Photo: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0Linton stands out for vehicle crime: 3 times the rate of a typical town its size
Of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 25% record more crime per resident. Typical years here bring 23.9 violent and sexual offences plus 10.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. All told, Linton grades B− for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Recorded violence rose 41% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Linton
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 41% more violent crime per resident in Linton than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Linton has the 373rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Tisbury, Lindford and Watlington, higher than Brimscombe and Thrupp, Chiseldon and Grendon. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Linton: B− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 224 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Linton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Linton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +41% (towns its size +3%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Linton runs highest on vehicle crime (4.7 per 1,000 against 1.5), public order (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and other theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 53 | 24.7 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 4.7 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 5 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Linton against towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | 2,433 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Repton Derbyshire | 2,766 | 14.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 180 | Heage Derbyshire | 2,584 | 18.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 246 | Willington Derbyshire | 2,717 | 19.4 | 7 | 3.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 370 | Brimscombe and Thrupp Gloucestershire | 2,187 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 3.4 | B− |
| 371 | Chiseldon Wiltshire | 2,033 | 24.9 | 9.7 | 3.8 | B− |
| 372 | Grendon Warwickshire | 2,427 | 21.3 | 13.3 | 5 | B− |
| 373 | Linton Derbyshire | 2,145 | 23.9 | 10.9 | 3 | B− |
| 374 | Charing Kent | 2,170 | 21.5 | 13.4 | 5.1 | B− |
| 375 | Upper Halliford Surrey | 2,337 | 23.7 | 11.3 | 4.3 | B− |
| 376 | Witchford Cambridgeshire | 2,386 | 24.2 | 10.9 | 18 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Linton, and others in Derbyshire.
Crime in Linton per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Linton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Linton in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Linton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Linton’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Linton had 0.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Linton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Linton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | 2,145 | 23.9 | 10.9 | B− |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 21.9 | 11.9 | B− |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 40.6 | 12.7 | C− |
| Moira | 3,198 | 19.3 | 10.1 | B |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 38.4 | 14.4 | C− |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 23.8 | 10.2 | B− |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 15.6 | 5 | A− |
| Measham | 5,373 | 24.7 | 15.9 | C |
Linton records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Overseal and Castle Gresley, 0.8 miles away, records 21.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Linton’s 23.9.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Linton sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Linton
Is Linton safe?
Police recorded 23.9 violent and sexual offences and 10.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Linton’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 45% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Linton is 373rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Linton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 41%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 44%, shoplifting and theft rose 175% and anti-social behaviour fell 7%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Linton?
Violence & sexual offences: 53 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (10) and other theft (10), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Linton compare with Burton upon Trent?
Burton upon Trent records 45.2 violent and sexual offences and 13.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Linton’s 23.9 and 10.9, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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