Buxton Town vs Heage

Buxton Town has a safety score of 4/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,467 crimes in the last 12 months. Heage has a safety score of 72/100 (Safe) with 165 crimes. Heage scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Buxton Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +13.9% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Heage shows -15% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Buxton Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (604 incidents). In Heage, it is Violent Crime (89 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Buxton Town recorded 231 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Heage recorded 16. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Buxton Town totalled 604 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 89 in Heage. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Buxton Town recorded 1,288 crimes (now 1,467, a change of +13.9%). Heage recorded 194 crimes previously (now 165, -15%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Buxton Town has a resolution rate of 19% and Heage has 16.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Buxton Town falls within the Derbyshire Constabulary boundary. Heage is covered by Derbyshire Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Buxton Town and Heage. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.