Yes. Mortimer is safe in an ordinary way, not in the way village brochures promise. Crime runs a little under the West Berkshire average. Unemployment barely registers. Almost nobody lives in an overcrowded home. The only people shocked by the numbers are the ones who thought leaving town meant leaving crime statistics behind.
Thames Valley Police recorded crime in Mortimer at about 62 per 1,000 residents in the year to May 2026, roughly 7% below the West Berkshire average. That covers 458 recorded crimes over the twelve months. A place of this size still produces a crime figure, even if the hanging baskets suggest otherwise. Across the rest of the borough, it's broadly the same.
The West Berkshire rate over the same year was about 67 per 1,000, against Mortimer's 62. A gap of five crimes per 1,000 residents is real but not dramatic, and it puts Mortimer in step with its borough rather than in a quieter league. An estate agent who calls it "crime-free" is rounding in their own favour.
The neighbourhoods behind those figures are settled and uncrowded. Population density averages about 2,240 people per square kilometre across the village's neighbourhood areas. Unemployment is about 2%, and about 2% of households are overcrowded. That describes where the crime happens. It doesn't explain it. It does mean a newcomer will be living on streets where people are mostly at work, at home, or walking a dog.
Across the same twelve months, violence and sexual offences made up about 32% of recorded crime, against about 35% nationally. That's close to normal. The category is a broad legal grouping that includes common assault without injury, and it tops the list almost everywhere. Anti-social behaviour was about 15% against 16% nationally, which is also close. The categories that stand out are criminal damage and arson at about 13% against 7% nationally, shoplifting at about 12% against 8%, other theft at about 8% against 7%, and vehicle crime at about 7% against 5%. The caveat matters here: Mortimer's totals are small enough that a few incidents move a share by several points, so this mix is a snapshot of one year and not a settled feature of the place. One bad month for a single shop could explain the shoplifting figure on its own.
What happens after a report is a separate question, and the answer is less comfortable. Thames Valley Police, the force covering Mortimer, charges a suspect in about 9% of cases, against about 12% nationally, and ranks 37th of 42 forces on that measure. About 37% of its cases close with no suspect identified. Those are force-wide figures for the same twelve months, not Mortimer's own, and they say nothing about how likely a crime is here. They do answer "will they catch whoever did it", and the answer is usually no. Lock the shed.
Mortimer is a safe place to live. Crime sits a little below the borough average, and no part of the figures should keep a buyer awake at night.