Photo: Beamlamp · CC BY-SA 3.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Winterton than in 81% of UK towns
Violence & sexual offences runs at 35.9 per 1,000 residents in Winterton, against 22.4 in a typical town its size: police recorded 171 in the 12 months to August 2026. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026: #43 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Annual rates stand at 37.5 violent and sexual offences and 12.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents. Recorded violence held steady 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 Winterton
More crime than many places its size
Of 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Winterton has the 582nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wigton, Old Tupton and Chirk, higher than Westerham, Fortuneswell and Ruthin. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Winterton: C− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 707 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Winterton 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 Winterton’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% 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.
Winterton’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.
Towns its size: Winterton comes 582nd of 706
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Navenby Lincolnshire | 3,165 | 12.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 68 | Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire | 4,685 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 3.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Messingham Lincolnshire | 3,375 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 4.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Metheringham Lincolnshire | 3,524 | 15 | 4.9 | 3.7 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 579 | Westerham Kent | 3,390 | 28.9 | 20.1 | 19.2 | C− |
| 580 | Fortuneswell Dorset | 4,554 | 38.5 | 10.5 | 7 | C− |
| 581 | Ruthin Clwyd | 5,700 | 39.8 | 9.6 | 8.3 | C− |
| 582 | Winterton Lincolnshire | 4,764 | 37.5 | 12 | 3.9 | C− |
| 583 | Cullingworth West Yorkshire | 3,096 | 37.6 | 12.3 | 5.3 | C− |
| 584 | Newent Gloucestershire | 5,360 | 39.3 | 10.7 | 6.4 | C− |
| 585 | Copthorne West Sussex | 4,917 | 34.2 | 15.8 | 13.5 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 706 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Winterton, and others in Lincolnshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Winterton runs highest on violence & sexual offences (35.9 per 1,000 against 22.4), burglary (2.7 per 1,000 against 1.9) and criminal damage & arson (6.5 per 1,000 against 4.5). Other theft sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 171 | 35.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 54 | 11.3 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 31 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 21 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 13 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Winterton 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 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 65% of Winterton’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (61% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 3% 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. 252 crimes.
How crime in Winterton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 -3% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -4% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -24% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Winterton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 12 collisions with injuries inside Winterton in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Winterton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Winterton’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Winterton had 3.
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 Winterton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Winterton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterton | 4,764 | 37.5 | 12 | C− |
| Winteringham | 1,012 | 14.8 | 4 | A |
| Burton upon Stather | 2,370 | 11.3 | 5.5 | A |
| Brough | 13,321 | 17.6 | 5.8 | B+ |
| Scunthorpe | 81,286 | 58 | 24.6 | D− |
| North Ferriby | 3,964 | 12.1 | 4.6 | A |
| Broughton | 4,499 | 19.6 | 7.8 | B |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 11,927 | 30.4 | 11.4 | C |
Winterton records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Scunthorpe records more. Winteringham, 2.3 miles away, records 14.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Winterton’s 37.5.
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 Winterton 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 Winterton
Is Winterton safe?
Police recorded 37.5 violent and sexual offences and 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Winterton’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 22% of UK towns. Among 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Winterton is 582nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Winterton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 50% and anti-social behaviour fell 24%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Winterton?
Violence & sexual offences: 171 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (31) and public order (21), with 54 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Winterton compare with Scunthorpe?
Scunthorpe records 58 violent and sexual offences and 24.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Winterton’s 37.5 and 12, 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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