Crime in Hugh Town
Recorded crime in Hugh Town is about the Isles of Scilly average and 0.3 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 159%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Hugh Town: about 1,435 residents in 1 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 10/10Very low crime
- Living
- 4.1/10Weak
- 5-year change
- +159%more crimes
- vs the council
- 1.0×the Isles of Scilly average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Hugh Town.
Crime over 5 years
Up 159% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Hugh Town, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: about the Isles of Scilly average (0.3× the England and Wales average). 23 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 61% of the harm here
- Burglary: 18% of the harm here
- Other theft: 9% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 61% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 4.4 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Isles of Scilly (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Isles of Scilly council area, not only Hugh Town. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 1 | - | - |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 4 | - | - |
| Burglary of homes | 2 | - | - |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
Road collisions
Isles of Scilly, 2023 to 2025: 2.3 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 1 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. No one was killed in those 3 years.
1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 43% 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.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1.7 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 9.1 |
| Drugs | 1.3 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.1 |
| Other crime | 0.6 |
| Other theft | 3.8 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.0 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 3.1 |
| Public order | 0.8 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.6 |
| Shoplifting | 1.0 |
Postcode districts in Hugh Town
Nearby towns
Council: Isles of Scilly
Questions about crime in Hugh Town
- Is Hugh Town a safe place to live?
- Hugh Town scores 10 out of 10 for safety (very low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is about the Isles of Scilly average.
- Is crime going up or down in Hugh Town?
- Up 159% over 5 years, from 21 recorded crimes a year to 53.
- What is the most common crime in Hugh Town?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 9 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Hugh Town compare with Isles of Scilly?
- Crime severity in Hugh Town is about the Isles of Scilly average.
- How many cars are stolen in Hugh Town?
- In Isles of Scilly, the council area Hugh Town is in, the police recorded 1 car stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026).
- Is vandalism common in Hugh Town?
- Vandalism is rare there: 4 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Isles of Scilly, the council area Hugh Town is in.
- How many murders were there in Hugh Town last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Isles of Scilly, the council area Hugh Town is in, against 0 the year before.