Photo: Margaret Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0Hutton records anti-social behaviour at 11.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
Its letter overall is B−: close to the middle of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. On burglary, vehicle crime and damage it beats 63% of UK towns; on violent crime, only 48%. Violent crime was up 12% in a year. Year on year, 23.4 violent and sexual offences and 7.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Hutton
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% more violent crime per resident in Hutton 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 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Hutton has the 1,180th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Newton-with-Scales, Nant-y-moel and Broughton, higher than Oxenhope, Severn Beach and Blindley Heath. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 34% of Hutton’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Hutton: B− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 201 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hutton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Hutton runs highest on anti-social behaviour (60.7 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (22 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 130 | 60.7 | 5.3 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 47 | 22 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | 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.
How crime in Hutton 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 +12% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour -32% (towns its size -1%).
Hutton is 1,180th of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Waddington Lancashire | 1,005 | 4 | 4 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Bonds Lancashire | 1,237 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Old Langho Lancashire | 1,072 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 97 | Parbold Lancashire | 2,409 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 5.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1177 | Oxenhope West Yorkshire | 1,898 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 8.6 | B− |
| 1178 | Severn Beach Gloucestershire | 2,208 | 23 | 8.3 | 4.6 | B− |
| 1179 | Blindley Heath Surrey | 1,289 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 9.8 | B− |
| 1180 | Hutton Lancashire | 2,140 | 23.4 | 7.9 | 4.2 | B− |
| 1181 | Lavenham Suffolk | 1,224 | 22.9 | 8.4 | 4.6 | B− |
| 1182 | Manea Cambridgeshire | 2,638 | 23 | 8.3 | 2.9 | B− |
| 1183 | Bow Street Dyfed | 1,101 | 27.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | 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 Hutton, and others in Lancashire.
Crime in Hutton 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 7 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.
One person died in collisions on Hutton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 12 collisions with injuries inside Hutton in five years, in which one person died. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Hutton’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hutton’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; Hutton had 5.
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 Hutton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hutton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton | 2,140 | 23.4 | 7.9 | B− |
| Longton | 10,912 | 14 | 5.6 | A− |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 24.8 | 8.8 | B− |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 22.9 | 13 | C+ |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 26.1 | 11.7 | C+ |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 37.3 | 14.2 | C− |
| Preston | 94,502 | 60.8 | 26.8 | D− |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 28.4 | 1.8 | B |
Hutton records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Longton, 1 miles away, records 14 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hutton’s 23.4.
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 Hutton 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 Hutton
Is Hutton safe?
Police recorded 23.4 violent and sexual offences and 7.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hutton’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 53% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Hutton is 1,180th from the least crime. 34% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Hutton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 17%, shoplifting and theft rose 11% and anti-social behaviour fell 32%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hutton?
Violence & sexual offences: 47 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (9) and other theft (9), with 130 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hutton 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 Hutton’s 23.4 and 7.9, 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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