Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Worksop records more crime than 89% of UK towns
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Worksop’s built-up area put it at D for safety: #44 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. Police counts work out at 40.2 violent and sexual offences and 20.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually. The typical town its size sees 6.1 cases of shoplifting per 1,000 residents; Worksop sees 22.1, or 961 in the 12 months to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Worksop
More crime than many places its size
Of 159 UK towns of 30,000 to 59,000 people, Worksop has the 110th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Brighouse, Barnstaple and Billingham, higher than Nelson, Caerphilly and Pontypridd. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
31% of Worksop’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 26% 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.
Worksop: D for safety, and why
A firm grade. Built on 7,962 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Worksop 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, Worksop runs highest on shoplifting (22.1 per 1,000 against 6.1), robbery (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.5) and bicycle theft (1 per 1,000 against 0.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,655 | 38.1 | 30.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 961 | 22.1 | 6.1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 809 | 18.6 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 454 | 10.5 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 332 | 7.6 | 4.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 305 | 7 | 5.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 287 | 6.6 | 2.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 217 | 5 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 212 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 125 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| Robbery | Violent | 79 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 53 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 45 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 38 | 0.9 | 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.
Crime in Worksop 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 22 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 32 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
31% of Worksop residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
26% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 31% 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.
Worksop’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.
110th of 159: Worksop among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan Castlereagh Lisburn and Castlereagh | 58,763 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 4 | West Bridgford Nottinghamshire | 36,489 | 16.6 | 9 | 21.7 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Carlton Nottinghamshire | 53,555 | 23.2 | 9.4 | 13 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Beeston Nottinghamshire | 52,359 | 24.6 | 11.4 | 22.1 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | 40,016 | 26.6 | 10.1 | 12.2 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 107 | Nelson Lancashire | 33,808 | 44.8 | 15.6 | 13.4 | D |
| 108 | Caerphilly Gwent | 33,104 | 42.1 | 18.6 | 12.5 | D |
| 109 | Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan | 31,895 | 46.7 | 14.4 | 16.5 | D |
| 110 | Worksop Nottinghamshire | 43,435 | 40.2 | 20.9 | 32.9 | D |
| 111 | Lancaster Lancashire | 52,646 | 39.3 | 22.6 | 17.2 | D |
| 112 | Yeovil Somerset | 50,170 | 49.2 | 12.8 | 24.4 | D |
| 113 | Banbury Oxfordshire | 52,041 | 47 | 15.4 | 18.8 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 159 | Bridgwater Somerset | 47,846 | 76.8 | 18.9 | 29.3 | 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 Worksop, and others in Nottinghamshire.
Lowest recorded crime in Worksop North, Worksop North East and Worksop East; highest in Worksop South East
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worksop North | 9,683 | 23.9 | 10.4 | |
| Worksop North East | 6,114 | 27 | 11.6 | |
| Worksop East | 6,426 | 25.2 | 14.1 | |
| Worksop North West | 5,967 | 53 | 27.7 | |
| Worksop South | 6,941 | 52.4 | 28.3 | |
| Worksop South East | 8,304 | 61 | 34.2 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 958 | 75% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 845 | 35% violent |
| Shopping areas | 534 | 86% shoplifting & theft |
| Nightclubs | 311 | 47% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 216 | 34% anti-social behaviour |
| Petrol stations | 177 | 47% shoplifting & theft |
| Hospitals | 148 | 41% violent |
| College and university buildings | 67 | 46% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Worksop South East records 1.7× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Worksop. 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 Worksop. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Worksop’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 71% of Worksop’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 16% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (64% 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. 2,497 crimes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 -1% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +4% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -6% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -6% (towns its size -4%).
Two people died in collisions on Worksop’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 228 collisions with injuries inside Worksop in five years, in which two people died. 73 people were killed or seriously injured: 24 on foot and 18 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 Worksop’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Worksop’s own rate (0.9) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Worksop had 33.7 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 33% 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 Worksop’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Worksop
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worksop | 43,435 | 40.2 | 20.9 | D |
| Shireoaks | 1,774 | 27.8 | 16.4 | C |
| Woodsetts | 1,695 | 11.6 | 10 | A− |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 26.4 | 17.3 | C |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 30.5 | 15.9 | C |
| Langold | 2,603 | 34.2 | 24.6 | D |
| South Anston | 2,526 | 11.7 | 10.7 | A− |
| North Anston | 6,599 | 20.2 | 11.9 | B− |
Worksop records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Shireoaks, 1.8 miles away, records 27.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Worksop’s 40.2.
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
- Big public sites inside the boundary. police.uk counted 148 at or near a hospital over three years. They count in Worksop’s rate, as they would for any town that has them.
- 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 Worksop 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 Worksop
Is Worksop safe?
Police recorded 40.2 violent and sexual offences and 20.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Worksop’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 11% of UK towns. Among 159 UK towns of 30,000 to 59,000 people, Worksop is 110th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Worksop?
By council ward, Worksop North, Worksop North East and Worksop East record the least violent and household crime per resident: 23.9, 27 and 25.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 61 in Worksop South East.
Is crime going up in Worksop?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft fell 6% and anti-social behaviour fell 6%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Worksop town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 311 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 47% of them violent, and Worksop South East ward records 61 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in June and was lowest in November.
What is the most common crime in Worksop?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,655 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (961) and criminal damage & arson (454), with 809 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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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