Crime Statistics for Matlock Bank, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Matlock Bank in September 2024. There were a total of 70 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Matlock Bank, 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
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Public Order	9
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Shoplifting	6
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
Theft From The Person	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	70

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Matlock Bank. 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 Matlock Bank

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Riber (0.88 miles)	106
Farley (0.62 miles)	96
Matlock Bridge (0.62 miles)	90
Matlock Cliff (1.39 miles)	72
Matlock Bank	70
Upper Hackney (0.62 miles)	59
Matlock (0.62 miles)	45
Matlock Bath (1.24 miles)	22
Matlock Dale (1.24 miles)	22
Oker (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Matlock Bank?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Matlock Cliff	60
Matlock Bridge	56
Riber	41
Farley	40
Upper Hackney	28
Matlock Bank	26
Matlock	14
Matlock Bath	10
Matlock Dale	10
Oker	2

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

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 Matlock Bank 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 Matlock Bank compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Matlock Bank and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Matlock Bank is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Carsington Water	26
2	Matlock St Giles	23
3	Masson	18
4	Matlock All Saints	8
5	Ashover	7
6	Darley Dale	7
7	Wirksworth	6
8	Crich	4
9	Stanton	1
10	Hulland	0
11	Winster and South Darley	0

Which road in Matlock Bank has the highest level of crime?

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