Crime Statistics for Highfields, Derbyshire, 2024

There were a total of 68 street level crime incidents in Highfields in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Highfields, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	26
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Public Order	7
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	1
Other Crime	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	68

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 Highfields. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Highfields

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hepthorne Lane (1.39 miles)	95
Highfields	68
Grassmoor (1.39 miles)	66
Heath (1.39 miles)	46
North Wingfield (0.62 miles)	45
Holmewood (0.62 miles)	42
Stainsby (1.24 miles)	35
Hardstoft Common (1.39 miles)	16
Common End (0.88 miles)	8
Astwith (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Highfields?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hepthorne Lane	45
Grassmoor	35
Highfields	26
North Wingfield	22
Holmewood	14
Heath	12
Stainsby	11
Hardstoft Common	9
Common End	5
Astwith	0

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

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 Highfields 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 Highfields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highfields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Highfields is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Holmewood & Heath	46
2	Rother	41
3	Tibshelf	39
4	Grassmoor	36
5	North Wingfield Central	27
6	Clay Cross North	27
7	Hasland	23
8	Sutton	13
9	Clay Cross South	12
10	Tupton	11
11	Wingerworth	0

Which road in Highfields has the highest level of crime?

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