Photo: steven ruffles · CC BY-SA 2.0Blyth stands out for vehicle crime: 11.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
For its size, it sits below 9% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people on crime per resident. Overall, it grades C− for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 16.9 violent and sexual offences and 34.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What’s behind Blyth’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 195 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Blyth 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, Blyth runs highest on vehicle crime (18.2 per 1,000 against 1.5), burglary (13.4 per 1,000 against 1.6) and criminal damage & arson (12.7 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 24 | 19 | 16.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 23 | 18.2 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 17 | 13.4 | 1.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 16 | 12.7 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 10.3 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 10 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 9 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 6 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.8 | 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.
How Blyth compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Ranby Nottinghamshire | 1,034 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 1.6 | A+ |
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| 15 | Woodborough Nottinghamshire | 1,649 | 5.3 | 2 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Tollerton Nottinghamshire | 1,976 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 147 | Walesby Nottinghamshire | 1,217 | 11.2 | 3 | 3.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1113 | Hooley Surrey | 1,010 | 35 | 16.2 | 6.9 | C− |
| 1114 | Wharncliffe Side South Yorkshire | 1,387 | 33.7 | 17.5 | 4.8 | C− |
| 1115 | Darrington West Yorkshire | 1,194 | 25.4 | 26 | 3.9 | C− |
| 1116 | Blyth Nottinghamshire | 1,264 | 16.9 | 34.6 | 21.6 | C− |
| 1117 | Stanwell Moor Surrey | 1,431 | 28.2 | 23.3 | 6.3 | C− |
| 1118 | St Clears Dyfed | 1,787 | 40.9 | 10.7 | 7.4 | C− |
| 1119 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | 1,191 | 38.3 | 13.7 | 7.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Blyth, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Crime in Blyth 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 44 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 15 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
26 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 20 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 +30% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +14% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft -24% (towns its size +4%).
No one died in a collision on Blyth’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Blyth 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 Blyth is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Blyth’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; Blyth 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 Blyth’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Blyth
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth | 1,264 | 16.9 | 34.6 | C− |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 20 | 14.4 | B− |
| Langold | 2,603 | 34.2 | 24.6 | D |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 26.4 | 17.3 | C |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 31.9 | 21.2 | C− |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 22.8 | 18.1 | C |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 1.6 | 5.2 | A+ |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 14.1 | 13 | B |
Blyth records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Langold and Harworth and Bircotes record more. Ranskill, 2.2 miles away, records 20 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Blyth’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 Blyth 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 Blyth
Is Blyth safe?
Police recorded 16.9 violent and sexual offences and 34.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Blyth’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 20% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Blyth has less crime per resident than 9%.
Is crime going up in Blyth?
Police recorded 26 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 20 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Blyth?
Violence & sexual offences: 24 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (23) and burglary (17), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Blyth compare with Worksop?
Worksop records 40.2 violent and sexual offences and 20.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Blyth’s 16.9 and 34.6, 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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