | 27.3 | 35.0 | |
| Hatfield | 6.0 | 1.7 | 27.3 | 35.0 | |
| Kingston | 7.0 | 2.5 | 25.4 | 35.0 | |
| Kingston | 7.0 | 2.5 | 25.4 | 35.0 | |
| Sheffield | 10.5 | 1.8 | 22.8 | 35.1 | |
| Sheffield | 10.5 | 1.8 | 22.8 | 35.1 | |
| Anglia Ruskin | 6.9 | 1.8 | 26.8 | 35.4 | |
| Cambridge | 5.9 | 1.0 | 20.7 | 27.5 | |
| Peterborough (Guild House) | 6.1 | 1.1 | 22.0 | 29.2 | |
| Cambridge (College of West Anglia) | 4.9 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 31.5 | |
| Peterborough | 6.1 | 1.0 | 24.8 | 31.8 | |
| Chelmsford | 6.3 | 0.7 | 28.5 | 35.6 | |
| London School of Osteopathy | 7.7 | 3.5 | 28.4 | 39.5 | |
| ARU London Campus | 9.1 | 3.6 | 27.0 | 39.6 | |
| Renew Counselling | 7.8 | 1.5 | 42.1 | 51.3 | |
| Aberystwyth | 4.0 | 0.3 | 31.8 | 36.1 | |
| Aberystwyth | 4.0 | 0.3 | 31.8 | 36.1 | |
| Roehampton | 7.4 | 2.4 | 27.1 | 36.9 | |
| Roehampton | 7.4 | 2.4 | 27.1 | 36.9 | |
| Gloucestershire | 8.3 | 1.3 | 27.4 | 37.1 | |
| Cheltenham | 8.4 | 1.1 | 22.8 | 32.3 | |
| Gloucester | 8.3 | 2.0 | 38.1 | 48.3 | |
| St George's, University of London | 8.5 | 3.1 | 26.6 | 38.3 | |
| Tooting | 8.5 | 3.1 | 26.6 | 38.3 | |
| University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 5.5 | 0.7 | 32.3 | 38.5 | |
| Lampeter | 3.5 | 0.2 | 19.4 | 23.2 | |
| Coleg Sir Gar | 3.5 | 0.3 | 25.0 | 28.7 | |
| Cardiff | 5.8 | 0.6 | 29.2 | 35.5 | |
| London | 7.8 | 2.8 | 26.8 | 37.4 | |
| Carmarthen | 4.3 | 0.3 | 36.9 | 41.5 | |
| Swansea | 6.6 | 0.9 | 35.6 | 43.1 | |
| Swansea | 6.8 | 0.8 | 30.9 | 38.6 | |
| Bay Campus | 5.4 | 0.4 | 28.2 | 33.9 | |
| Swansea (Singleton) | 7.2 | 1.0 | 31.8 | 40.0 | |
| Middlesex | 9.0 | 3.7 | 26.1 | 38.8 | |
| Tayside Aviation | 3.5 | 0.4 | 15.3 | 19.2 | |
| Allianz Park | 8.8 | 1.8 | 19.1 | 29.7 | |
| College of Animal Welfare | 7.7 | 1.8 | 24.1 | 33.6 | |
| Helicentre Aviation | 6.4 | 0.7 | 26.7 | 33.8 | |
| Hendon | 8.4 | 3.1 | 23.4 | 34.8 | |
| CTC Aviation | 7.2 | 0.9 | 33.9 | 42.0 | |
| Royal Free Hospital | 9.7 | 4.9 | 29.6 | 44.3 | |
| Newman | 10.0 | 2.8 | 26.0 | 38.8 | |
| Birmingham | 10.0 | 2.8 | 26.0 | 38.8 | |
| Exeter | 3.6 | 0.8 | 34.6 | 39.0 | |
| Penryn (Cornwall) | 2.3 | 0.1 | 17.7 | 20.2 | |
| Exeter | 3.7 | 0.9 | 37.0 | 41.7 | |
| Loughborough | 13.0 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 39.3 | |
| Loughborough | 13.0 | 0.9 | 25.4 | 39.3 | |
| West London | 8.8 | 3.0 | 27.9 | 39.6 | |
| Reading | 5.9 | 1.2 | 27.1 | 34.2 | |
| Ealing/Brentford | 9.2 | 3.2 | 28.0 | 40.3 | |
| Royal Veterinary College | 8.6 | 4.3 | 27.0 | 39.8 | |
| Hawkshead | 6.5 | 0.8 | 17.6 | 24.9 | |
| Camden | 10.6 | 7.7 | 36.1 | 54.4 | |
| Bedfordshire | 9.0 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 40.1 | |
