Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. · CC BY-SA 3.0Hayfield has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per resident than 73% of UK towns
Of all the kinds of crime, anti-social behaviour is where Hayfield departs most from towns its size: 10.6 per 1,000 against 5.3. Weighing it all, Hayfield earns B for safety, with less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. In a usual year, 20.4 violent and sexual offences and 6.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Hayfield
About the middle for a village its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Hayfield has the 989th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Wrington, Shillington and Lyndhurst, higher than Salcombe, Valley and Limpsfield. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The B for Hayfield, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 153 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hayfield 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, Hayfield runs highest on anti-social behaviour (10.6 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (22.4 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 42 | 22.4 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 20 | 10.6 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 2 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 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.
Crime in Hayfield 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 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Of 1,764 towns its size, Hayfield is 989th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 76 | Brailsford Derbyshire | 1,403 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 115 | Doveridge Derbyshire | 1,760 | 8.5 | 4 | 0.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 159 | Holbrook Derbyshire | 1,802 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 267 | Calver Derbyshire | 1,073 | 11.8 | 4 | 17.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 986 | Salcombe Devon | 1,583 | 19.3 | 7.8 | 8 | B |
| 987 | Valley Gwynedd | 2,003 | 21.1 | 6 | 10.7 | B |
| 988 | Limpsfield Surrey | 2,247 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 4.8 | B |
| 989 | Hayfield Derbyshire | 1,878 | 20.4 | 6.7 | 1.8 | B |
| 990 | Butterwick Lincolnshire | 1,363 | 23.5 | 3.7 | 1 | B |
| 991 | East Challow Oxfordshire | 1,031 | 20.1 | 7.1 | 3.6 | B |
| 992 | Brookwood Surrey | 1,428 | 17.6 | 9.6 | 10.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 1764 | 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 Hayfield, and others in Derbyshire.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 +0% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour -5% (towns its size -1%).
One person died in collisions on Hayfield’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 9 collisions with injuries inside Hayfield in five years, in which one person died. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 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, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Hayfield’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hayfield’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; Hayfield had 4.
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 Hayfield’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hayfield
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 20.4 | 6.7 | B |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 27.1 | 8.8 | C+ |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 15.3 | 6.2 | A− |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 13.9 | 7.2 | A− |
| Disley | 3,891 | 13.3 | 6.3 | A− |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 22.4 | 9 | B− |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 26.6 | 6.9 | B− |
| Glossop | 17,820 | 28.1 | 9.3 | C+ |
Hayfield records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Furness Vale, 2.8 miles away, records 15.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hayfield’s 20.4.
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 Hayfield 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 Hayfield
Is Hayfield safe?
Police recorded 20.4 violent and sexual offences and 6.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hayfield’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 64% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Hayfield is 989th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Hayfield?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 20%, shoplifting and theft fell 33% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hayfield?
Violence & sexual offences: 42 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (8) and public order (8), with 20 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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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