Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Barrow upon Soar records burglary at 2.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
The local count comes to 24.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year. Violent crime was down 16% in a year. Taking everything together, Barrow upon Soar scores C+ (#25 of 50 in Leicestershire): more crime per resident than 60% of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Barrow upon Soar
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 16% less violent crime per resident in Barrow upon Soar 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 rose 13% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 481 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people, Barrow upon Soar has the 262nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Buntingford, Polesworth and Dordon and Staplehurst, higher than Shepperton, Richmond and Ledbury. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Barrow upon Soar’s C+
A firm grade. Built on 768 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Barrow upon Soar 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 Barrow upon Soar’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% 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.
Barrow upon Soar’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.
How crime in Barrow upon Soar 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 -16% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +13% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +39% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -30% (towns its size +0%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Barrow upon Soar runs highest on burglary (4 per 1,000 against 1.9), vehicle crime (3.4 per 1,000 against 2) and shoplifting (2.9 per 1,000 against 1.8).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 145 | 21.3 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 67 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 48 | 7 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 32 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 30 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 27 | 4 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 23 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 20 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police in Barrow upon Soar identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 81% of Barrow upon Soar’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 12% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (59% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 2% 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. 258 crimes.
Crime in Barrow upon Soar 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Set against 481 towns its size, Barrow upon Soar is 262nd
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merley Dorset | 5,489 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 3.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire | 7,329 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 2.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 111 | Countesthorpe Leicestershire | 7,674 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 11 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 168 | Groby Leicestershire | 6,559 | 18.9 | 12.2 | 3.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 211 | Quorndon Leicestershire | 5,576 | 18.4 | 15 | 8.2 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 259 | Shepperton Surrey | 5,917 | 23.6 | 13.7 | 18.5 | C+ |
| 260 | Richmond North Yorkshire | 8,076 | 29 | 8.4 | 5.7 | C+ |
| 261 | Ledbury Herefordshire | 8,344 | 26.7 | 10.8 | 7.6 | C+ |
| 262 | Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire | 6,823 | 24.1 | 13.5 | 6.8 | C+ |
| 263 | Eye Cambridgeshire | 5,419 | 27.7 | 9.8 | 6.2 | C+ |
| 264 | Godmanchester Cambridgeshire | 7,714 | 27.9 | 9.7 | 9.1 | C+ |
| 265 | Pickering North Yorkshire | 7,260 | 27.5 | 10.2 | 6.1 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 481 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | 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 Barrow upon Soar, and others in Leicestershire.
No one died in a collision on Barrow upon Soar’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 16 collisions with injuries inside Barrow upon Soar in five years. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 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 Barrow upon Soar is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Barrow upon Soar’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 6 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Barrow upon Soar had 6.
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 Barrow upon Soar’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Barrow upon Soar
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow upon Soar | 6,823 | 24.1 | 13.5 | C+ |
| Quorndon | 5,576 | 18.4 | 15 | B− |
| Sileby | 8,954 | 32.3 | 14.1 | C |
| Burton on the Wolds | 1,260 | 10.9 | 6.1 | A |
| Mountsorrel | 12,879 | 26.2 | 14.8 | C |
| Loughborough | 64,850 | 35.6 | 22 | D |
| Woodhouse Eaves | 1,618 | 13.6 | 13.8 | B |
| Wymeswold | 1,364 | 20.3 | 13.2 | B− |
Barrow upon Soar records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Quorndon, 1.3 miles away, records 18.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Barrow upon Soar’s 24.1.
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 Barrow upon Soar 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 Barrow upon Soar
Is Barrow upon Soar safe?
Police recorded 24.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Barrow upon Soar’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 40% of UK towns. Among 481 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people, Barrow upon Soar is 262nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Barrow upon Soar?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 16%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 13%, shoplifting and theft rose 39% and anti-social behaviour fell 30%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Barrow upon Soar?
Violence & sexual offences: 145 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (48) and public order (32), with 67 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Barrow upon Soar compare with Loughborough?
Loughborough records 35.6 violent and sexual offences and 22 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Barrow upon Soar’s 24.1 and 13.5, 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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