Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0Bulkington stands out for burglary: 3.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violent crime is lower than in 55% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in only 19%. Overall, it grades C+ for safety (#19 of 34 in Warwickshire). Annual rates stand at 21.2 violent and sexual offences and 15.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Bulkington
About the middle for a town its size
Of 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, Bulkington has the 357th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Carnforth, Cotgrave and Deepcar, higher than Sowerby, Halfway Houses and Treharris. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Bulkington’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 619 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Bulkington 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, Bulkington runs highest on burglary (7.1 per 1,000 against 1.9), vehicle crime (4.1 per 1,000 against 2) and other crime (2.1 per 1,000 against 1.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 119 | 21 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 68 | 12 | 8.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 40 | 7.1 | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 36 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 24 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 23 | 4.1 | 2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 19 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 12 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 4 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 0.7 | 1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 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.
How Bulkington’s neighbourhoods rank in England
50% 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.
Bulkington’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 Bulkington identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 63% of Bulkington’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 12% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (81% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 9% 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. 192 crimes.
Of 628 towns its size, Bulkington is 357th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 144 | Cawston Warwickshire | 6,475 | 19.4 | 6.3 | 3.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 196 | Wellesbourne Warwickshire | 7,015 | 21 | 7.1 | 7 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 278 | Long Lawford Warwickshire | 4,369 | 26.3 | 5.7 | 3.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 326 | Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire | 5,852 | 25.5 | 8.9 | 7.4 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 354 | Sowerby North Yorkshire | 4,727 | 25.3 | 11 | 6.8 | C+ |
| 355 | Halfway Houses Kent | 4,396 | 25.7 | 10.5 | 9.3 | C+ |
| 356 | Treharris Mid Glamorgan | 5,042 | 24.7 | 11.6 | 6.2 | C+ |
| 357 | Bulkington Warwickshire | 5,670 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 3.9 | C+ |
| 358 | Hemsby Norfolk | 5,724 | 27.1 | 9.3 | 4.4 | C+ |
| 359 | Marske-by-the-Sea North Yorkshire | 7,576 | 25.3 | 11.2 | 16 | C+ |
| 360 | Dalton-in-Furness Cumbria | 7,551 | 27.2 | 9.3 | 5.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 628 | 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 Bulkington, and others in Warwickshire.
Crime in Bulkington 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 17 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 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 +2% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +27% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +15% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -4% (towns its size +0%).
One person died in collisions on Bulkington’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 24 collisions with injuries inside Bulkington in five years, in which one person died (1 was a pedestrian). 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 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, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Bulkington’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Bulkington’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 5 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Bulkington had 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 Bulkington’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Bulkington
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulkington | 5,670 | 21.2 | 15.2 | C+ |
| Bedworth | 31,083 | 38.8 | 18.1 | D |
| Hawkesbury | 2,288 | 40.2 | 18.4 | D |
| Bermuda | 2,071 | 22.7 | 18.1 | C |
| Ash Green | 2,562 | 21.1 | 12.9 | B− |
| Nuneaton | 88,818 | 42.7 | 18.5 | D |
| Keresley Newlands | 3,631 | 36.4 | 36.8 | D |
| Hinckley | 50,729 | 30.5 | 16.7 | C |
Bulkington records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Ash Green, 3.6 miles away, records 21.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Bulkington’s 21.2.
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
- 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 Bulkington 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 Bulkington
Is Bulkington safe?
Police recorded 21.2 violent and sexual offences and 15.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Bulkington’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 42% of UK towns. Among 628 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, Bulkington is 357th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Bulkington?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 27%, shoplifting and theft rose 15% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Bulkington?
Violence & sexual offences: 119 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (40) and criminal damage & arson (36), with 68 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Bulkington compare with Coventry?
Coventry records 47.6 violent and sexual offences and 23.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Bulkington’s 21.2 and 15.2, 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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