Photo: Tom Courtney · CC BY-SA 2.0Rainworth records more violent crime per head than 86% of UK towns
Typical years here bring 41.6 violent and sexual offences plus 10.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. With 413 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, violent crime reaches 51.7 per 1,000 residents in Rainworth, well above the typical 22.4. In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Rainworth at C− (#36 of 49 in Nottinghamshire): more crime per resident than 80% of UK towns. What’s more, violent crime was up 15% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Rainworth
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% more violent crime per resident in Rainworth than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 19% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Rainworth has the 336th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Newbridge, Allerton Bywater and Mildenhall, higher than Gwersyllt, Pelton and Ouston and Crediton. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Rainworth’s C−
A firm grade. Built on 1,235 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Rainworth 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, Rainworth runs highest on other crime (4 per 1,000 against 1.5), violence & sexual offences (51.7 per 1,000 against 22.4) and anti-social behaviour (14.4 per 1,000 against 8.8). Burglary sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 413 | 51.7 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 115 | 14.4 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 54 | 6.8 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 38 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 32 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 31 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 14 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 12 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 10 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 9 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
How Rainworth’s neighbourhoods rank in England
17% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% 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.
Rainworth’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.
Police in Rainworth identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 55% of Rainworth’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 10% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (69% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 7% 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. 288 crimes.
How crime in Rainworth has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 +15% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -19% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +36% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -26% (towns its size +0%).
Among 430 towns its size, Rainworth ranks 336th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Keyworth Nottinghamshire | 6,822 | 12.8 | 5.5 | 6.6 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Southwell Nottinghamshire | 7,405 | 12.4 | 12 | 7.7 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 61 | Nuthall and Watnall Nottinghamshire | 9,581 | 14.7 | 9.9 | 5.2 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | East Leake Nottinghamshire | 8,551 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 5.3 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 333 | Gwersyllt Clwyd | 7,112 | 38.1 | 13.4 | 9.7 | C− |
| 334 | Pelton and Ouston County Durham | 7,305 | 31 | 20.4 | 6.8 | C− |
| 335 | Crediton Devon | 7,971 | 39.3 | 12.2 | 15.6 | C− |
| 336 | Rainworth Nottinghamshire | 7,990 | 41.6 | 10 | 7.1 | C− |
| 337 | London Colney Hertfordshire | 7,932 | 33.7 | 17.9 | 59.7 | C− |
| 338 | Paddock Wood Kent | 7,616 | 33.2 | 18.7 | 23.5 | C− |
| 339 | Hayle Cornwall | 9,040 | 36.7 | 15.3 | 16.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 430 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | 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 Rainworth, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Crime in Rainworth 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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 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 Ransom Wood, Rainworth South & Blidworth and Rainworth North & Rufford
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom Wood | 1,331 | 25.8 | 12.5 | |
| Rainworth South & Blidworth | 1,916 | 32.2 | 11.7 | |
| Rainworth North & Rufford | 4,743 | 49.8 | 8.6 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 142 | 50% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 32 | 34% violent |
| Petrol stations | 27 | 33% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Rainworth North & Rufford records 1.7× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Rainworth. 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 Rainworth. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Rainworth’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Two people died in collisions on Rainworth’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 30 collisions with injuries inside Rainworth in five years, in which two people died (1 was a pedestrian). 14 people were killed or seriously injured: 6 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Rainworth’s two people are context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Rainworth had 35.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (16.7).
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 Rainworth’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Rainworth
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 41.6 | 10 | C− |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 29.5 | 12.1 | C |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 8.4 | 5.2 | A+ |
| Forest Town | 19,015 | 23.7 | 8.5 | B− |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 10.3 | 10 | A− |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 30.5 | 15.2 | C |
| Mansfield | 63,448 | 56.4 | 22.2 | D− |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 19,521 | 29.3 | 10.4 | C+ |
Rainworth records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Mansfield records more. Blidworth, 1.3 miles away, records 29.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Rainworth’s 41.6.
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 Rainworth 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 Rainworth
Is Rainworth safe?
Police recorded 41.6 violent and sexual offences and 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Rainworth’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 20% of UK towns. Among 430 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people, Rainworth is 336th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Rainworth?
By council ward, Ransom Wood, Rainworth South & Blidworth and Rainworth North & Rufford record the least violent and household crime per resident: 25.8, 32.2 and 49.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 49.8 in Rainworth North & Rufford.
Is crime going up in Rainworth?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 19%, shoplifting and theft rose 36% and anti-social behaviour fell 26%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Rainworth?
Violence & sexual offences: 413 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (54) and public order (38), with 115 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Rainworth compare with Mansfield?
Mansfield records 56.4 violent and sexual offences and 22.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Rainworth’s 41.6 and 10, 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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