Is Renfrewshire a safe place to live?

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Renfrewshire living scores and map: schools, transport, health and official crime figures

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188,610 residents in 246 neighbourhoods.

Safety: -Not scored yet: Scotland
Living: 6.3/10Fair

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What crimes are recorded in Renfrewshire

Crimes recorded by the police in Renfrewshire, April 2025 to March 2026, by crime group. Cleared up: the share of those crimes where there was enough evidence under Scots law to consider criminal proceedings.

Recorded crime by group, 2025/26
Crime	Crimes in 2025/26	Per 1,000 residents	Crimes in 2024/25	Cleared up	Scotland per 1,000
All crimes	10,071	53.2	9,667	60%	56.9
Non-sexual crimes of violence	2,284	12.1	2,171	72%	13.6
Sexual crimes	489	2.6	442	55%	3.0
Crimes of dishonesty	3,628	19.2	3,711	39%	21.3
Damage and reckless behaviour	1,174	6.2	1,161	30%	6.9
Crimes against society	2,496	13.2	2,182	94%	12.1

More: the crimes in each group

Recorded crime by type, 2025/26
Crime	Crimes in 2025/26	Per 1,000 residents	Crimes in 2024/25	Cleared up	Scotland per 1,000
Non-sexual crimes of violence
Common assault	1,910	10.1	1,829	72%	11.3
Death by dangerous driving	5	0.0	2	140%	0.0
Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018	53	0.3	62	74%	0.6
Murder and culpable homicide	2	0.0	1	50%	0.0
Other non-sexual violence	125	0.7	109	53%	0.8
Robbery	82	0.4	48	72%	0.3
Serious assault and attempted murder	107	0.6	120	83%	0.6
Sexual crimes
Causing to view sexual activity or images	61	0.3	60	61%	0.5
Communicating indecently	52	0.3	68	69%	0.3
Crimes associated with prostitution	0	0.0	3	-	0.0
Indecent photos of children	31	0.2	25	97%	0.2
Other sexual crimes	49	0.3	56	53%	0.3
Rape & attempted rape	123	0.7	69	37%	0.6
Sexual assault	142	0.8	145	57%	0.9
Threatening to or disclosing intimate images	31	0.2	16	39%	0.2
Crimes of dishonesty
Fraud	488	2.6	483	15%	2.8
Housebreaking	192	1.0	203	30%	1.3
Other dishonesty	188	1.0	132	57%	0.8
Other theft	961	5.1	1,151	29%	5.5
Shoplifting	1,574	8.3	1,485	52%	9.6
Theft by opening lockfast places	33	0.2	41	6%	0.2
Theft from a motor vehicle	39	0.2	78	21%	0.3
Theft of a motor vehicle	153	0.8	138	49%	0.9
Damage and reckless behaviour
Fire-raising	79	0.4	123	20%	0.5
Reckless conduct	105	0.6	92	56%	0.5
Vandalism	990	5.2	946	28%	5.9
Crimes against society
Crimes against public justice	1,113	5.9	991	99%	5.3
Drugs - Possession	711	3.8	615	95%	3.6
Drugs - Supply	177	0.9	148	91%	0.9
Other crimes against society	11	0.1	15	91%	0.1
Weapons possession (not used)	190	1.0	167	91%	0.8
Weapons possession (used)	294	1.6	246	73%	1.4

Source: Scottish Government, Recorded crimes and offences and Crime clear up rates (Open Government Licence).

Road collisions

Renfrewshire, 2023 to 2025: 123 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 60 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 12 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.

0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 49% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).

Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

Towns and cities in Renfrewshire

Postcode districts in Renfrewshire

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