Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Mickletown records burglary at 2.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violence recorded locally dropped 10% in a year. Overall, Mickletown grades B− for safety (#14 of 91 in West Yorkshire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Police recorded 15 cases of burglary locally in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 4.5 per 1,000 against a typical 1.9.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Mickletown
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Mickletown than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Mickletown has the 670th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Fleckney, Bassingbourn and Newstead, higher than Dunchurch, Willand and Newbold Verdon. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Mickletown: B− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 339 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Mickletown against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How Mickletown’s neighbourhoods rank in England
0% 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.
Mickletown’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, Mickletown runs highest on burglary (4.5 per 1,000 against 1.9) and public order (5.4 per 1,000 against 3.6). Anti-social behaviour sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 78 | 23.2 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 24 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 18 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 15 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 9 | 2.7 | 2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“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 crime in Mickletown 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 -10% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -10% (towns its size -1%).
Of 1,089 towns its size, Mickletown is 670th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 143 | Shelley West Yorkshire | 2,696 | 12.7 | 5.7 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 163 | Shepley West Yorkshire | 2,515 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 1.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 252 | Addingham West Yorkshire | 3,247 | 13.2 | 8.9 | 3.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 266 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | 2,270 | 13.5 | 9 | 2.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 667 | Dunchurch Warwickshire | 2,603 | 25.4 | 8.2 | 3.7 | B− |
| 668 | Willand Devon | 3,477 | 25.2 | 8.4 | 3.6 | B− |
| 669 | Newbold Verdon Leicestershire | 3,097 | 24.2 | 9.4 | 7.7 | B− |
| 670 | Mickletown West Yorkshire | 3,362 | 23 | 10.6 | 3.8 | B− |
| 671 | Pucklechurch Gloucestershire | 2,702 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 3 | B− |
| 672 | Padstow Cornwall | 2,351 | 25 | 8.7 | 10.8 | B− |
| 673 | Wilsden West Yorkshire | 3,749 | 22.4 | 11.4 | 5.4 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 1089 | 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 Mickletown, and others in West Yorkshire.
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
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 11 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.
No one died in a collision on Mickletown’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Mickletown in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Mickletown is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Mickletown’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 3 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Mickletown had 5.
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 Mickletown’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Mickletown
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 23 | 10.6 | B− |
| Methley | 1,196 | 20.4 | 8.9 | B |
| Allerton Bywater | 6,958 | 34.2 | 18 | C− |
| Swillington | 3,077 | 33.3 | 12.5 | C |
| Kippax | 10,299 | 27.4 | 12.7 | C+ |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 38.3 | 13.7 | C− |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 61.7 | 27.1 | D− |
| Normanton | 21,976 | 44.6 | 16.5 | D |
Mickletown records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Methley, 0.7 miles away, records 20.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Mickletown’s 23.
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 Mickletown 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 Mickletown
Is Mickletown safe?
Police recorded 23 violent and sexual offences and 10.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Mickletown’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 47% of UK towns. Among 1,089 UK towns of 2,000 to 5,000 people, Mickletown is 670th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Mickletown?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 10%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 26%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Mickletown?
Violence & sexual offences: 78 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (18) and burglary (15), with 24 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Mickletown compare with Wakefield?
Wakefield records 69.2 violent and sexual offences and 22.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Mickletown’s 23 and 10.6, 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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