Total Crime Rate

226.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 226.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 72.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Public order 41.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Street area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Bakewell , and the 7th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Derbyshire Dales .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Street (DE45 1EW) in the last 12 months was 226.8 per 1,000 residents and was 220.1% higher than the Bakewell average (70.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 97.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Street (DE45 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Water Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bagshaw Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rutland Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Granby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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