Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Pannal runs lower than in 96% of UK towns
Its Safety Grade is A+, on crimes police recorded inside Pannal’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026: #4 of 54 in North Yorkshire. Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.1 violent and sexual offences and 4.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded. The typical town its size sees 1.9 cases of burglary per 1,000 residents; Pannal sees 4.7, or 12 in the 12 months 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 Pannal
Less crime than most places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Pannal has the 23rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Creigiau, Marham and Chiddingfold, higher than Farndon, Ightham and Newbuildings. 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. 100% of Pannal’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 Pannal’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 100 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Pannal against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Most Pannal residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% 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.
Pannal’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Pannal runs highest on burglary (4.7 per 1,000 against 1.9) and shoplifting (4 per 1,000 against 1.8). Anti-social behaviour and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 19 | 7.5 | 22.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 12 | 4.7 | 1.9 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 11 | 4.3 | 8.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 10 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 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.
Set against 550 towns its size, Pannal is 23rd
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Farndon Cheshire | 2,227 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | A+ |
| 21 | Ightham Kent | 2,037 | 6.1 | 7 | 2.8 | A+ |
| 22 | Newbuildings Derry City and Strabane | 2,837 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | A+ |
| 23 | Pannal North Yorkshire | 2,530 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | A+ |
| 24 | Tarvin Cheshire | 2,744 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | A+ |
| 25 | Riccall North Yorkshire | 2,388 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | A+ |
| 26 | Kelsall Cheshire | 2,997 | 9.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 94 | Catterick North Yorkshire | 2,718 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 6.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 150 | East Ayton and West Ayton North Yorkshire | 2,809 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Pannal, and others in North Yorkshire.
Crime in Pannal 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 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
19 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 23 the year before
“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 -17% (towns its size +1%), shoplifting and theft -43% (towns its size +2%).
No one died in a collision on Pannal’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 13 collisions with injuries inside Pannal in five years. 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 4 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Pannal is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Pannal’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Pannal had 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 Pannal’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Pannal
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pannal | 2,530 | 9.1 | 4.1 | A+ |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 27.3 | 10.5 | C+ |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 13.6 | 5.7 | A− |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 23.5 | 2.9 | B+ |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 23.6 | 10.2 | B− |
| Hampsthwaite | 1,169 | 5.4 | 3.4 | A+ |
| Pool-in-Wharfedale | 1,991 | 11.7 | 5.5 | A |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 6.4 | 5.8 | A+ |
Pannal records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Hampsthwaite, 5.1 miles away, records 5.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Pannal’s 9.1.
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 Pannal 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 Pannal
Is Pannal safe?
Police recorded 9.1 violent and sexual offences and 4.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Pannal’s built-up area). That earns an A+ for safety: less crime per resident than 96% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Pannal is 23rd from the least crime. 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Pannal?
Police recorded 19 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 23 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Pannal?
Violence & sexual offences: 19 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (12) and shoplifting (10), with 11 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Pannal compare with Harrogate?
Harrogate records 27.3 violent and sexual offences and 10.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Pannal’s 9.1 and 4.1, 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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