Crime recorded in Bilsborrow, and why it isn’t graded
There is no Safety Grade for Bilsborrow, but the crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are here. This Lancashire town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded from 1,000: below that, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. For every 1,000 residents, 42.2 violent and sexual offences and 8.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year.
Violent crime
42.2
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
8.8
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
10.3
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
27
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences41.2
Anti-social behaviour19.1
Other theft11.8
Criminal damage & arson4.4
Other crime4.4
Public order2.9
Burglary2.9
Vehicle crime2.9
Drugs1.5
Bicycle theft1.5
Possession of weapons1.5
Shoplifting0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Bilsborrow runs highest on anti-social behaviour (19.1 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (41.2 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
28
41.2
16.6
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
13
19.1
5.3
Other theft
not graded
8
11.8
2.5
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
3
4.4
3.2
Other crime
not graded
3
4.4
1.1
Public order
not graded
2
2.9
2.4
Burglary
Home & vehicle
2
2.9
1.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
2
2.9
1.5
Drugs
not graded
1
1.5
0.6
Bicycle theft
not graded
1
1.5
0
Possession of weapons
Violent
1
1.5
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.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
7
homes & vehicles
9
shoplifting & theft
66
of the three, per 1,000
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 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 13 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
29 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 35 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
BilsborrowUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
BilsborrowUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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 -17% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour -48% (towns its size -1%).
Bilsborrow records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Broughton and Goosnargh record more. Catterall, 1.7 miles away, records 27.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bilsborrow’s 42.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 Bilsborrow sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 Bilsborrow
Is Bilsborrow safe?
Police recorded 42.2 violent and sexual offences and 8.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bilsborrow’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Bilsborrow?
Police recorded 29 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 35 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Bilsborrow?
Violence & sexual offences: 28 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (8) and criminal damage & arson (3), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bilsborrow compare with Preston?
Preston records 60.8 violent and sexual offences and 26.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bilsborrow’s 42.2 and 8.8, 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0