Photo: Jim Smillie · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime in the Falkirk council area is about Scotland’s rate
Police Scotland doesn’t publish crimes street by street, so Larbert has no Safety Grade and no overall grade until the 2026 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation brings neighbourhood crime figures. What Scotland does publish: crime for the whole Falkirk council area (552 crimes per 10,000 people in 2025-26), and how Larbert’s own neighbourhoods rank for crime.
What stands out about safety in Larbert
Crime up over ten years
Recorded crime across the Falkirk council area went from 478 to 552 per 10,000 people between 2016-17 and 2025-26; across Scotland it moved +3%. Ten years ↓
A mix of neighbourhoods
13% of Larbert’s residents live in the fifth of Scotland’s small areas with the most crime on SIMD 2020, and 18% in the fifth with the least. Its rate of SIMD crimes, 221 per 10,000 in 2017/18, is 20% below Scotland’s. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the Scottish Government’s recorded crime and SIMD figures on this page.
Recorded crime up 15% since 2016-17
Per 10,000 people each year, the Falkirk council area against Scotland. 2016-17 to 2025-26: all crimes +15% (Scotland +3%), violence +27%.
Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2016-17 to the newest year. Since April 2019 violence includes the new crime of domestic abuse under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.
What police recorded in the Falkirk council area in 2025-26
Per 10,000 people. The tick on each bar is Scotland’s rate. Every town in the council area shares these figures.
Against Scotland, the Falkirk council area runs highest on robbery (4 per 10,000 against 3), common assault (139 per 10,000 against 113) and vandalism (70 per 10,000 against 59). Shoplifting and drug supply sit below Scotland’s rate.
Show every crime group as a table
| Group | Recorded | Per 10,000 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 2,629 | 164 | 136 |
| Sexual crimes | 510 | 32 | 30 |
| Crimes of dishonesty (theft, housebreaking, fraud) | 2,810 | 176 | 213 |
| Damage and reckless behaviour (vandalism, fire-raising) | 1,286 | 80 | 69 |
| Crimes against society (drugs, weapons, justice) | 1,603 | 100 | 121 |
| Antisocial offences (disorder, threatening behaviour) | 1,608 | 100 | 93 |
Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26: crimes and offences by council area. Groups 1 to 5 are crimes; group 6, antisocial offences, is offences.
1 in 6 Larbert residents lives in one of Scotland’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
Larbert’s residents by the crime decile of their small area (2011 data zone, about 800 people) in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of Scotland’s 6,976 data zones and 10 the lowest.
43% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of Scotland’s neighbourhoods, and 13% in the highest-crime 20%. Larbert counted 221 SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, 20% below Scotland’s 276; three years before, 170 (+30%, Scotland -9%).
Scottish Government, SIMD 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (crimes of violence, sexual crimes, domestic housebreaking, vandalism, drugs offences and common assault, 2014/15 and 2017/18). Residents from Scotland’s Census 2022 output areas.
Larbert is 49th of 115 Scottish towns of 6,357 to 24,617
SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, counting from the fewest: the towns either side of Larbert, and the ends of the list. Described, not graded.
| # | Town | People | SIMD crimes per 10,000 | In the most crime-deprived fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westhill Aberdeenshire | 11,778 | 52 | 0% |
| 2 | Bishopton Renfrewshire | 10,048 | 69 | 0% |
| … | ||||
| 46 | Moodiesburn North Lanarkshire | 6,706 | 201 | 16% |
| 47 | Kilwinning North Ayrshire | 16,224 | 219 | 10% |
| 48 | Lossiemouth Moray | 6,654 | 220 | 9% |
| 49 | Larbert Falkirk | 12,688 | 221 | 13% |
| 50 | Cupar Fife | 8,835 | 225 | 9% |
| 51 | Bannockburn Stirling | 6,587 | 225 | 0% |
| 52 | Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire | 22,013 | 225 | 20% |
| … | ||||
| 114 | Methil Fife | 10,712 | 509 | 57% |
| 115 | Stranraer Dumfries and Galloway | 9,729 | 565 | 45% |
Police in the Falkirk council area clear up crime about as often as across Scotland
Share of crimes recorded in 2025-26 that were cleared up: a suspect identified and enough evidence to report them to the procurator fiscal. The tick is Scotland.
