March 2026 Source: Derbyshire Constabulary Police

south derbyshire Crime Intelligence Report

south derbyshire recorded 711 crimes in March 2026, equating to a crime rate of 6.63 per 1,000 residents. This places south derbyshire at #226 of 330 local authorities nationally by total crime volume. Crime has increased by 42.5% compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, crime levels are 5.6% higher.

Data Sources:Police.ukONS Census 2021HM Land Registry Period: March 2026 • Updated monthly

Total Crimes

711
trending_up +42.5% vs last month

Annual Crime Rate

62.0per 1k
Moderate

National Safety

#80of 330

Ranked by annual rate

Derbyshire

#2rank

Ranked by annual rate

12-Month Crime Trend

Monthly Totals

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Live Points
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Incident Distribution

Top Locations
Location ReferenceCrime BreakdownPrimary Count
On or near Market Street Map
Violence and sexual offences: 8 Anti-social behaviour: 6 Drugs: 2
8
On or near Silverton Drive Map
Violence and sexual offences: 9 Burglary: 3
9
On or near High Street Map
Shoplifting: 4 Anti-social behaviour: 4 Criminal damage and arson: 3
4
On or near Portland Street Map
Violence and sexual offences: 7 Other crime: 2
7
On or near Tyndale Chase Map
Violence and sexual offences: 9
9
On or near Supermarket Map
Shoplifting: 8
8
On or near Petrol Station Map
Other theft: 8
8
On or near Twyford Road Map
Anti-social behaviour: 6
6
On or near Parking Area Map
Anti-social behaviour: 6
6
On or near Parking Area Map
Violence and sexual offences: 6
6

Crime Breakdown

March 2026
711 Total
Violence & Sexual Offences
316
44.4%
Anti-social Behaviour
93
13.1%
Public Order
54
7.6%
Criminal Damage & Arson
54
7.6%
Other Theft
42
5.9%
Drug Offences
31
4.4%
Vehicle Crime
31
4.4%
Shoplifting
27
3.8%
Burglary
22
3.1%
Other Crime
19
2.7%
Weapons Possession
13
1.8%
Theft from Person
4
0.6%
Bicycle Theft
3
0.4%
Robbery
2
0.3%

Stop & Search

March 2026

428

Total Stops

17.5%

Arrest Rate

66

Neighbourhoods

Reason for Stop

Controlled drugs

133

Offensive weapons

56

Article for use in theft

33

Stolen goods

19

Anything to threaten or harm anyone

5

Articles for use in criminal damage

4

Psychoactive substances

4

Firearms

4

Outcome

Not recorded353
Arrest75

Gender

Other409

Officer-Defined Ethnicity

Self-defined where available

68.0%

White

18.3%

Black

9.3%

Asian

4.4%

Other

Stop & search data published by Leicestershire Police under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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Ward Safety Rankings

15 wards

Highest Crime

#Ward Crimes Rate
1Swadlincote 129 93.6
2Newhall and Stanton 83 85.7
3Linton 33 74.4
4Church Gresley 62 70.6
5Woodville 71 61.4

Safest Wards

Ward Crimes Rate
shieldEtwall 38 4.0
shieldRepton 22 3.6
shieldMelbourne 18 3.3
shieldStenson 29 5.5
shieldHilton 52 5.0

Growth Analysis

Month-on-Monthtrending_up +42.5%
Year-on-Yeartrending_up +5.6%
12m Rolling Trendtrending_down -0.5%

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