Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Renishaw stands out for criminal damage & arson: 2.5 times the rate of a typical town its size
Of all the kinds of crime, criminal damage & arson is where Renishaw departs most from towns its size: 7.8 per 1,000 against 3.2. Violence recorded locally climbed 27% in a year. Taking everything together, Renishaw scores B−: close to the middle of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Renishaw
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 27% more violent crime per resident in Renishaw than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Renishaw has the 332nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Rawnsley, Endon and Resolven, higher than Hutton, Manea and Nant-y-moel. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Renishaw’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 229 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Renishaw against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Renishaw 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 +27% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +11% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +8% (towns its size +4%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Renishaw runs highest on criminal damage & arson (7.8 per 1,000 against 3.2), public order (5.4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and violence & sexual offences (23.5 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 23.5 | 16.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 32 | 13.2 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 19 | 7.8 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 13 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 9 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
Set against 550 towns its size, Renishaw is 332nd
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Aston-on-Trent Derbyshire | 2,433 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Repton Derbyshire | 2,766 | 14.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 180 | Heage Derbyshire | 2,584 | 18.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 246 | Willington Derbyshire | 2,717 | 19.4 | 7 | 3.9 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 329 | Hutton Lancashire | 2,140 | 23.4 | 7.9 | 4.2 | B− |
| 330 | Manea Cambridgeshire | 2,638 | 23 | 8.3 | 2.9 | B− |
| 331 | Nant-y-moel Mid Glamorgan | 2,378 | 24.8 | 6.6 | 3.4 | B− |
| 332 | Renishaw Derbyshire | 2,425 | 20.1 | 11.4 | 12.1 | B− |
| 333 | Curry Rivel Somerset | 2,009 | 23.6 | 8 | 3 | B− |
| 334 | Wye Kent | 2,064 | 22.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 | B− |
| 335 | Sutton-in-Craven North Yorkshire | 2,719 | 21.8 | 9.8 | 2.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Renishaw, and others in Derbyshire.
For every 1,000 residents, about 24 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 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 17 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Renishaw’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 11 collisions with injuries inside Renishaw 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 Renishaw is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Renishaw’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Renishaw 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 Renishaw’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Renishaw
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 20.1 | 11.4 | B− |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 33.7 | 11.7 | C |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 23.5 | 10.5 | B− |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 19 | 16.9 | C+ |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 44.7 | 13.3 | D |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 40.1 | 13.6 | C− |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 12.7 | 8.3 | A− |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | C− |
Renishaw records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Harthill, 3.3 miles away, records 12.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Renishaw’s 20.1.
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 Renishaw 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 Renishaw
Is Renishaw safe?
Police recorded 20.1 violent and sexual offences and 11.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Renishaw’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 52% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Renishaw is 332nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Renishaw?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 27%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 11%, shoplifting and theft rose 8% and anti-social behaviour rose 7%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Renishaw?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (32) and criminal damage & arson (19), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Renishaw compare with Chesterfield?
Chesterfield records 56.2 violent and sexual offences and 17.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Renishaw’s 20.1 and 11.4, 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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