Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, New Houghton records more crime than 94% of UK towns
Violent crime was up 6% in a year. Scored on crimes police recorded inside New Houghton’s built-up area across September 2023 to August 2026, the town lands on D for safety. Police recorded 13 cases of burglary in the town in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 9.1 per 1,000 against a typical 1.6.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in New Houghton
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 6% more violent crime per resident in New Houghton than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
New Houghton: D for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 312 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks New Houghton 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, New Houghton runs highest on burglary (9.1 per 1,000 against 1.6), public order (12.6 per 1,000 against 2.4) and criminal damage & arson (14.7 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 69 | 48.2 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 21 | 14.7 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 19 | 13.3 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 18 | 12.6 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 13 | 9.1 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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.
How New Houghton compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 66 | Brailsford Derbyshire | 1,403 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 96 | Doveridge Derbyshire | 1,760 | 8.5 | 4 | 0.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Holbrook Derbyshire | 1,802 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 219 | Calver Derbyshire | 1,073 | 11.8 | 4 | 17.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 1179 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | 1,196 | 49.1 | 22.6 | 8.9 | D |
| 1180 | Lynemouth Northumberland | 1,685 | 44.6 | 27 | 7.8 | D |
| 1181 | Berryfield Wiltshire | 1,094 | 53.6 | 18.6 | 4 | D |
| 1182 | New Houghton Derbyshire | 1,431 | 50.3 | 22.4 | 4.4 | D |
| 1183 | Barmouth Gwynedd | 1,986 | 58.5 | 14.8 | 19 | D |
| 1184 | Ansley Warwickshire | 1,046 | 50 | 24.5 | 6.4 | D |
| 1185 | Markham Gwent | 1,443 | 57.1 | 18.5 | 7.2 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | 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 New Houghton, and others in Derbyshire.
For every 1,000 residents, about 51 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 27 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in New Houghton has moved
“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 +6% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +30% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour -34% (towns its size -1%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of New Houghton’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” (68% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 16% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
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. 101 crimes.
No one died in a collision on New Houghton’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside New Houghton in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 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, and New Houghton is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of New Houghton’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; New Houghton 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 New Houghton’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around New Houghton
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 50.3 | 22.4 | D |
| Glapwell | 1,559 | 19.7 | 5.6 | B+ |
| Shirebrook | 11,571 | 50.2 | 14.7 | D |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 39.9 | 18 | D |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 19,521 | 29.3 | 10.4 | C+ |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 42.8 | 19.5 | D |
| Langwith | 3,009 | 34.6 | 16.5 | C− |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 45 | 19.4 | D |
New Houghton records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Glapwell, 1.4 miles away, records 19.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against New Houghton’s 50.3.
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 New Houghton 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 New Houghton
Is New Houghton safe?
Police recorded 50.3 violent and sexual offences and 22.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside New Houghton’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 6% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, New Houghton has less crime per resident than 3%.
Is crime going up in New Houghton?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 6%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 30%, shoplifting and theft rose 125% and anti-social behaviour fell 34%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in New Houghton?
Violence & sexual offences: 69 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (21) and public order (18), with 19 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does New Houghton compare with Mansfield?
Mansfield records 56.4 violent and sexual offences and 22.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against New Houghton’s 50.3 and 22.4, 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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