Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Ingoldmells records more crime per resident than almost every UK town
Scored on crimes police recorded inside Ingoldmells’s built-up area across September 2023 to August 2026, the town lands on D− for safety. Police recorded 94 cases of other theft in the town in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 48.8 per 1,000 against a typical 2.5. In a usual year, 259.0 violent and sexual offences and 64.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Ingoldmells
Neighbourhood ranks
100% of Ingoldmells’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Ingoldmells’s D− for safety
A firm grade. Built on 1,872 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Ingoldmells 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, Ingoldmells runs highest on other theft (48.8 per 1,000 against 2.5), violence & sexual offences (268.2 per 1,000 against 16.6) and burglary (21.8 per 1,000 against 1.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 517 | 268.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 135 | 70 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 94 | 48.8 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 74 | 38.4 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 42 | 21.8 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 42 | 21.8 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 34 | 17.6 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 20 | 10.4 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 16 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 14 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 9 | 4.7 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 6 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 5 | 2.6 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 3 | 1.6 | 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.
How Ingoldmells compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
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| 3 | Sudbrooke Lincolnshire | 1,737 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 1 | A+ |
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| 43 | Cranwell Lincolnshire | 2,583 | 8.4 | 1 | 1.4 | A+ |
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| 47 | Langtoft Lincolnshire | 2,010 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | A+ |
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| 92 | Goxhill Lincolnshire | 2,324 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | A+ |
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| 1761 | Clyst Honiton Devon | 1,030 | 100.2 | 30.4 | 10.2 | D− |
| 1762 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
| 1763 | Blunham Bedfordshire | 1,391 | 114.1 | 29.5 | 5.5 | D− |
| 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 Ingoldmells, and others in Lincolnshire.
Crime in Ingoldmells 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 71 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 75 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Ingoldmells identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 58% of Ingoldmells’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 21% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (64% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 4% 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. 562 crimes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 +2% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +11% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +43% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour +2% (towns its size -1%).
Where in Ingoldmells police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 457 | 46% violent |
| Shopping areas | 138 | 48% violent |
| Police stations | 54 | 61% violent |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Ingoldmells. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
No one died in a collision on Ingoldmells’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 52 collisions with injuries inside Ingoldmells in five years. 18 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 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 Ingoldmells is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, Ingoldmells had 189.8 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (12.7).
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 Ingoldmells’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Ingoldmells
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingoldmells | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | D− |
| Chapel St Leonards | 3,435 | 58.6 | 18 | D− |
| Skegness | 20,701 | 79.4 | 27.6 | D− |
| Burgh le Marsh | 2,159 | 17.1 | 5.7 | A− |
| Wainfleet All Saints | 1,802 | 34 | 13 | C |
| Wainfleet St Mary | 1,045 | 15.3 | 6.4 | A− |
| Alford | 3,831 | 31.2 | 11.7 | C |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 5,042 | 23.5 | 8.3 | B− |
Ingoldmells records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Chapel St Leonards, 2.3 miles away, records 58.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Ingoldmells’s 259.
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 Ingoldmells 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 Ingoldmells
Is Ingoldmells safe?
Police recorded 259 violent and sexual offences and 64.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Ingoldmells’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: behind almost every UK town. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Ingoldmells has less crime per resident than 0%.
Is crime going up in Ingoldmells?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 11%, shoplifting and theft rose 43% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Ingoldmells?
Violence & sexual offences: 517 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (94) and criminal damage & arson (74), with 135 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Ingoldmells compare with Skegness?
Skegness records 79.4 violent and sexual offences and 27.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Ingoldmells’s 259 and 64.7, 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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