| Bedford College | 5.6 | 0.4 | 17.3 | 23.4 | |
| Bedford | 6.9 | 1.3 | 23.1 | 31.4 | |
| Milton Keynes | 5.6 | 0.9 | 25.6 | 32.1 | |
| New Stamford College | 7.3 | 1.1 | 26.6 | 35.1 | |
| London School of Commerce Birmingham | 8.2 | 2.0 | 30.2 | 40.3 | |
| London School of Commerce | 8.6 | 4.1 | 28.8 | 41.4 | |
| Central Bedfordshire College | 6.9 | 1.1 | 35.1 | 43.1 | |
| Luton | 11.0 | 2.4 | 31.5 | 44.9 | |
| Birmingham | 12.7 | 4.1 | 23.4 | 40.3 | |
| Edgbaston | 12.7 | 4.1 | 23.4 | 40.3 | |
| Royal College of Music | 11.1 | 3.8 | 25.7 | 40.6 | |
| Prince Consort Road | 11.1 | 3.8 | 25.7 | 40.6 | |
| Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | 10.9 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 40.6 | |
| Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | 10.9 | 4.7 | 25.1 | 40.6 | |
| Brunel | 7.9 | 2.7 | 30.2 | 40.9 | |
| Uxbridge | 7.9 | 2.7 | 30.2 | 40.9 | |
| East London | 8.3 | 4.2 | 28.6 | 41.0 | |
| Docklands | 7.3 | 3.3 | 26.8 | 37.3 | |
| Stratford | 9.0 | 4.8 | 29.8 | 43.6 | |
| University for the Creative Arts | 6.9 | 1.2 | 33.1 | 41.2 | |
| Farnham | 6.0 | 0.3 | 19.2 | 25.5 | |
| Epsom | 7.2 | 1.7 | 25.1 | 34.0 | |
| Maidstone Studios | 5.5 | 0.7 | 37.7 | 43.9 | |
| Canterbury | 6.9 | 1.3 | 48.7 | 56.8 | |
| Rochester | 8.2 | 2.1 | 61.9 | 72.2 | |
| Brighton | 5.5 | 1.4 | 34.5 | 41.4 | |
| Moulsecoomb | 3.6 | 0.5 | 21.6 | 25.8 | |
| Falmer | 5.3 | 1.3 | 24.0 | 30.6 | |
| Eastbourne | 5.6 | 1.0 | 34.7 | 41.3 | |
| Hastings | 7.1 | 1.3 | 41.4 | 49.9 | |
| Brighton (Grand Parade) | 6.2 | 2.1 | 44.3 | 52.6 | |
| Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 10.1 | 5.0 | 26.6 | 41.7 | |
| Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 10.1 | 5.0 | 26.6 | 41.7 | |
| Sussex | 5.1 | 1.4 | 35.3 | 41.8 | |
| Falmer | 5.1 | 1.4 | 35.3 | 41.8 | |
| Lancaster | 7.5 | 0.5 | 34.4 | 42.3 | |
| Bailrigg | 7.5 | 0.5 | 34.4 | 42.3 | |
| Bournemouth | 9.9 | 0.9 | 31.6 | 42.4 | |
| Yeovil Campus | 4.7 | 0.5 | 24.2 | 29.4 | |
| St Mary's Community Health Campus, Portsmouth | 6.5 | 1.2 | 28.6 | 36.3 | |
| Bournemouth | 10.4 | 0.9 | 32.2 | 43.5 | |
| Suffolk | 6.7 | 1.2 | 34.6 | 42.5 | |
| Ipswich | 6.7 | 1.2 | 34.6 | 42.5 | |
| Liverpool Hope | 10.3 | 1.4 | 30.9 | 42.6 | |
| Liverpool (Hope Park) | 9.9 | 0.6 | 21.9 | 32.4 | |
| Liverpool (Creative) | 11.0 | 2.5 | 45.2 | 58.7 | |
| Ravensbourne | 9.0 | 3.5 | 30.1 | 42.6 | |
| Ravensbourne | 9.0 | 3.5 | 30.1 | 42.6 | |
| Trinity Laban | 9.8 | 3.8 | 29.4 | 43.0 | |
| Greenwich | 9.8 | 3.8 | 29.4 | 43.0 | |
| Derby | 10.0 | 2.1 | 31.2 | 43.4 | |
| Buxton | 8.1 | 0.8 | 20.6 | 29.6 | |
| Chesterfield | 6.5 | 0.7 | 24.1 | 31.3 | |
| Leek | 4.7 | 0.7 | 28.1 | 33.5 | |
| Derby | 10.6 | 2.3 | 32.6 | 45.5 | |
