Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Mexborough sees more crime per resident than 98% of UK towns
On the record of crimes police recorded inside Mexborough’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it takes D− for safety: #53 of 63 in South Yorkshire. With 24 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, robbery reaches 1.5 per 1,000 residents locally, well above the typical 0.5. Recorded violence rose 7% in a year. Per 1,000 residents a year, 63.6 violent and sexual offences and 24.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Mexborough
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 7% more violent crime per resident in Mexborough 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 14% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
83% of Mexborough’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% 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.
The D− for Mexborough, and how it is built
A firm grade. Built on 4,121 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Mexborough against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
83% of Mexborough residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 83% 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.
Mexborough’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Mexborough runs highest on other crime (5.4 per 1,000 against 1.8), robbery (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.5) and burglary (6.6 per 1,000 against 2.4). Shoplifting sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,040 | 66.8 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 293 | 18.8 | 12.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 226 | 14.5 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 130 | 8.4 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 103 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 102 | 6.6 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 96 | 6.2 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 84 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 70 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 56 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 24 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 24 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.1 | 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 Mexborough compares with UK towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 124 | Darton South Yorkshire | 15,016 | 25.6 | 12.2 | 5.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 176 | Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe South Yorkshire | 13,090 | 24.2 | 19.1 | 7.6 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 202 | Swallownest and Aston South Yorkshire | 14,912 | 31.1 | 15.3 | 7.8 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 241 | Armthorpe South Yorkshire | 14,161 | 31.7 | 21 | 13.4 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 326 | Patchway Gloucestershire | 16,517 | 61.4 | 23.9 | 64.3 | D− |
| 327 | Stanley County Durham | 19,423 | 57.4 | 28 | 24.7 | D− |
| 328 | Cleckheaton West Yorkshire | 11,607 | 58.3 | 27.6 | 16.9 | D− |
| 329 | Mexborough South Yorkshire | 15,560 | 63.6 | 24.7 | 11.5 | D− |
| 330 | South Elmsall West Yorkshire | 11,187 | 59.9 | 28.4 | 26.3 | D− |
| 331 | Peterlee County Durham | 19,750 | 58.1 | 30.5 | 23.5 | D− |
| 332 | Adwick le Street South Yorkshire | 18,326 | 54.9 | 34.5 | 16.5 | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 341 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | 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 Mexborough, and others in South Yorkshire.
Crime in Mexborough 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 27 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 11 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Mexborough 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 +7% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +14% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -7% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -14% (towns its size -4%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Mexborough’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 15% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (71% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 2% 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. 1,222 crimes.
Where in Mexborough police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 455 | 37% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 156 | 42% violent |
| Supermarkets | 152 | 56% shoplifting & theft |
| Hospitals | 51 | 33% violent |
| Petrol stations | 30 | 40% shoplifting & theft |
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 Mexborough. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
One person died in collisions on Mexborough’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 79 collisions with injuries inside Mexborough in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 34 people were killed or seriously injured: 12 on foot and 5 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 Mexborough’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mexborough’s own rate (1.3) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Mexborough had 43.7 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). 35% 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 Mexborough’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Mexborough
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexborough | 15,560 | 63.6 | 24.7 | D− |
| Denaby Main | 4,310 | 67.7 | 32 | D− |
| Swinton | 15,911 | 41.2 | 16.4 | D |
| Barnburgh and Harlington | 1,849 | 13.3 | 13.3 | B+ |
| Bolton upon Dearne | 7,440 | 36.1 | 19.9 | C− |
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | 43.8 | 21.5 | D |
| Goldthorpe | 7,493 | 53.8 | 45.2 | D− |
| Wath upon Dearne | 16,962 | 45.6 | 19.6 | D |
Mexborough records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Denaby Main and Goldthorpe record more. Swinton, 1.7 miles away, records 41.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Mexborough’s 63.6.
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
- Big public sites inside the boundary. police.uk counted 51 at or near a hospital over three years. They count in Mexborough’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 Mexborough 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 Mexborough
Is Mexborough safe?
Police recorded 63.6 violent and sexual offences and 24.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Mexborough’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: less crime per resident than 2% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Mexborough has less crime per resident than 3%.
Is crime going up in Mexborough?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 7%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 14%, shoplifting and theft fell 7% and anti-social behaviour fell 14%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Mexborough?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,040 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (226) and public order (130), with 293 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Mexborough compare with Rotherham?
Rotherham records 61.7 violent and sexual offences and 25.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Mexborough’s 63.6 and 24.7, 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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