Heage vs Somercotes and Riddings

Heage has a safety score of 66/100 (Safe) and recorded 178 crimes in the last 12 months. Somercotes and Riddings has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 1,582 crimes. Heage scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Heage shows a year-on-year crime trend of -0.6% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Somercotes and Riddings shows -3% (falling). 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 (97 incidents). In Somercotes and Riddings, it is Violent Crime (706 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Heage recorded 15 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Somercotes and Riddings recorded 206. 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 97 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 706 in Somercotes and Riddings. 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 179 crimes (now 178, a change of -0.6%). Somercotes and Riddings recorded 1,631 crimes previously (now 1,582, -3%).

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 10% and Somercotes and Riddings has 15.5%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

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