Photo: Michael Patterson · CC BY-SA 2.0Duckmanton records anti-social behaviour at 3.1 times the rate of a typical town its size
Measured against the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 7% of them record more crime per resident. Year on year, 41.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur per 1,000 residents. Across all the graded crimes, Duckmanton lands on C−: more crime per resident than 82% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Recorded violence held steady in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
The C− for Duckmanton, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 283 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Duckmanton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Duckmanton runs highest on anti-social behaviour (16.3 per 1,000 against 5.3), violence & sexual offences (43.9 per 1,000 against 16.6) and criminal damage & arson (6.8 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 78 | 43.9 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 29 | 16.3 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 6.8 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Duckmanton compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 66 | Brailsford Derbyshire | 1,403 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 96 | Doveridge Derbyshire | 1,760 | 8.5 | 4 | 0.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Holbrook Derbyshire | 1,802 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 219 | Calver Derbyshire | 1,073 | 11.8 | 4 | 17.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1125 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | 1,143 | 42 | 10.8 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1126 | Tir-y-berth and Glan-y-nant Gwent | 1,411 | 36.9 | 15.9 | 8 | C− |
| 1127 | Badersfield Norfolk | 1,490 | 44.1 | 9 | 2.2 | C− |
| 1128 | Duckmanton Derbyshire | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | 4.9 | C− |
| 1129 | Campsall South Yorkshire | 1,879 | 33 | 20.6 | 5.9 | C− |
| 1130 | Seaton Burn Tyne and Wear | 1,354 | 36.7 | 17.2 | 13.3 | C− |
| 1131 | Henstridge Somerset | 1,579 | 41.4 | 12.7 | 3.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Duckmanton, and others in Derbyshire.
Crime in Duckmanton per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Duckmanton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -2% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -14% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +7% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Duckmanton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 21 collisions with injuries inside Duckmanton in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Duckmanton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Duckmanton’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Duckmanton had 5.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Duckmanton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Duckmanton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | C− |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 44.7 | 13.3 | D |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 42.8 | 19.5 | D |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 40.5 | 10.2 | C− |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 19 | 16.9 | C+ |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 20.1 | 11.4 | B− |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 40.1 | 13.6 | C− |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 55.3 | 14.3 | D |
Duckmanton records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Brimington, 2.3 miles away, records 40.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Duckmanton’s 41.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Duckmanton sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Duckmanton
Is Duckmanton safe?
Police recorded 41.7 violent and sexual offences and 11.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Duckmanton’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 18% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Duckmanton has less crime per resident than 7%.
Is crime going up in Duckmanton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 14%, shoplifting and theft fell 55% and anti-social behaviour rose 7%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Duckmanton?
Violence & sexual offences: 78 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (12) and public order (7), with 29 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Duckmanton compare with Chesterfield?
Chesterfield records 56.2 violent and sexual offences and 17.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Duckmanton’s 41.7 and 11.5, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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