Crime Rate in Barms, ward

Barms has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 wards in High Peak district and the 1684th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 151st highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Barms in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the High Peak district average (73.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Barms’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Barms ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Windsor Road, with 31 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brooklands (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.