Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Earl Shilton trails 75% of UK towns per resident
The Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crimes police recorded inside Earl Shilton’s built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026: #40 of 50 in Leicestershire. Out of every 1,000 residents, 33.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. Violence recorded locally dropped 9% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Earl Shilton
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 9% less violent crime per resident in Earl Shilton than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 21% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 393 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people, Earl Shilton has the 243rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Sarn, Sileby and Swallownest and Aston, higher than Swaffham, Baldock and Enderby and Narborough. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Earl Shilton’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,491 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Earl Shilton 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
Shoplifting and drugs sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 346 | 31.8 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 122 | 11.2 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 64 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 59 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 45 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 40 | 3.7 | 6.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 32 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 29 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 22 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 12 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 4 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
How Earl Shilton’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 15% 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.
Earl Shilton’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 Earl Shilton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 -9% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +21% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +15% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +47% (towns its size -4%).
Crime in Earl Shilton 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 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Of 393 towns its size, Earl Shilton is 243rd from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Broughton Astley Leicestershire | 9,649 | 15.8 | 10 | 4.6 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Birstall Leicestershire | 14,317 | 19 | 14.2 | 7.3 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe Leicestershire | 13,847 | 20.6 | 13.8 | 8.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 136 | Lutterworth Leicestershire | 10,519 | 22.8 | 11.9 | 12.6 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 240 | Swaffham Norfolk | 8,434 | 34.3 | 11 | 12.6 | C |
| 241 | Baldock Hertfordshire | 10,613 | 32.5 | 13 | 11.3 | C |
| 242 | Enderby and Narborough Leicestershire | 13,178 | 32 | 13.5 | 12 | C |
| 243 | Earl Shilton Leicestershire | 10,885 | 33.5 | 12.2 | 7.9 | C |
| 244 | Strabane Derry City and Strabane | 13,507 | 35.1 | 10.7 | 9.2 | C |
| 245 | Lydney Gloucestershire | 9,655 | 36.4 | 9.6 | 9 | C |
| 246 | Killingworth Tyne and Wear | 12,180 | 30.2 | 16.1 | 20.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 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 Earl Shilton, and others in Leicestershire.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 70% of Earl Shilton’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 17% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (54% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 8% 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. 518 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Earl Shilton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 22 collisions with injuries inside Earl Shilton in five years. 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 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 Earl Shilton’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Earl Shilton’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Earl Shilton’s size at the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people would see about 13 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Earl Shilton had 7.
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 Earl Shilton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Earl Shilton
Earl Shilton records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Hinckley records more. Barwell, 1.3 miles away, records 32.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Earl Shilton’s 33.5.
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 Earl Shilton 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 Earl Shilton
Is Earl Shilton safe?
Police recorded 33.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Earl Shilton’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 27% of UK towns. Among 393 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people, Earl Shilton is 243rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Earl Shilton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 9%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 21%, shoplifting and theft rose 15% and anti-social behaviour rose 47%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Earl Shilton?
Violence & sexual offences: 346 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (64) and public order (59), with 122 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Earl Shilton compare with Hinckley?
Hinckley records 30.5 violent and sexual offences and 16.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Earl Shilton’s 33.5 and 12.2, 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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