Photo: Dave Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Gartree: recorded crime, not graded
Violent crime was up 84% in a year. The yearly rates were 87.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Gartree has no Safety Grade, though police recorded crimes inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. We grade Safety from 1,000 residents, and Gartree has fewer: at that size a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Gartree
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 84% more violent crime per resident in Gartree than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
How crime in Gartree 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 +84% (towns its size +3%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Gartree runs highest on other crime (33.3 per 1,000 against 1.1), violence & sexual offences (128.9 per 1,000 against 16.6) and public order (16.6 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 124 | 128.9 | 16.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 32 | 33.3 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 16 | 16.6 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 6 | 6.2 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
“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.
Crime in Gartree 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Gartree
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gartree | 962 | 87.3 | 8.7 | — |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 25.1 | 12.2 | C+ |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 13.9 | 9.5 | B+ |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 7,329 | 15.7 | 6.7 | A− |
| Fleckney | 4,926 | 23.2 | 10.6 | B− |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 11 | 8.8 | A− |
| Great Glen | 4,062 | 16.3 | 10 | B+ |
| Welford | 1,199 | 10.8 | 7.8 | A |
Gartree records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Market Harborough, 2.2 miles away, records 25.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Gartree’s 87.3.
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
- A prison inside the boundary. police.uk counted 392 at or near a prison (61% violent) over three years. They count in Gartree’s rate, as they would for any town that has them.
- 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 Gartree 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 Gartree
Is Gartree safe?
Police recorded 87.3 violent and sexual offences and 8.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Gartree’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Gartree?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 84%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 54%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Gartree?
Violence & sexual offences: 124 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other crime (32) and public order (16), with 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Gartree compare with Corby?
Corby records 41.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Gartree’s 87.3 and 8.7, 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.
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