Crime Rate in Seales, ward

Seales has the 7th highest crime rate of 15 wards in South Derbyshire district and the 3689th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the 374th highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Seales in the last 12 months was 63.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% lower than the South Derbyshire district average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Seales’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 147 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Seales ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Park/Open Space, with 30 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Main Street (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.