On crimes police recorded inside Mears Ashby’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it has no Safety Grade. The town has fewer than 1,000 residents, and Safety is graded from 1,000: below that, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. The local count comes to 12.4 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year.
Violent crime
12.4
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
16.8
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
7.3
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
5.8
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
4
homes & vehicles
2
shoplifting & theft
20
of the three, per 1,000
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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
3 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 5 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Mears AshbyUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Mears AshbyUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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).
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour10.9
Violence & sexual offences6.6
Burglary6.6
Shoplifting2.2
Criminal damage & arson2.2
Public order2.2
Other theft2.2
Other crime2.2
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
5
10.9
5.3
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
3
6.6
16.6
Burglary
Home & vehicle
3
6.6
1.6
Shoplifting
not graded
1
2.2
0
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
1
2.2
3.2
Public order
not graded
1
2.2
2.4
Other theft
not graded
1
2.2
2.5
Other crime
not graded
1
2.2
1.1
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.5
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.
Neighbours
Crime in the places around Mears Ashby
Sywell and OverstoneEarls BartonGreat DoddingtonWellingboroughMoultonCogenhoeWollastonMears Ashby
Mears Ashby records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Sywell and Overstone, 1.3 miles away, records 11 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Mears Ashby’s 12.4.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 Mears Ashby sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 Mears Ashby
Is Mears Ashby safe?
Police recorded 12.4 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Mears Ashby’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Mears Ashby?
Police recorded 3 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 5 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Mears Ashby?
Violence & sexual offences: 3 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (3) and shoplifting (1), with 5 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Mears Ashby compare with Northampton?
Northampton records 46.1 violent and sexual offences and 19.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Mears Ashby’s 12.4 and 16.8, 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) · 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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