| Nottingham | 10.2 | 2.2 | 31.5 | 43.9 | |
| Sutton Bonington | 6.6 | 0.6 | 17.6 | 24.8 | |
| Royal Derby Hospital | 8.5 | 1.7 | 26.2 | 36.3 | |
| Nottingham City Hospital | 6.4 | 1.0 | 29.4 | 36.8 | |
| Nottingham | 10.7 | 2.3 | 32.6 | 45.7 | |
| Wolverhampton | 9.5 | 2.7 | 31.9 | 44.1 | |
| Burton Hospital Centre | 6.9 | 1.1 | 27.8 | 35.8 | |
| Telford | 6.4 | 0.6 | 31.3 | 38.4 | |
| Walsall | 10.0 | 3.4 | 28.5 | 41.9 | |
| Wolverhampton (City) | 9.6 | 2.4 | 36.5 | 48.4 | |
| London Metropolitan University | 9.4 | 4.7 | 30.1 | 44.2 | |
| Holloway | 9.9 | 4.7 | 28.7 | 43.3 | |
| Moorgate | 9.1 | 4.9 | 29.6 | 43.5 | |
| Aldgate | 9.2 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 45.2 | |
| Cumbria | 7.0 | 0.7 | 36.7 | 44.4 | |
| Carlisle (Brampton Road) | 2.9 | 0.2 | 14.2 | 17.3 | |
| Ambleside | 6.9 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 26.7 | |
| At Energus, Workington | 4.9 | 0.3 | 28.9 | 34.1 | |
| London | 8.5 | 4.0 | 28.2 | 40.6 | |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 4.1 | 0.4 | 36.6 | 41.1 | |
| Lancaster | 8.6 | 0.6 | 35.4 | 44.6 | |
| Carlisle (Paternoster Row) | 6.6 | 0.6 | 48.9 | 56.1 | |
| Carlisle (Fusehill Street) | 6.9 | 0.5 | 51.0 | 58.5 | |
| West of England, Bristol | 8.3 | 1.8 | 34.5 | 44.6 | |
| Gloucester | 6.7 | 1.1 | 22.8 | 30.6 | |
| (Bristol) Glenside | 6.6 | 1.0 | 26.6 | 34.2 | |
| (Bristol) Frenchay | 9.0 | 0.9 | 25.8 | 35.8 | |
| Bristol (City) | 11.4 | 3.7 | 55.5 | 70.6 | |
| South Wales | 6.4 | 0.8 | 37.4 | 44.7 | |
| Newport | 7.0 | 1.1 | 30.0 | 38.1 | |
| Treforest | 5.2 | 0.4 | 34.5 | 40.1 | |
| Cardiff | 7.8 | 1.4 | 44.4 | 53.5 | |
| Greenwich | 8.7 | 3.0 | 33.2 | 44.9 | |
| Avery Hill | 8.0 | 1.5 | 25.4 | 34.9 | |
| Greenwich | 9.3 | 4.0 | 29.2 | 42.5 | |
| Medway | 8.2 | 2.2 | 62.1 | 72.5 | |
| Goldsmiths | 9.7 | 4.9 | 30.4 | 45.0 | |
| New Cross | 9.7 | 4.9 | 30.4 | 45.0 | |
| Westminster | 9.7 | 5.0 | 30.6 | 45.3 | |
| Harrow | 7.3 | 3.8 | 26.5 | 37.6 | |
| Marylebone | 12.5 | 5.4 | 27.8 | 45.7 | |
| Regent | 10.1 | 5.3 | 31.7 | 47.0 | |
| Law School | 9.9 | 4.7 | 35.3 | 49.9 | |
| Cavendish | 10.5 | 5.7 | 34.3 | 50.5 | |
| Birkbeck | 10.2 | 4.9 | 30.8 | 45.9 | |
| Stratford | 8.2 | 3.9 | 29.0 | 41.0 | |
| Bloomsbury | 11.2 | 5.3 | 31.7 | 48.3 | |
| York St John | 8.4 | 1.2 | 36.4 | 46.0 | |
| York | 8.4 | 1.2 | 36.4 | 46.0 | |
| Birmingham City | 10.1 | 4.7 | 31.5 | 46.2 | |
| Birmingham (City North) | 9.6 | 2.7 | 26.7 | 39.0 | |
| Birmingham (City South) | 11.4 | 4.0 | 28.6 | 44.0 | |
| Birmingham (City Centre) | 9.4 | 6.7 | 37.5 | 53.6 | |
| Coventry | 10.7 | 5.4 | 30.4 | 46.5 | |
| East London Campus | 7.7 | 3.0 | 28.9 | 39.7 | |
| Scarborough | 6.0 | 0.6 | 36.5 | 43.1 | |
