Crime Rate in Heage & Ambergate, ward

Heage & Ambergate has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 18 wards in Amber Valley district and the 1134th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 97th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Heage & Ambergate in the last 12 months was 34.9 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower than the Amber Valley district average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Heage & Ambergate’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Heage & Ambergate ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Ripley Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.