Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Hucknall stands out for robbery: 2.7 times the rate of a typical town its size
Recorded violence rose 15% in a year. Compared with the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it records less crime per resident than 42%. Each year brought 34.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 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 Hucknall
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% more violent crime per resident in Hucknall than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage rose 9% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 181 UK towns of 25,000 to 48,000 people, Hucknall has the 82nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Neath, Salisbury and Haverhill, higher than Antrim, Congleton and Kendal. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
29% of Hucknall’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 23% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Hucknall’s C−
A firm grade. Built on 5,237 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hucknall 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, Hucknall runs highest on robbery (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.5), shoplifting (12 per 1,000 against 6.1) and possession of weapons (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,271 | 35.5 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 569 | 15.9 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 431 | 12 | 6.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 292 | 8.1 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 199 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 194 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 136 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 128 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 113 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 66 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Robbery | Violent | 53 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 50 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 20 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
“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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
How crime in Hucknall has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-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 +15% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +9% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -22% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -19% (towns its size -4%).
29% of Hucknall residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
23% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 29% 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.
Hucknall’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.
Crime in Hucknall 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 15 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 18 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Lowest recorded crime in Hucknall West, Hucknall North and Hucknall South; highest in Hucknall Central
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall West | 10,703 | 25 | 9.8 | |
| Hucknall North | 10,584 | 30.6 | 12 | |
| Hucknall South | 6,658 | 36.9 | 15.3 | |
| Hucknall Central | 7,471 | 51.5 | 23 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 864 | 57% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 752 | 70% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 267 | 34% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 143 | 40% violent |
| Petrol stations | 49 | 57% anti-social behaviour |
| Police stations | 44 | 25% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Hucknall Central records 1.7× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Hucknall. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Hucknall. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Hucknall’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 72% of Hucknall’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 18% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (59% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 10% of violent and 6% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,628 crimes.
Among 181 towns its size, Hucknall ranks 82nd for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
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| 6 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | 36,489 | 16.6 | 9 | 21.7 | B+ |
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| 34 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | 40,016 | 26.6 | 10.1 | 12.2 | C+ |
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| 79 | Antrim Antrim and Newtownabbey | 25,606 | 33.7 | 13.6 | 8.7 | C |
| 80 | Congleton Cheshire | 30,001 | 38.6 | 9.2 | 10 | C− |
| 81 | Kendal Cumbria | 28,939 | 37.6 | 10.8 | 13 | C− |
| 82 | Hucknall Nottinghamshire | 35,848 | 34.4 | 14.3 | 23.4 | C− |
| 83 | Lichfield Staffordshire | 32,586 | 34.1 | 14.7 | 15.1 | C− |
| 84 | Daventry Northamptonshire | 27,783 | 35.5 | 13.8 | 9.2 | C− |
| 85 | Rugeley Staffordshire | 26,149 | 37 | 12.3 | 12.1 | C− |
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| 131 | Worksop Nottinghamshire | 43,435 | 40.2 | 20.9 | 32.9 | D |
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| 137 | Sutton in Ashfield Nottinghamshire | 36,435 | 45 | 19.4 | 24.7 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 181 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 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 Hucknall, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Two people died in collisions on Hucknall’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 194 collisions with injuries inside Hucknall in five years, in which two people died. 39 people were killed or seriously injured: 16 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hucknall’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hucknall’s own rate (1.1) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Hucknall had 21.7 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 41% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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 Hucknall’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hucknall
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall | 35,848 | 34.4 | 14.3 | C− |
| Bestwood Village | 2,151 | 32.4 | 13.5 | C |
| Newstead | 2,204 | 25.3 | 8.6 | B− |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 9,581 | 14.7 | 9.9 | B+ |
| Kimberley | 4,467 | 25.8 | 13.7 | C+ |
| Annesley Woodhouse | 6,162 | 31.2 | 11.7 | C |
| Eastwood | 18,890 | 29.8 | 14.9 | C |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 8.4 | 5.2 | A+ |
Hucknall records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Bestwood Village, 1.5 miles away, records 32.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hucknall’s 34.4.
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 Hucknall 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 Hucknall
Is Hucknall safe?
Police recorded 34.4 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hucknall’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 23% of UK towns. Among 181 UK towns of 25,000 to 48,000 people, Hucknall is 82nd from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Hucknall?
By council ward, Hucknall West, Hucknall North and Hucknall South record the least violent and household crime per resident: 25, 30.6 and 36.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 51.5 in Hucknall Central.
Is crime going up in Hucknall?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 9%, shoplifting and theft fell 22% and anti-social behaviour fell 19%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hucknall?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,271 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (431) and criminal damage & arson (292), with 569 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hucknall compare with Nottingham?
Nottingham records 53.3 violent and sexual offences and 23.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Hucknall’s 34.4 and 14.3, 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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