Tutbury Crossing Signal Box · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Hatton records other theft at 2.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
For every 1,000 residents, 24.7 violent and sexual offences and 8.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year. Violent crime was up 32% in a year. Across all the graded crimes, Hatton lands on B− (#18 of 59 in Derbyshire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. It has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 62% of UK towns, but less violent crime than only 44%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Hatton
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 32% more violent crime per resident in Hatton than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hatton has the 349th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than St Mary's Bay, Hapton and Millbrook, higher than Hambrook and Nutbourne, Combe Martin and Y Felinheli. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 49% of Hatton’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B− for Hatton
A fairly firm grade. Built on 252 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hatton against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Hatton has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 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 +32% (towns its size +1%), shoplifting and theft +6% (towns its size +2%).
Most Hatton residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
100% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Hatton’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Hatton runs highest on other theft (9 per 1,000 against 3.2), public order (7 per 1,000 against 3.6) and vehicle crime (3.9 per 1,000 against 2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 74 | 28.9 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 26 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 23 | 9 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 18 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 8 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 550 towns its size, Hatton ranks 349th for the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | 2,433 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Repton Derbyshire | 2,766 | 14.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 180 | Heage Derbyshire | 2,584 | 18.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 246 | Willington Derbyshire | 2,717 | 19.4 | 7 | 3.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 346 | Hambrook and Nutbourne West Sussex | 2,752 | 20.1 | 12.2 | 4 | B− |
| 347 | Combe Martin Devon | 2,707 | 25.8 | 6.7 | 5 | B− |
| 348 | Y Felinheli Gwynedd | 2,333 | 25.3 | 7.3 | 2.6 | B− |
| 349 | Hatton Derbyshire | 2,560 | 24.7 | 8.1 | 11.6 | B− |
| 350 | Elstead Surrey | 2,261 | 23.9 | 9 | 3.1 | B− |
| 351 | Dyserth Clwyd | 2,038 | 27.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | B− |
| 352 | New Marske North Yorkshire | 2,990 | 22.3 | 10.6 | 5.6 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Hatton, and others in Derbyshire.
Crime in Hatton 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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 13 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
One person died in collisions on Hatton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 15 collisions with injuries inside Hatton in five years, in which one person died. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Hatton’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hatton’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Hatton had 3.
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 Hatton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hatton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatton | 2,560 | 24.7 | 8.1 | B− |
| Tutbury | 3,674 | 19 | 5.9 | B+ |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 19.8 | 5.9 | B+ |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 14.4 | 4.1 | A |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 17.6 | 5.4 | A− |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 22.8 | 5.7 | B |
| Burton upon Trent | 76,264 | 45.2 | 13.4 | D |
| Willington | 2,717 | 19.4 | 7 | B+ |
Hatton records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Burton upon Trent records more. Tutbury, 1 miles away, records 19 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hatton’s 24.7.
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 Hatton 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 Hatton
Is Hatton safe?
Police recorded 24.7 violent and sexual offences and 8.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hatton’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 49% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hatton is 349th from the least crime. 49% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Hatton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 32%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 16%, shoplifting and theft rose 6% and anti-social behaviour rose 136%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hatton?
Violence & sexual offences: 74 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (23) and public order (18), with 26 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hatton compare with Derby?
Derby records 57 violent and sexual offences and 17.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Hatton’s 24.7 and 8.1, 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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