Crime Statistics for Short Heath, Derbyshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Short Heath in October 2024. There were a total of 19 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Short Heath, 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	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	3
Drugs	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Theft From The Person	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	19

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 Short Heath. 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 Short Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moira (0.88 miles)	38
Oakthorpe (1.39 miles)	30
Linton Heath (1.75 miles)	24
Spring Cottage (1.24 miles)	23
Short Heath	19
Donisthorpe (0.62 miles)	18
Linton (2.24 miles)	18
Netherseal (1.39 miles)	9
Shellbrook (2.24 miles)	6
Mease (1.93 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Short Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moira	19
Oakthorpe	14
Spring Cottage	8
Linton	8
Linton Heath	7
Short Heath	6
Donisthorpe	6
Netherseal	1
Shellbrook	1
Mease	1

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

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 Short Heath 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 Short Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Short Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Short Heath have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Measham North.

#	Ward	Score
1	Measham North	40
2	Ashby Woulds	40
3	Blackfordby	36
4	Ashby Ivanhoe	36
5	Measham South	35
6	Church Gresley	34
7	Linton	34
8	Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe	33
9	Appleby	30
10	Swadlincote	28
11	Seales	25

Which road in Short Heath has the highest level of crime?

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