| Coventry | 10.4 | 5.3 | 28.8 | 44.4 | |
| London | 17.8 | 8.3 | 63.0 | 89.1 | |
| London South Bank | 10.1 | 4.7 | 32.3 | 47.1 | |
| Havering | 7.9 | 2.5 | 28.9 | 39.3 | |
| Southwark | 10.5 | 5.1 | 33.0 | 48.7 | |
| Lincoln | 9.7 | 1.2 | 36.5 | 47.5 | |
| Lincoln | 9.7 | 1.2 | 36.5 | 47.5 | |
| Leeds Trinity University | 14.2 | 1.3 | 32.1 | 47.6 | |
| Leeds | 14.2 | 1.3 | 32.1 | 47.6 | |
| Essex | 7.0 | 1.3 | 39.4 | 47.8 | |
| Loughton | 9.2 | 2.6 | 27.6 | 39.4 | |
| Colchester | 6.5 | 1.0 | 37.4 | 44.9 | |
| Southend | 9.8 | 3.2 | 66.3 | 79.3 | |
| Oxford | 5.6 | 1.7 | 40.7 | 48.0 | |
| Oxford | 5.6 | 1.7 | 40.7 | 48.0 | |
| Southampton | 8.9 | 1.4 | 37.9 | 48.2 | |
| Winchester | 5.9 | 0.7 | 27.6 | 34.3 | |
| Southampton | 9.1 | 1.4 | 38.6 | 49.1 | |
| Cardiff Metropolitan | 7.7 | 1.1 | 39.4 | 48.2 | |
| Llandaff | 7.2 | 0.8 | 32.0 | 40.1 | |
| Cyncoed | 8.0 | 1.3 | 44.4 | 53.7 | |
| Queen Mary | 10.7 | 5.0 | 32.7 | 48.3 | |
| Mile End | 9.3 | 4.6 | 28.8 | 42.7 | |
| Whitechapel | 12.5 | 5.5 | 37.9 | 56.0 | |
| Hull | 12.5 | 1.3 | 34.6 | 48.4 | |
| Hull | 12.5 | 1.3 | 34.6 | 48.4 | |
| Imperial College London | 12.4 | 5.8 | 30.4 | 48.6 | |
| South Kensington | 12.4 | 5.8 | 30.4 | 48.6 | |
| Royal Academy of Music | 12.6 | 6.1 | 30.1 | 48.8 | |
| Royal Academy of Music | 12.6 | 6.1 | 30.1 | 48.8 | |
| Arts University Bournemouth | 11.3 | 1.2 | 37.7 | 50.2 | |
| Bournemouth | 11.3 | 1.2 | 37.7 | 50.2 | |
| Durham | 7.6 | 0.7 | 41.9 | 50.3 | |
| Durham | 6.5 | 0.5 | 40.0 | 47.0 | |
| Stockton (Queen's) | 14.2 | 1.7 | 52.5 | 68.5 | |
| Chester | 5.5 | 0.7 | 44.4 | 50.6 | |
| Leighton Hospital, Crewe | 4.2 | 0.4 | 29.6 | 34.2 | |
| Thornton | 4.4 | 0.5 | 31.0 | 35.9 | |
| Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebington | 7.5 | 0.7 | 32.4 | 40.6 | |
| Warrington | 6.4 | 1.0 | 33.9 | 41.3 | |
| Shrewsbury | 7.0 | 0.8 | 35.9 | 43.6 | |
| Parkgate Road/Kingsway/Riverside/Queen's Park Campus | 5.2 | 0.6 | 51.3 | 57.1 | |
| City, University of London | 11.5 | 5.7 | 33.8 | 51.0 | |
| Northampton Square | 11.5 | 5.7 | 33.8 | 51.0 | |
| Staffordshire | 7.9 | 1.8 | 42.0 | 51.8 | |
| Stafford | 5.4 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 29.5 | |
| Oasis College | 7.0 | 1.7 | 23.4 | 32.2 | |
| Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus | 5.4 | 0.4 | 27.8 | 33.7 | |
| National Design Academy | 7.9 | 1.1 | 26.0 | 35.1 | |
| South Staffordshire College - Rodbaston Site | 7.5 | 1.3 | 26.7 | 35.6 | |
| South Staffordshire College - Lichfield Site | 8.4 | 2.5 | 26.2 | 37.1 | |
| Stoke on Trent | 8.2 | 2.0 | 46.8 | 56.9 | |
| Kent | 6.1 | 1.6 | 44.2 | 51.9 | |
| Canterbury | 5.7 | 1.4 | 42.9 | 50.1 | |
| Medway | 7.5 | 2.2 | 49.2 | 58.9 | |
