Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Tickhill sees less violence than most UK towns, but more burglary, vehicle crime and damage
With 21 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, burglary reaches 4.3 per 1,000 residents in Tickhill, well above the typical 1.9. In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Tickhill at B (#2 of 63 in South Yorkshire): less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns. Out of every 1,000 residents, 14.1 violent and sexual offences and 13.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. Violent crime barely moved 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 Tickhill
Less crime than many places its size
Of 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Tickhill has the 258th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Cholsey, Edwinstowe and Milton, higher than Ottery St Mary, Long Stratton and Irchester. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 24% of Tickhill’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Tickhill: B for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 399 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Tickhill against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Police in Tickhill identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 90% of Tickhill’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 23% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (68% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 1% 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. 143 crimes.
1 in 4 Tickhill residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
47% 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.
Tickhill’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, Tickhill runs highest on burglary (4.3 per 1,000 against 1.9), vehicle crime (4.5 per 1,000 against 2) and other theft (5.1 per 1,000 against 3.2). Violence & sexual offences and public order sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 64 | 13 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 36 | 7.3 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 25 | 5.1 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 22 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 21 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 16 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 2 | 3.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 9 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 9 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
258th of 823: Tickhill among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 255 | Ottery St Mary Devon | 6,043 | 20.6 | 6.3 | 4.9 | B |
| 256 | Long Stratton Norfolk | 5,218 | 21 | 6 | 3.7 | B |
| 257 | Irchester Northamptonshire | 4,543 | 18.9 | 8.2 | 6.8 | B |
| 258 | Tickhill South Yorkshire | 4,909 | 14.1 | 13 | 7.5 | B |
| 259 | Snaith East Riding of Yorkshire | 3,557 | 17.3 | 9.8 | 5 | B |
| 260 | Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel Cornwall | 3,506 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | B |
| 261 | North Baddesley Hampshire | 6,996 | 18.2 | 9 | 9.1 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 283 | Thorpe Hesley South Yorkshire | 4,153 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 3.1 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 311 | Oughtibridge South Yorkshire | 3,128 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 9.1 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 354 | Finningley South Yorkshire | 5,919 | 20.8 | 9.5 | 5.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 399 | North Anston South Yorkshire | 6,599 | 20.2 | 11.9 | 8.4 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 823 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Tickhill, and others in South Yorkshire.
Crime in Tickhill 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 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 -3% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -6% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft -5% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour +16% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Tickhill’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 19 collisions with injuries inside Tickhill in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Tickhill is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Tickhill’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Tickhill had 4.
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 Tickhill’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Tickhill
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 14.1 | 13 | B |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 31.9 | 21.2 | C− |
| Wadworth | 1,156 | 22.2 | 17.9 | C+ |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 13,911 | 37.9 | 15.2 | C− |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 22.8 | 18.1 | C |
| Langold | 2,603 | 34.2 | 24.6 | D |
| Maltby | 16,305 | 37.9 | 18.7 | C− |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 16.9 | 34.6 | C− |
Tickhill records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
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 Tickhill 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 Tickhill
Is Tickhill safe?
Police recorded 14.1 violent and sexual offences and 13 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Tickhill’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns. Among 823 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, Tickhill is 258th from the least crime. 24% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Tickhill?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 6%, shoplifting and theft fell 5% and anti-social behaviour rose 16%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Tickhill?
Violence & sexual offences: 64 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (25) and vehicle crime (22), with 36 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Tickhill compare with Doncaster?
Doncaster records 72.6 violent and sexual offences and 38.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Tickhill’s 14.1 and 13, 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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