This page shows what police recorded inside Matlock Bath’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026; it carries no Safety Grade. A place needs 1,000 residents for a Safety Grade; Matlock Bath has fewer, and its rate would swing with a few incidents. Recorded violent and sexual offences ran at 45.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and burglary, vehicle crime and damage at 12.4.
Violent crime
45.2
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
12.4
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
15.4
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
38.8
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences49.2
Anti-social behaviour38.7
Public order10.4
Other theft7.5
Drugs6
Criminal damage & arson4.5
Burglary3
Possession of weapons3
Theft from the person3
Shoplifting1.5
Vehicle crime1.5
Robbery1.5
Other crime0
Bicycle theft0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Matlock Bath runs highest on anti-social behaviour (38.7 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (49.2 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
33
49.2
16.6
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
26
38.7
5.3
Public order
not graded
7
10.4
2.4
Other theft
not graded
5
7.5
2.5
Drugs
not graded
4
6
0.6
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
3
4.5
3.2
Burglary
Home & vehicle
2
3
1.6
Possession of weapons
Violent
2
3
0
Theft from the person
not graded
2
3
0
Shoplifting
not graded
1
1.5
0
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
1
1.5
1.5
Robbery
Violent
1
1.5
0
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
Bicycle theft
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.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
6
homes & vehicles
8
shoplifting & theft
75
of the three, per 1,000
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 12 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
36 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 35 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Matlock BathUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
Matlock BathUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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 +3% (towns its size +3%), anti-social behaviour -13% (towns its size -1%).
Matlock Bath records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Cromford, 1 miles away, records 16.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Matlock Bath’s 45.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 Matlock Bath sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 Matlock Bath
Is Matlock Bath safe?
Police recorded 45.2 violent and sexual offences and 12.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Matlock Bath’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Matlock Bath?
Police recorded 36 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 35 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Matlock Bath?
Violence & sexual offences: 33 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (7) and other theft (5), with 26 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0