| Norwich University of the Arts | 7.5 | 2.2 | 43.3 | 53.0 | |
| Norwich | 7.5 | 2.2 | 43.3 | 53.0 | |
| Plymouth | 6.8 | 0.9 | 45.5 | 53.2 | |
| Peninsula Allied Health Centre | 2.6 | 0.1 | 21.5 | 24.2 | |
| Truro (Knowledge Spa) | 3.3 | 0.2 | 23.0 | 26.4 | |
| The Exeter School of Nursing | 4.4 | 0.6 | 27.0 | 31.9 | |
| University of Plymouth Campus | 7.6 | 1.1 | 50.9 | 59.6 | |
| Northumbria | 8.1 | 1.1 | 44.2 | 53.4 | |
| Newcastle | 8.1 | 1.1 | 44.2 | 53.4 | |
| SOAS University of London | 12.1 | 6.7 | 34.8 | 53.6 | |
| Bloomsbury | 12.1 | 6.7 | 34.8 | 53.6 | |
| Sheffield Hallam | 10.8 | 3.3 | 40.0 | 54.1 | |
| Sheffield (Collegiate Crescent) | 10.3 | 1.2 | 19.1 | 30.7 | |
| Sheffield (City) | 11.0 | 4.2 | 49.1 | 64.3 | |
| University of the Arts London | 12.1 | 6.2 | 36.3 | 54.6 | |
| Wimbledon College of Arts | 7.2 | 1.9 | 20.8 | 29.9 | |
| Camberwell | 8.9 | 4.2 | 28.2 | 41.3 | |
| Chelsea College of Arts | 9.4 | 5.2 | 34.7 | 49.3 | |
| Central Saint Martins | 12.2 | 7.1 | 33.9 | 53.2 | |
| London College of Fashion | 14.3 | 7.5 | 37.5 | 59.3 | |
| London College of Communication | 18.5 | 8.7 | 63.4 | 90.6 | |
| Northampton | 9.9 | 2.6 | 42.4 | 54.9 | |
| Northampton (Park) | 8.2 | 1.3 | 27.1 | 36.6 | |
| University of Northampton Waterside Campus | 7.7 | 1.6 | 33.6 | 42.9 | |
| Northampton (Avenue) | 10.2 | 2.9 | 45.2 | 58.4 | |
| University of Northampton Innovation Centre | 12.8 | 3.9 | 60.2 | 76.9 | |
| Bangor | 8.6 | 0.2 | 46.1 | 55.0 | |
| Wrexham | 6.5 | 0.5 | 38.0 | 45.1 | |
| Bangor | 8.8 | 0.2 | 46.8 | 55.8 | |
| Newcastle | 8.4 | 1.3 | 46.6 | 56.2 | |
| London | 7.3 | 1.6 | 22.8 | 31.7 | |
| Newcastle | 8.4 | 1.3 | 46.7 | 56.4 | |
| Aston | 10.0 | 7.1 | 39.3 | 56.4 | |
| Aston | 10.0 | 7.1 | 39.3 | 56.4 | |
| Canterbury Christ Church | 7.0 | 1.5 | 48.2 | 56.6 | |
| Medway | 6.6 | 1.6 | 37.7 | 45.8 | |
| Canterbury | 7.1 | 1.4 | 52.2 | 60.7 | |
| King's College London | 12.4 | 6.5 | 38.0 | 56.9 | |
| Denmark Hill Campus | 8.4 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 38.8 | |
| The Strand | 13.6 | 7.2 | 37.6 | 58.4 | |
| Guy's Campus | 13.4 | 7.3 | 43.7 | 64.5 | |
| Sunderland | 9.4 | 1.4 | 47.1 | 57.8 | |
| London | 8.6 | 4.2 | 29.2 | 42.1 | |
| University of Sunderland | 9.5 | 0.9 | 50.0 | 60.4 | |
| Wrexham Glyndŵr | 8.5 | 0.9 | 48.4 | 57.8 | |
| Northop | 5.3 | 0.4 | 33.7 | 39.4 | |
| Wrexham | 9.6 | 1.0 | 53.2 | 63.8 | |
| Leicester | 13.1 | 2.6 | 42.3 | 58.0 | |
| Leicester | 13.1 | 2.6 | 42.3 | 58.0 | |
| Huddersfield | 9.8 | 2.1 | 46.8 | 58.7 | |
| Huddersfield (Queensgate) | 9.8 | 2.1 | 46.8 | 58.7 | |
| Nottingham Trent | 9.1 | 3.6 | 46.1 | 58.8 | |
| Brackenhurst | 5.3 | 0.5 | 21.3 | 27.0 | |
| Clifton | 6.1 | 1.2 | 25.1 | 32.4 | |
