Crime Rate in Heage & Ambergate, ward

Heage & Ambergate has the 5th lowest crime rate of 18 wards in Amber Valley district and the 1982nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 165th lowest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Heage & Ambergate in the last 12 months was 42.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower than the Amber Valley district average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Heage & Ambergate’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 120 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 34.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 142 (≈ 29.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Heage & Ambergate ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Ripley Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.