Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Crick stands out for anti-social behaviour: 3.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
All told, Crick grades B for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. In a usual year, 13.5 violent and sexual offences and 15.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants. On violence it beats 83% of UK towns; on burglary, vehicle crime and damage, only 19%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Crick
About the middle for a village its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Crick has the 286th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Tanyfron, Barrow upon Humber and Mullion, higher than Ambrosden, East Peckham and Little Dunmow. 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 Crick’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 sits behind Crick’s B
A fairly firm grade. Built on 193 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Crick 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, Crick runs highest on anti-social behaviour (18.3 per 1,000 against 5.3), vehicle crime (4.9 per 1,000 against 1.5) and other theft (4.9 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 41 | 18.3 | 5.3 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 33 | 14.7 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 13 | 5.8 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 11 | 4.9 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 8 | 3.6 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 4 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 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.
Crime in Crick 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Set against 550 towns its size, Crick is 286th
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Bozeat Northamptonshire | 2,166 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Mawsley Village Northamptonshire | 2,487 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 100 | Old Stratford Northamptonshire | 2,427 | 11.5 | 7.4 | 2.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 149 | Kings Sutton Northamptonshire | 2,306 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 283 | Ambrosden Oxfordshire | 2,736 | 23.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | B |
| 284 | East Peckham Kent | 2,144 | 18.2 | 10.4 | 15.4 | B |
| 285 | Little Dunmow Essex | 2,644 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 5.4 | B |
| 286 | Crick Northamptonshire | 2,245 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 9.4 | B |
| 287 | Bramford Suffolk | 2,335 | 22.4 | 6.3 | 5.1 | B |
| 288 | Great Blakenham Suffolk | 2,188 | 16.8 | 12 | 12 | B |
| 289 | Threemilestone Cornwall | 2,854 | 22.4 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 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 Crick, and others in Northamptonshire.
35 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 25 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 +40% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -3% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Crick’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Crick 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 Crick is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Crick’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; Crick 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 Crick’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Crick
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crick | 2,245 | 13.5 | 15.1 | B |
| Kilsby | 1,341 | 19.1 | 8.7 | B |
| West Haddon | 1,985 | 12.1 | 6.7 | A |
| Long Buckby | 3,821 | 28 | 8.2 | C+ |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 9.9 | 5.8 | A |
| Onley | 1,667 | 60.6 | 3 | D |
| Braunston | 1,519 | 16.5 | 3.3 | A− |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 32 | 12.1 | C |
Crick records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Kilsby, 2 miles away, records 19.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Crick’s 13.5.
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 Crick 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 Crick
Is Crick safe?
Police recorded 13.5 violent and sexual offences and 15.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Crick’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 59% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Crick is 286th from the least crime. 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Crick?
Police recorded 35 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 25 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Crick?
Violence & sexual offences: 33 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (13) and other theft (11), with 41 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Crick compare with Rugby?
Rugby records 32 violent and sexual offences and 12.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Crick’s 13.5 and 15.1, 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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