| Confetti Institute of Creative Technology | 6.3 | 2.8 | 51.5 | 60.5 | |
| Nottingham (City) | 11.5 | 5.0 | 53.1 | 69.6 | |
| Bristol | 12.4 | 3.1 | 43.9 | 59.4 | |
| Bristol | 12.4 | 3.1 | 43.9 | 59.4 | |
| Cardiff | 8.1 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 59.6 | |
| Cardiff | 8.1 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 59.6 | |
| Portsmouth | 9.0 | 1.4 | 49.3 | 59.6 | |
| Portsmouth | 9.0 | 1.4 | 49.3 | 59.6 | |
| Liverpool | 11.2 | 2.9 | 46.3 | 60.4 | |
| Birkenhead Sixth Form College | 5.7 | 0.4 | 21.8 | 27.8 | |
| Carmel College | 7.9 | 1.4 | 33.0 | 42.3 | |
| Liverpool | 11.6 | 3.1 | 47.9 | 62.6 | |
| University College London | 14.1 | 9.0 | 39.4 | 62.5 | |
| Bloomsbury | 14.1 | 9.0 | 39.4 | 62.5 | |
| Salford | 11.5 | 3.9 | 47.2 | 62.5 | |
| Salford (Media City) | 9.3 | 1.7 | 36.8 | 47.8 | |
| Salford | 12.3 | 4.8 | 51.3 | 68.3 | |
| Liverpool John Moores | 10.6 | 3.1 | 49.4 | 63.0 | |
| Liverpool (IM Marsh) | 6.8 | 0.9 | 28.2 | 35.9 | |
| Liverpool (Greenbank) | 10.3 | 0.9 | 28.7 | 39.9 | |
| Liverpool (City) | 11.2 | 3.8 | 56.8 | 71.8 | |
| Leeds | 16.4 | 4.1 | 42.8 | 63.3 | |
| Leeds | 16.4 | 4.1 | 42.8 | 63.3 | |
| Leeds Beckett | 16.3 | 3.1 | 44.1 | 63.5 | |
| Leeds (Headingley) | 17.6 | 1.4 | 34.4 | 53.4 | |
| Leeds (City) | 15.4 | 4.3 | 51.0 | 70.7 | |
| Manchester Metropolitan | 13.9 | 6.2 | 43.7 | 63.8 | |
| Crewe (Cheshire) | 4.5 | 0.6 | 30.1 | 35.2 | |
| Manchester City FC Etihad Campus | 11.0 | 2.4 | 44.4 | 57.8 | |
| University of Manchester/MMU | 15.9 | 7.0 | 35.2 | 58.0 | |
| Manchester | 14.8 | 10.8 | 81.4 | 106.9 | |
| De Montfort | 14.9 | 2.8 | 48.9 | 66.5 | |
| Leicester | 14.9 | 2.8 | 48.9 | 66.5 | |
| Bolton | 12.7 | 2.9 | 53.0 | 68.5 | |
| Bolton | 12.7 | 2.9 | 53.0 | 68.5 | |
| Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts | 10.8 | 4.0 | 56.2 | 70.9 | |
| Liverpool | 10.8 | 4.0 | 56.2 | 70.9 | |
| Central Lancashire | 13.1 | 1.7 | 57.4 | 72.2 | |
| Moor Row (Westlakes) | 4.2 | 0.3 | 33.8 | 38.3 | |
| SSR London | 10.0 | 4.8 | 34.8 | 49.6 | |
| Burnley | 11.7 | 1.6 | 43.7 | 57.0 | |
| Preston | 13.5 | 1.7 | 60.3 | 75.5 | |
| Teesside | 15.0 | 2.1 | 55.2 | 72.3 | |
| Teesside | 15.0 | 2.1 | 55.2 | 72.3 | |
| Royal Northern College of Music | 14.3 | 9.1 | 50.3 | 73.6 | |
| Manchester | 14.3 | 9.1 | 50.3 | 73.6 | |
| Manchester | 19.2 | 9.4 | 50.9 | 79.6 | |
| Xaverian College | 20.3 | 7.3 | 31.2 | 58.7 | |
| Manchester | 17.1 | 13.8 | 91.4 | 122.3 | |
| Leeds Arts University | 18.5 | 4.9 | 59.1 | 82.5 | |
| Leeds (Blenheim Walk) | 18.5 | 4.9 | 59.1 | 82.5 | |
| London School of Economics | 19.2 | 11.2 | 53.5 | 83.9 | |
| Westminster | 19.2 | 11.2 | 53.5 | 83.9 | |
| Bradford | 13.9 | 4.5 | 72.2 | 90.5 | |
