Crime Statistics for Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales

There were a total of 13 street level crime incidents in Bakewell in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bakewell, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime3
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft2
Shoplifting2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
Drugs1
Public Order1
All Crime13

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bakewell. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bakewell

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bakewell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bakewell has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bakewell13
Alport (2.56 miles)2
Youlgreave (2.48 miles)2
Sheldon (2.48 miles)0
Rowland (2.48 miles)0
Little Longstone (2.63 miles)0
Great Longstone (1.96 miles)0
Hassop (2.56 miles)0
Ashford in the Water (1.39 miles)0
Calton Lees (2.48 miles)0

4.11%
of Bakewell residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bakewell?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bakewell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bakewell3
Alport2
Youlgreave2
Sheldon0
Rowland0
Little Longstone0
Great Longstone0
Hassop0
Ashford in the Water0
Calton Lees0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bakewell?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bakewell to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bakewell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bakewell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bakewell is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Carsington Water26
2Bakewell11
3Lathkill and Bradford8
4Darley Dale7
5Hartington and Taddington6
6Calver2
7Bradwell2
8Stanton1
9Chatsworth1
10Litton and Longstone1
11Winster and South Darley0

Which road in Bakewell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bakewell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Baslow Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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