Violence and drugs crimes are cleared up most often, because they are usually recorded with a suspect in view; housebreaking, theft and vandalism least.
Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland 2025-26: crime clear-up rates by council area.
For every 1,000 people in the Falkirk council area, about 20 violent or sexual crimes in 2025-26
And about 10 housebreakings, car thefts or acts of vandalism and fire-raising, plus 15 other thefts and frauds. Each dot is one person; each coloured dot is one recorded crime. These are council-wide figures: every town in the Falkirk council area shares them.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can suffer several, and crimes in a city centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
Fewest SIMD crimes in Carse and Grangemouth Old Town; most in North Broomage and Inches
SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, by small area (2011 data zones, grouped by the names the Scottish Government gives them), fewest first.
| Area | Residents | Per 10,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carse and Grangemouth Old Town | 2,021 | 99 | |
| South Broomage and Village | 3,904 | 207 | |
| North Broomage and Inches | 6,645 | 267 |
0 of Larbert’s 3 areas are at or above Scotland’s rate of 276 (orange bars). SIMD counts crimes where they were recorded, so an area with a town centre, a station or a hospital records more than its own residents suffer.
One person died in collisions on Larbert’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Larbert’s locality, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 22 collisions with injuries inside Larbert in five years, in which one person died. 11 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Larbert’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Larbert’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Larbert had 17.3 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
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; the towns its size are England and Wales’s. There’s no national rate here: more than two thirds of Scotland’s road deaths (70%) happen outside every town’s locality boundary. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Crime in the places around Larbert
SIMD crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18. The map colours each town by the quarter of Scotland’s towns it falls in; they are not grades. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | SIMD crimes per 10,000 | Most crime-deprived fifth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larbert | 12,688 | 221 | 13% |
| Stenhousemuir | 9,566 | 275 | 24% |
| Carronshore | 2,880 | 220 | 0% |
| Falkirk | 34,637 | 547 | 42% |
| Bonnybridge | 5,085 | 313 | 46% |
| Denny | 9,390 | 284 | 22% |
| Dunipace | 2,563 | 240 | 0% |
| Hallglen | 3,158 | 431 | 56% |
Larbert counted more SIMD crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Carronshore, 1.8 miles away, counted 220 per 10,000, against Larbert’s 221.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Council areas, not towns. Recorded crime and clear-up rates are published for each of Scotland’s 32 council areas, so every town in the Falkirk council area shares them. A city centre and a quiet village in the same council show the same figures.
- SIMD crime is town-level, but old. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation counts selected crimes (violence, sexual crimes, domestic housebreaking, vandalism, drugs offences and common assault) in each small area. SIMD 2020 uses crimes from 2017/18; SIMD 2026, due at the end of 2026, will bring newer figures; we plan to grade Scottish safety on them.
- Not a grade. Nothing on this page is graded. The towns-its-size ranking and the neighbours’ colours describe SIMD crime rates; they aren’t a Safety Grade and don’t feed one.
- Recorded, not experienced. Recorded crime is what the police record. It moves with reporting and policing as well as with crime; the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey asks people directly, for Scotland as a whole.
Questions about safety in Larbert
Is Larbert safe?
Police Scotland recorded 552 crimes per 10,000 people across the Falkirk council area in 2025-26, about the same as Scotland’s 569. Within Larbert, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation counted 221 of its selected crimes per 10,000 residents in 2017/18, against 276 across Scotland; 13% of residents live in the fifth of Scotland’s neighbourhoods with the most crime. Police Scotland doesn’t publish street-level crime, so Larbert has no Safety Grade.
How many crimes are solved in the Falkirk council area?
56% of crimes recorded in 2025-26 were cleared up (someone was identified and there was enough evidence to report them to the procurator fiscal), against 57% across Scotland.
Why doesn’t Larbert have a Safety Grade?
Our Safety Grade counts crimes inside each town’s boundary. Police Scotland doesn’t publish crimes by location for reuse, so Scottish towns can’t be measured the same way. The 2026 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation will bring newer neighbourhood crime figures.
Sources: Scottish Government, Recorded Crime in Scotland (crimes, offences and clear-up rates by council area, 2016-17 to 2025-26); Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020v2 crime domain and SIMD crime indicators (2014/15, 2017/18), 2011 data zones with Census 2022 residents · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the NRS 2022 locality 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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