Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Osbaldwick stands out for anti-social behaviour: 3.5 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violent crime is lower than in 71% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in only 46%. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 16.9 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 10.1. Osbaldwick grades B for safety overall: less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Osbaldwick
About the middle for a village its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Osbaldwick has the 254th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bampton, Buckden and Wittering, higher than Crich, Meppershall and Petworth. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 88% of Osbaldwick’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Osbaldwick’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 187 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Osbaldwick 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, Osbaldwick runs highest on anti-social behaviour (18.6 per 1,000 against 5.3). Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 43 | 18.6 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 37 | 16 | 0 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 22 | 9.5 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 4 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
Crime in Osbaldwick 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 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 17 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Among 550 towns its size, Osbaldwick ranks 254th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Pannal North Yorkshire | 2,530 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Riccall North Yorkshire | 2,388 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 41 | Leyburn North Yorkshire | 2,414 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 5.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 90 | Seamer (Scarborough) North Yorkshire | 2,120 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 2.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 251 | Crich Derbyshire | 2,070 | 19.7 | 6.9 | 2.9 | B+ |
| 252 | Meppershall Bedfordshire | 2,044 | 16 | 10.6 | 3.3 | B+ |
| 253 | Petworth West Sussex | 2,592 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 5.7 | B+ |
| 254 | Osbaldwick North Yorkshire | 2,313 | 16.9 | 10.1 | 19.2 | B |
| 255 | Valley Gwynedd | 2,003 | 21.1 | 6 | 10.7 | B |
| 256 | Limpsfield Surrey | 2,247 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 4.8 | B |
| 257 | Lyndhurst Hampshire | 2,462 | 17.5 | 9.8 | 8.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Osbaldwick, and others in North Yorkshire.
27 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 47 the year before
“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 -43% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -22% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +3% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour +8% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Osbaldwick’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Osbaldwick 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 Osbaldwick is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Osbaldwick’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; Osbaldwick 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 Osbaldwick’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Osbaldwick
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 16.9 | 10.1 | B |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 9.1 | 3.2 | A+ |
| Dunnington | 3,256 | 5.3 | 4.1 | A+ |
| York | 141,696 | 38 | 15.5 | C− |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 23.1 | 8.6 | B− |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 29.8 | 3.6 | B− |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 10 | 3.9 | A+ |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 11.7 | 5.4 | A |
Osbaldwick records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Heslington, 1.2 miles away, records 9.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Osbaldwick’s 16.9.
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 Osbaldwick 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 Osbaldwick
Is Osbaldwick safe?
Police recorded 16.9 violent and sexual offences and 10.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Osbaldwick’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Osbaldwick is 254th from the least crime. 88% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Osbaldwick?
Police recorded 27 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 47 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Osbaldwick?
Shoplifting: 37 in the 12 months to August 2026. Next came violence & sexual offences (22) and public order (9), with 43 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Osbaldwick compare with York?
York records 38 violent and sexual offences and 15.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Osbaldwick’s 16.9 and 10.1, 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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