| Dewsbury Hospital | 10.9 | 1.9 | 45.5 | 58.2 | |
| Bradford | 14.5 | 5.0 | 77.6 | 97.0 | |
| Courtauld Institute of Art | 16.2 | 11.0 | 64.8 | 92.0 | |
| Vernon Square | 16.2 | 11.0 | 64.8 | 92.0 | |
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How we compile the crime table
- In light of professional advice, the data presented is of the crimes most relevant to students: robbery, burglary, and violence and sexual crimes.
- The universities are ranked on the combined rate of all three crimes occurring in the past 12 months, in areas where students live in term-time.
- The official data for crime specifically against students are not available – these figures are based on all the victims in the vicinity, not just students.
- These data aim to assist students with the university decision process, when their prospective universities cannot provide the relevant information.
Notes
- These statistics are derived from data produced by police.uk, Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics, and used under Open Government Licence v3. Student term-time accommodation data, HESA 2016–17.
- The ranking is based on the relative levels of crimes of relevance to students. It does not record crimes in which students are themselves involved.
- We calculated the annual reported incidents per thousand residents for the period September 2017–August 2018 by each ward or electoral division in England and Wales. For each institution, these crime rates were then combined using a weighting derived from the proportion of the institution's students who lived in each ward.
- Where universities have multiple campuses, the figures relate to the aggregate for the institution. Crime heat maps around universities can be found in the university profiles, on the Living Here tab.
- Because they are based on resident populations and therefore take no account of short-stay visitors and commuters, the figures may over-represent crime levels. However, this reporting problem is a common issue and the relative crime rates remain valid.
- Comparable data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not available. Rankings for cities and towns in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with two or more universities are available – see how safe is your city?
The police.uk definitions of the three selected crimes are:
- Burglary includes offences where a person enters a house or other building with the intention of stealing;
- Robbery includes offences where a person uses force or threat of force to steal;
- Violence & Sexual Crime includes offences against the person such as common assaults, Grievous Bodily Harm and sexual offences.
Updated November 2018.