Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Bardney stands out for anti-social behaviour: 4.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
Burglary, vehicle crime and damage is lower than in 65% of UK towns; violent crime, lower than in only 34%. Out of every 1,000 residents, 29.0 violent and sexual offences and 7.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. Its letter overall is C+: close to the middle of UK towns, from crimes police recorded inside its built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally dropped 12% 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 Bardney
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% less violent crime per resident in Bardney 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, Bardney has the 1,354th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Long Itchington, Swavesey and Acle, higher than Pontyberem, Stock and Tockwith. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Bardney’s C+ for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 228 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bardney 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, Bardney runs highest on anti-social behaviour (23.7 per 1,000 against 5.3), public order (4.8 per 1,000 against 2.4) and criminal damage & arson (6.3 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 27.5 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 49 | 23.7 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 13 | 6.3 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 4.8 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
Towns its size: Bardney comes 1,354th of 1,764
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 3 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | 1,737 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | 2,583 | 8.4 | 1 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 47 | Langtoft Lincolnshire | 2,010 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 92 | Goxhill Lincolnshire | 2,324 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1351 | Pontyberem Dyfed | 1,484 | 27 | 9.6 | 2.3 | C+ |
| 1352 | Stock Essex | 1,573 | 22.7 | 14 | 5.7 | C+ |
| 1353 | Tockwith North Yorkshire | 1,788 | 25.5 | 11.2 | 2.2 | C+ |
| 1354 | Bardney Lincolnshire | 2,069 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.2 | C+ |
| 1355 | Blaengarw Mid Glamorgan | 1,779 | 29.4 | 7.3 | 3.6 | C+ |
| 1356 | Overton Lancashire | 1,016 | 23.6 | 13.1 | 3 | C+ |
| 1357 | Upton upon Severn Worcestershire | 2,403 | 25.7 | 11.1 | 26.4 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Bardney, and others in Lincolnshire.
How crime in Bardney 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 +9% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Bardney 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 10 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.
No one died in a collision on Bardney’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 5 collisions with injuries inside Bardney in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Bardney is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bardney’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; Bardney 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 Bardney’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bardney
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardney | 2,069 | 29 | 7.7 | C+ |
| Fiskerton | 1,202 | 13.6 | 7.2 | A− |
| Wragby | 1,859 | 30.7 | 8.8 | C+ |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 15 | 4.9 | A− |
| Cherry Willingham | 3,446 | 15.3 | 5 | A− |
| Washingborough and Heighington | 6,386 | 13.5 | 3.8 | A |
| Woodhall Spa | 4,685 | 12.8 | 5.9 | A |
| Branston | 4,285 | 22.6 | 5.3 | B |
Bardney records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Wragby records more. Fiskerton, 4.6 miles away, records 13.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bardney’s 29.
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 Bardney 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 Bardney
Is Bardney safe?
Police recorded 29 violent and sexual offences and 7.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bardney’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 41% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Bardney is 1,354th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Bardney?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 43%, shoplifting and theft fell 9% and anti-social behaviour rose 9%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bardney?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (13) and public order (10), with 49 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bardney compare with Lincoln?
Lincoln records 56.1 violent and sexual offences and 18.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bardney’s 29 and 7.7, 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) · 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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