Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0On violent crime, Badersfield has a higher rate per resident than 89% of UK towns
Each year brought 44.1 violent and sexual offences and 9.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents. In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Badersfield at C−: more crime per resident than 82% of UK towns. Violence & sexual offences runs at 38.9 per 1,000 residents in the town, against 16.6 in a typical town its size: police recorded 58 in the 12 months to August 2026. Recorded violence fell 13% 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 Badersfield
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 13% less violent crime per resident in Badersfield 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.
What’s behind Badersfield’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 237 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Badersfield 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, Badersfield runs highest on other crime (6.7 per 1,000 against 1.1), violence & sexual offences (38.9 per 1,000 against 16.6) and criminal damage & arson (7.4 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 58 | 38.9 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 17 | 11.4 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 11 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 10 | 6.7 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 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.
How Badersfield compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Besthorpe Norfolk | 1,007 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 109 | Salhouse Norfolk | 1,431 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 126 | Thorpe End Norfolk | 1,173 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 141 | Mundford Norfolk | 1,563 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 2.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1124 | Easton Norfolk | 1,436 | 43.4 | 9.1 | 7 | C− |
| 1125 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | 1,143 | 42 | 10.8 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1126 | Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant Gwent | 1,411 | 36.9 | 15.9 | 8 | C− |
| 1127 | Badersfield Norfolk | 1,490 | 44.1 | 9 | 2.2 | C− |
| 1128 | Duckmanton Derbyshire | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1129 | Campsall South Yorkshire | 1,879 | 33 | 20.6 | 5.9 | C− |
| 1130 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | 1,354 | 36.7 | 17.2 | 13.3 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | 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 Badersfield, and others in Norfolk.
How crime in Badersfield 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 -13% (towns its size +3%).
Crime in Badersfield 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 9 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.
No one died in a collision on Badersfield’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Badersfield in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Badersfield is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Badersfield’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; Badersfield had 0.
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 Badersfield’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Badersfield
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 44.1 | 9 | C− |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 13.3 | 2.8 | A |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 10.6 | 4.2 | A |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 22.1 | 6.3 | B |
| Hoveton and Wroxham | 3,620 | 28 | 6.5 | B− |
| North Walsham | 12,829 | 31.2 | 8 | C+ |
| Spixworth | 3,418 | 11.1 | 3.6 | A |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 13 | 5.7 | A |
Badersfield records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Coltishall and Horstead, 2.3 miles away, records 13.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Badersfield’s 44.1.
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 Badersfield 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 Badersfield
Is Badersfield safe?
Police recorded 44.1 violent and sexual offences and 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Badersfield’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 18% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Badersfield has less crime per resident than 8%.
Is crime going up in Badersfield?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 13%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 44%, shoplifting and theft fell 75% and anti-social behaviour rose 143%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Badersfield?
Violence & sexual offences: 58 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (11) and other crime (10), with 17 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Badersfield compare with Norwich?
Norwich records 42.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Badersfield’s 44.1 and 9, 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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