Crime Statistics for Cromford, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Cromford, Derbyshire Dales

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Cromford in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cromford, 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 Crime6
Burglary2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Drugs1
All Crime12

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 Cromford. 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 Cromford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Little Bolehill (1.24 miles)25
Matlock Bath (1.24 miles)16
Matlock Dale (1.24 miles)16
Hearthstone (1.39 miles)16
Bolehill (0.62 miles)13
Cromford12
Cromford Canal (0.95 miles)8
Holloway (1.86 miles)4
Bonsall (1.76 miles)1
Longway Bank (1.75 miles)1

3.66%
of Masson residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cromford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Little Bolehill11
Matlock Bath7
Matlock Dale7
Hearthstone7
Cromford6
Cromford Canal6
Bolehill5
Holloway3
Bonsall0
Longway Bank0

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

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 Cromford 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 Cromford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cromford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cromford is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Carsington Water26
2Matlock St Giles23
3Masson18
4Matlock All Saints8
5Ashover7
6Darley Dale7
7Wirksworth6
8Crich4
9Alport3
10Hulland0
11Winster and South Darley0

Which road in Cromford has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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