Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Byram stands out for anti-social behaviour: 4.2 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violence recorded locally dropped 26% in a year. Behind the grade sit 33.7 violent and sexual offences and 12.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year. Taking everything together, Byram scores C: more crime per resident than 74% of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026. Violent crime here is higher than in 75% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 69%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Byram
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 26% less violent crime per resident in Byram 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 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Byram has the 1,076th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Warden, Audley and Whitchurch, higher than Penrhyndeudraeth, St Erth and Cockfield. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Byram’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 198 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Byram 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, Byram runs highest on anti-social behaviour (22.3 per 1,000 against 5.3), public order (8.4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and violence & sexual offences (29.2 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 42 | 29.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 32 | 22.3 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 8.4 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 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 crime in Byram 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 -26% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -55% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -36% (towns its size -1%).
Byram places 1,076th of 1,214 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Hutton Rudby North Yorkshire | 1,955 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire | 1,169 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 0.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Embsay North Yorkshire | 1,723 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 45 | Low Bradley North Yorkshire | 1,203 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1073 | Penrhyndeudraeth Gwynedd | 1,463 | 34.7 | 11 | 4.3 | C |
| 1074 | St Erth Cornwall | 1,128 | 34.5 | 11.3 | 3.8 | C |
| 1075 | Cockfield County Durham | 1,351 | 31.6 | 14.3 | 8.4 | C |
| 1076 | Byram North Yorkshire | 1,436 | 33.7 | 12.3 | 2.6 | C |
| 1077 | Llanberis Gwynedd | 1,838 | 31.9 | 14.2 | 8.3 | C |
| 1078 | Rocester Staffordshire | 1,679 | 35 | 11.1 | 5.6 | C |
| 1079 | Skirlaugh East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,671 | 36.7 | 9.4 | 4.6 | 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 Byram, and others in North Yorkshire.
Crime in Byram 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 0 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 Byram’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Byram 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 Byram is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Byram’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; Byram 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 Byram’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Byram
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byram | 1,436 | 33.7 | 12.3 | C |
| Holmfield | 4,150 | 60.5 | 26.6 | D− |
| Knottingley | 9,516 | 71.2 | 33.1 | D− |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 9.3 | 6.2 | A |
| Pontefract | 32,982 | 57.2 | 17.8 | D |
| Darrington | 1,194 | 25.4 | 26 | C− |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 61.7 | 27.1 | D− |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 19.5 | 6.1 | B+ |
Byram records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Monk Fryston and Hillam, 2.7 miles away, records 9.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Byram’s 33.7.
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 Byram 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 Byram
Is Byram safe?
Police recorded 33.7 violent and sexual offences and 12.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Byram’s built-up area). That earns a C for safety: less crime per resident than 26% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Byram is 1,076th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Byram?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 26%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 55%, shoplifting and theft fell 100% 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 Byram?
Violence & sexual offences: 42 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (12) and criminal damage & arson (5), with 32 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Byram compare with Castleford?
Castleford records 61.7 violent and sexual offences and 27.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Byram’s 33.7 and 12.3, 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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