Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0Brigstock records anti-social behaviour at 5.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Overall, it grades B− for safety. Compared with the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it records less crime per resident than 25%. The yearly rates were 22.8 violent and sexual offences and 11.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Brigstock
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Brigstock has the 927th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Helmsley, St Cleer and Hampton in Arden, higher than Pateley Bridge, Ovingham and Great Yeldham. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Brigstock’s B−
A fairly firm grade. Built on 149 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Brigstock 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, Brigstock runs highest on anti-social behaviour (30.6 per 1,000 against 5.3) and burglary (7 per 1,000 against 1.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 44 | 30.6 | 5.3 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 23 | 16 | 16.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 10 | 7 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 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.
Brigstock places 927th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 83 | Croughton Northamptonshire | 1,200 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 2.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Yardley Gobion Northamptonshire | 1,283 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 197 | Cogenhoe Northamptonshire | 1,475 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 1.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 204 | Greens Norton Northamptonshire | 1,525 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 1.3 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 924 | Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire | 1,343 | 24.6 | 9.9 | 6.5 | B− |
| 925 | Ovingham Northumberland | 1,155 | 26 | 8.6 | 1.8 | B− |
| 926 | Great Yeldham Essex | 1,824 | 23.6 | 11 | 3.1 | B− |
| 927 | Brigstock Northamptonshire | 1,436 | 22.8 | 11.8 | 3.9 | B− |
| 928 | Stratton Cornwall | 1,928 | 25.3 | 9.4 | 5.5 | B− |
| 929 | Wooler Northumberland | 1,930 | 23.8 | 11 | 7.5 | B− |
| 930 | Narborough Norfolk | 1,362 | 26.2 | 8.6 | 4.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Brigstock, and others in Northamptonshire.
Crime in Brigstock 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 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
23 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 29 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 -21% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour +69% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Brigstock’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Brigstock in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 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 Brigstock is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Brigstock’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; Brigstock 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 Brigstock’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Brigstock
Brigstock records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Corby and Kettering record more. Weldon, 2.9 miles away, records 17.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Brigstock’s 22.8.
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 Brigstock 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 Brigstock
Is Brigstock safe?
Police recorded 22.8 violent and sexual offences and 11.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Brigstock’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 45% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Brigstock is 927th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Brigstock?
Police recorded 23 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Brigstock?
Violence & sexual offences: 23 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (10) and public order (4), with 44 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Brigstock compare with Corby?
Corby records 41.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Brigstock’s 22.8 and 11.8, 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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