Crime Statistics for Riber, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Riber in October 2024. There were a total of 77 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Riber, 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	25
Other Theft	13
Shoplifting	9
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	5
Burglary	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	77

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Matlock Bank (0.88 miles)	63
Riber	48
Matlock (0.62 miles)	34
Matlock Cliff (0.62 miles)	33
Matlock Bridge (0.62 miles)	28
Hearthstone (0.62 miles)	20
Matlock Bath (0.88 miles)	19
Matlock Dale (0.88 miles)	19
Cromford Canal (1.38 miles)	5
Tansley (1.24 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Riber?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Riber	25
Matlock Bank	19
Matlock Cliff	11
Matlock Bridge	11
Matlock	7
Hearthstone	5
Matlock Bath	5
Matlock Dale	5
Cromford Canal	4
Tansley	1

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

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 Riber 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 Riber compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Pilsley & Morton	5
9	Crich	4
10	Alport	3
11	Hulland	0

Which road in Riber has the highest level of crime?

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