Photo: Ian Calderwood · CC BY-SA 2.0Overseal and Castle Gresley records drugs at 2.5 times the rate of a typical town its size
On violence it beats 52% of UK towns; on burglary, vehicle crime and damage, only 34%. Across all the graded crimes, Overseal and Castle Gresley lands on B− (#20 of 59 in Derbyshire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally climbed 12% in a year. Annual rates stand at 21.9 violent and sexual offences and 11.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Overseal and Castle Gresley
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% more violent crime per resident in Overseal and Castle Gresley than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 18% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 518 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, Overseal and Castle Gresley has the 260th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Arlesey, Sible Hedingham and Bourton-on-the-Water, higher than Earby, Borough Green and Bishop's Waltham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Overseal and Castle Gresley’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 512 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley’s neighbourhoods rank in England
9% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Overseal and Castle Gresley’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Overseal and Castle Gresley runs highest on drugs (2.6 per 1,000 against 1), vehicle crime (4.4 per 1,000 against 2) and other theft (5.1 per 1,000 against 3.2). Anti-social behaviour sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 112 | 22.2 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 31 | 6.1 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 26 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 25 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 24 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 22 | 4.4 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 14 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 14 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 13 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 5 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How crime in Overseal and Castle Gresley has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 +12% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -18% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +86% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -24% (towns its size +0%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 64% of Overseal and Castle Gresley’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (70% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 10% of violent and 7% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 154 crimes.
Crime in Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Among 518 towns its size, Overseal and Castle Gresley ranks 260th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Wingerworth Derbyshire | 6,404 | 14.9 | 5.6 | 3 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | West Hallam Derbyshire | 5,912 | 14.9 | 5.8 | 2.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 59 | Makeney Derbyshire | 4,691 | 15.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Melbourne Derbyshire | 4,860 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 3.4 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 257 | Earby Lancashire | 4,416 | 26.4 | 7.2 | 4.8 | B− |
| 258 | Borough Green Kent | 4,712 | 19.9 | 13.6 | 11.5 | B− |
| 259 | Bishop's Waltham Hampshire | 6,957 | 25.2 | 8.3 | 5.3 | B− |
| 260 | Overseal and Castle Gresley Derbyshire | 5,055 | 21.9 | 11.9 | 5.5 | B− |
| 261 | Fleckney Leicestershire | 4,926 | 23.2 | 10.6 | 3.8 | B− |
| 262 | Rowlands Gill Tyne and Wear | 5,254 | 21.8 | 12 | 12.3 | B− |
| 263 | Ilminster Somerset | 5,961 | 26.9 | 7.1 | 5.8 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 518 | Stainforth South Yorkshire | 5,999 | 72.5 | 49.7 | 14.4 | 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley, and others in Derbyshire.
No one died in a collision on Overseal and Castle Gresley’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 23 collisions with injuries inside Overseal and Castle Gresley in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Overseal and Castle Gresley is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Overseal and Castle Gresley’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Overseal and Castle Gresley had 3.
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 Overseal and Castle Gresley’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Overseal and Castle Gresley
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 21.9 | 11.9 | B− |
| Linton | 2,145 | 23.9 | 10.9 | B− |
| Moira | 3,198 | 19.3 | 10.1 | B |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 23.8 | 10.2 | B− |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 40.6 | 12.7 | C− |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 38.4 | 14.4 | C− |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 15.6 | 5 | A− |
| Measham | 5,373 | 24.7 | 15.9 | C |
Overseal and Castle Gresley records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Moira, 2 miles away, records 19.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Overseal and Castle Gresley’s 21.9.
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 Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley
Is Overseal and Castle Gresley safe?
Police recorded 21.9 violent and sexual offences and 11.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Overseal and Castle Gresley’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 47% of UK towns. Among 518 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, Overseal and Castle Gresley is 260th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 18%, shoplifting and theft rose 86% and anti-social behaviour fell 24%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Violence & sexual offences: 112 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (26) and criminal damage & arson (25), with 31 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Overseal and Castle Gresley 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley’s 21.9 and 11.9, 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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