Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0More crime per resident is recorded in Stoke Golding than in 65% of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Stoke Golding at B: close to the middle of UK towns. Add to that, recorded violence fell 15% in a year. Criminal damage & arson runs at 5 per 1,000 residents locally, against 3.2 in a typical town its size: police recorded 10 in the 12 months to August 2026. Police counts work out at 19.8 violent and sexual offences and 9.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Stoke Golding
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% less violent crime per resident in Stoke Golding 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, Stoke Golding has the 1,117th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Axbridge, Halling and Vigo Village, higher than Cookley, Mynydd Marian and Croston. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The B for Stoke Golding, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 178 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Stoke Golding 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 crime in Stoke Golding 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 -15% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour -36% (towns its size -1%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Stoke Golding runs highest on criminal damage & arson (5 per 1,000 against 3.2), anti-social behaviour (7 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (20.5 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 41 | 20.5 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 14 | 7 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 5 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 9 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 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.
1,117th of 1,764: Stoke Golding among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 282 | Rearsby Leicestershire | 1,181 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 332 | Burton on the Wolds Leicestershire | 1,260 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 2.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 343 | Huncote Leicestershire | 2,168 | 13.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 367 | Cropston Leicestershire | 1,120 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 2.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1114 | Cookley Worcestershire | 1,971 | 19.6 | 10 | 6.8 | B |
| 1115 | Mynydd Marian Clwyd | 1,351 | 24.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | B |
| 1116 | Croston Lancashire | 2,793 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 3.6 | B |
| 1117 | Stoke Golding Leicestershire | 2,004 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 3.2 | B |
| 1118 | Bosham West Sussex | 2,693 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 8.1 | B |
| 1119 | Rawcliffe East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,580 | 20 | 9.7 | 3.2 | B |
| 1120 | Ripley Surrey | 1,714 | 19.5 | 10.3 | 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 Stoke Golding, and others in Leicestershire.
Crime in Stoke Golding 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 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Stoke Golding’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Stoke Golding in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 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, and Stoke Golding is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Stoke Golding’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; Stoke Golding had 1.
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 Stoke Golding’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Stoke Golding
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Golding | 2,004 | 19.8 | 9.8 | B |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 32.8 | 11.9 | C |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 30.5 | 16.7 | C |
| Market Bosworth | 2,104 | 20.6 | 17 | C+ |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 33.5 | 12.2 | C |
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | 42.7 | 18.5 | D |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 24.2 | 9.4 | B− |
| Mancetter and Witherley | 2,689 | 29.3 | 12.6 | C |
Stoke Golding records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
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 Stoke Golding 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 Stoke Golding
Is Stoke Golding safe?
Police recorded 19.8 violent and sexual offences and 9.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Stoke Golding’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 57% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Stoke Golding is 1,117th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Stoke Golding?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 44%, shoplifting and theft rose 33% and anti-social behaviour fell 36%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Stoke Golding?
Violence & sexual offences: 41 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (10) and public order (9), with 14 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Stoke Golding compare with Nuneaton?
Nuneaton records 42.7 violent and sexual offences and 18.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Stoke Golding’s 19.8 and 9.8, 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) · 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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