Photo: John Jennings · CC BY-SA 2.0Killamarsh stands out for burglary: 2.4 times the rate of a typical town its size
Burglary: police recorded 40 in Killamarsh in the 12 months to August 2026, 4.4 per 1,000 residents against 1.9 in a typical town its size. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#21 of 59 in Derbyshire).
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Killamarsh
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 19% more violent crime per resident in Killamarsh than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
About the middle for a town its size
Of 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, Killamarsh has the 203rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Southborough, Tiptree and Holbury, higher than Calverton, Castle Donington and Arlesey. 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. 14% of Killamarsh’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.
Killamarsh grades B− for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 926 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Killamarsh against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
1 in 7 Killamarsh residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
Killamarsh’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.
39% 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.
Violent crime up 19% in a year, while towns its size held steady
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 +19% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +1% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +57% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -28% (towns its size +0%).
“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).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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.
Against the typical town its size, Killamarsh runs highest on burglary (4.4 per 1,000 against 1.9), violence & sexual offences (26.8 per 1,000 against 22.4) and public order (4.2 per 1,000 against 3.6). Other theft and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 243 | 26.8 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 59 | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 42 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 40 | 4.4 | 1.9 |
| Public order | not graded | 38 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 23 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 15 | 1.7 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 5 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 4 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 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.
Police in Killamarsh identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 277 crimes.
No suspect was identified for 75% of Killamarsh’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 9% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (71% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 7% of violent and 1% of household crimes reached court.
Killamarsh is 203rd of 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Killamarsh, and others in Derbyshire.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton on Sea Hampshire | 6,763 | 9.6 | 5 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Wingerworth Derbyshire | 6,404 | 14.9 | 5.6 | 3 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 76 | Hilton Derbyshire | 8,269 | 19.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 | B+ |
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| 133 | Borrowash Derbyshire | 7,171 | 21.4 | 8.6 | 4.2 | B |
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| 159 | Breaston and Draycott Derbyshire | 7,393 | 22.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | B− |
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| 200 | Calverton Nottinghamshire | 7,318 | 23.6 | 10.3 | 6.7 | B− |
| 201 | Castle Donington Leicestershire | 7,344 | 21.7 | 12.3 | 9.2 | B− |
| 202 | Arlesey Bedfordshire | 6,027 | 21.3 | 12.7 | 5.5 | B− |
| 203 | Killamarsh Derbyshire | 9,082 | 23.5 | 10.5 | 3.1 | B− |
| 204 | Market Weighton East Riding of Yorkshire | 7,458 | 26.9 | 7.2 | 4.5 | B− |
| 205 | Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire | 6,506 | 21 | 13.2 | 8.8 | B− |
| 206 | Emsworth Hampshire | 11,512 | 23.4 | 10.9 | 12.4 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 487 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 27 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
No one died in a collision on Killamarsh’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Killamarsh’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 24 collisions with injuries inside Killamarsh in five years. 8 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Killamarsh is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Killamarsh’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 8 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Killamarsh had 8.
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.
Crime in the places around Killamarsh
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 23.5 | 10.5 | B− |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 20.1 | 11.4 | B− |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 33.7 | 11.7 | C |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 12.7 | 8.3 | A− |
| Kiveton Park | 7,102 | 29.8 | 13 | C |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 19 | 16.9 | C+ |
| Swallownest and Aston | 14,912 | 31.1 | 15.3 | C |
| Todwick | 1,353 | 13.1 | 13.3 | B+ |
Killamarsh records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Renishaw, 1.8 miles away, records 20.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Killamarsh’s 23.5.
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 Killamarsh 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 Killamarsh
Is Killamarsh safe?
Police recorded 23.5 violent and sexual offences and 10.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Killamarsh’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 46% of UK towns. Among 487 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, Killamarsh is 203rd from the least crime. 14% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Killamarsh?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 19%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 57% and anti-social behaviour fell 28%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Killamarsh?
Violence & sexual offences: 243 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (42) and burglary (40), with 59 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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