South Derbyshire crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of South Derbyshire crime rate

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With a medium crime rating, South Derbyshire is ranked 15th among 25 local districts in terms of crime rate. The district witnessed 8,459 criminal incidents in 2023, against a backdrop of 107,208 residents, translating to a crime rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people—an 8.17% increase from the previous year.

The most prevalent crime types in South Derbyshire were Violence and sexual offences (39.3%), Anti-social behaviour (15.6%), Public order (9.7%), with the least frequent being Theft from the person (0.7%), Robbery (0.4%), Bicycle theft (0.4%).

Of the 15 wards in South Derbyshire, Swadlincote (155.2), Woodville (104.0), Newhall and Stanton (103.8) had the highest crime rates. In contrast, the lowest rates were found in Etwall (54.9), Repton (South Derbyshire) (47.7), Melbourne (47.7).

Among postcode districts within or overlapping South Derbyshire, the highest crime rates were seen in DE1 (592.8), DE24 (268.9), DE23 (204.7), while the safest were DE6 (37.6), DE3 (17.3), LE65 (15.1).

In South Derbyshire, there have been significant changes in crime rates over the recent years. The types of crime that have seen an increase include Anti-social behaviour with a rate change of 8.88 in 2020, Public order with a rate change of 2.15 in 2020, Shoplifting with a rate change of 1.59 in 2023, Vehicle crime with a rate change of 2.0 in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences with rate changes of 3.27 in 2020, 4.27 in 2021, and 1.74 in 2022. Conversely, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour with rate changes of -6.41 in 2021 and -6.82 in 2022, and Burglary saw a rate change of -1.89 in 2020.

South Derbyshire crime incidents by crime type

A total of 8459 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3328 (39.3)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1317 (15.6)%
Public order – 822 (9.7)%
Criminal damage and arson – 671 (7.9)%
Other theft – 588 (7.0)%
Vehicle crime – 533 (6.3)%
Shoplifting – 304 (3.6)%
Burglary – 296 (3.5)%
Drugs – 223 (2.6)%
Other crime – 165 (2.0)%
Possession of weapons – 90 (1.1)%
Theft from the person – 56 (0.7)%
Robbery – 36 (0.4)%
Bicycle theft – 30 (0.4)%

How does South Derbyshire compare against nearby areas ?

South Derbyshire ranks 15th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas South Derbyshire is compared against

Crime rates in South Derbyshire wards

There are 15 wards within South Derbyshire. Swadlincote, Woodville, Newhall and Stanton has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 15 wards from high crime rate to low.