Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Normanton sees more crime per resident than 89% of UK towns
Typical years here bring 44.6 violent and sexual offences plus 16.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Scored on crimes police recorded inside Normanton’s built-up area across September 2023 to August 2026, the town lands on D for safety: #63 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Police recorded 99 cases of vehicle crime here in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 4.5 per 1,000 against a typical 2.8. Violence recorded locally dropped 15% 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 Normanton
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% less violent crime per resident in Normanton 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 fell 13% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 281 UK towns of 15,000 to 30,000 people, Normanton has the 224th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Clifton, Ryde and Harwich, higher than Newquay, Wombwell and Huntingdon. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
46% of Normanton’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.
What’s behind Normanton’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 4,024 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Normanton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
46% of Normanton residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
26% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 46% 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.
Normanton’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.
How crime in Normanton 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 -15% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -13% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft -6% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +7% (towns its size -4%).
Of 281 towns its size, Normanton is 224th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 61 | Garforth West Yorkshire | 15,148 | 23 | 10.9 | 7.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 148 | Mirfield West Yorkshire | 19,614 | 33.3 | 13.8 | 10 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 152 | Ossett West Yorkshire | 21,854 | 33.8 | 13.6 | 9.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 178 | Bingley West Yorkshire | 21,334 | 37 | 14.6 | 10.1 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 221 | Newquay Cornwall | 24,543 | 45.9 | 14.8 | 18 | D |
| 222 | Wombwell South Yorkshire | 16,758 | 40.6 | 20.4 | 6 | D |
| 223 | Huntingdon Cambridgeshire | 25,603 | 44.6 | 16.4 | 19.9 | D |
| 224 | Normanton West Yorkshire | 21,976 | 44.6 | 16.5 | 12.1 | D |
| 225 | Northwich Cheshire | 18,646 | 49.4 | 11.7 | 19.9 | D |
| 226 | Heanor Derbyshire | 24,264 | 45.3 | 16 | 14.2 | D |
| 227 | Tiverton Devon | 19,710 | 45.4 | 16 | 13.2 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 281 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 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 Normanton, and others in West Yorkshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Normanton runs highest on other crime (3.4 per 1,000 against 1.8), vehicle crime (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and public order (7.3 per 1,000 against 5.4). Drugs and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 864 | 39.3 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 188 | 8.6 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 161 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 148 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 141 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 114 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 99 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 75 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 67 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 32 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Robbery | Violent | 17 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 10 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 5 | 0.2 | 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 Normanton 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 12 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Normanton identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 76% of Normanton’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” (67% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 3% 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. 1,414 crimes.
Three people died in collisions on Normanton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 126 collisions with injuries inside Normanton in five years, in which three people died (1 was a pedestrian and 2 were cyclists). 41 people were killed or seriously injured: 7 on foot and 10 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 Normanton’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Normanton’s own rate (2.7) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Normanton had 37.4 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). 17% 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 Normanton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Normanton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton | 21,976 | 44.6 | 16.5 | D |
| Streethouse | 1,691 | 67.3 | 19.3 | D− |
| Sharlston | 2,163 | 41.8 | 12 | C− |
| Methley | 1,196 | 20.4 | 8.9 | B |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 38.3 | 13.7 | C− |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 23 | 10.6 | B− |
| Featherstone | 11,657 | 62.1 | 17.8 | D− |
| Crofton | 6,127 | 29.8 | 9.1 | C+ |
Normanton records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Streethouse and Featherstone record more. Sharlston, 2.1 miles away, records 41.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Normanton’s 44.6.
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
- 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 Normanton 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 Normanton
Is Normanton safe?
Police recorded 44.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Normanton’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 11% of UK towns. Among 281 UK towns of 15,000 to 30,000 people, Normanton is 224th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Normanton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 13%, shoplifting and theft fell 6% and anti-social behaviour rose 7%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Normanton?
Violence & sexual offences: 864 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (161) and criminal damage & arson (148), with 188 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Normanton 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 Normanton’s 44.6 and 16.5, 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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