Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Little Eaton sees less crime per resident than 88% of UK towns
Other theft stands out: 5.9 per 1,000 residents in Little Eaton, against 2.5 in a typical town its size, with 11 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026. A Safety Grade of A follows from crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area over the years September 2023 to August 2026. In a typical year, there is one violent or sexual offence on record for roughly every 83 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Little Eaton
Less crime than many places its size
Of 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Little Eaton has the 391st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Weston, Wedmore and Pilling, higher than Blackwell, Stainburn and Warton (Lancaster). Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Little Eaton’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 101 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Little Eaton 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, Little Eaton runs highest on other theft (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 31 | 16.5 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 7 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 2 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Robbery | 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.
Little Eaton places 391st of 1,764 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
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| 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 388 | Blackwell Worcestershire | 1,209 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 1.7 | A |
| 389 | Stainburn Cumbria | 2,120 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | A |
| 390 | Warton (Lancaster) Lancashire | 1,801 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 1.3 | A |
| 391 | Little Eaton Derbyshire | 1,875 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 7.8 | A |
| 392 | Billington Lancashire | 1,743 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 1.5 | A |
| 393 | Hermitage Berkshire | 2,224 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | A |
| 394 | Claypole Lincolnshire | 1,352 | 13.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Little Eaton, and others in Derbyshire.
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
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 7 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 7 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
32 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 21 the year before
“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 +52% (towns its size +3%), shoplifting and theft -33% (towns its size +4%).
No one died in a collision on Little Eaton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 16 collisions with injuries inside Little Eaton in five years. 5 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Little Eaton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Little Eaton’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; Little Eaton 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 Little Eaton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Little Eaton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 12.1 | 5.9 | A |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 15.8 | 5.5 | A− |
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 9.6 | 4.3 | A+ |
| Milford | 1,077 | 14.6 | 5.9 | A− |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 22.6 | 8.8 | B− |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 23 | 4.4 | B |
| Smalley | 2,201 | 32.1 | 8.3 | C |
| Belper | 19,076 | 25.6 | 6.7 | B− |
Little Eaton records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Holbrook, 2.3 miles away, records 9.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Little Eaton’s 12.1.
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 Little Eaton 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 Little Eaton
Is Little Eaton safe?
Police recorded 12.1 violent and sexual offences and 5.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Little Eaton’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 88% of UK towns. Among 1,764 UK towns of 1,000 to 3,000 people, Little Eaton is 391st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Little Eaton?
Police recorded 32 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 21 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Little Eaton?
Violence & sexual offences: 31 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (11) and criminal damage & arson (7), with 7 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Little Eaton 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 Little Eaton’s 12.1 and 5.9, 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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