Heage vs Ripley Town Centre

Heage has a safety score of 72/100 (Safe) and recorded 165 crimes in the last 12 months. Ripley Town Centre has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 2,077 crimes. Heage scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Heage shows a year-on-year crime trend of -15% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Ripley Town Centre shows +1.5% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Heage, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (89 incidents). In Ripley Town Centre, it is Violent Crime (877 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Heage recorded 16 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Ripley Town Centre recorded 320. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Heage totalled 89 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 877 in Ripley Town Centre. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Heage recorded 194 crimes (now 165, a change of -15%). Ripley Town Centre recorded 2,046 crimes previously (now 2,077, +1.5%).

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. Heage has a resolution rate of 16.7% and Ripley Town Centre has 18.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Heage falls within the Derbyshire Constabulary boundary. Ripley Town Centre 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 Heage and Ripley Town Centre. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.