On crimes police recorded inside Rowsley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it has no Safety Grade.
Violent crime
53.7
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
21.2
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
18.7
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
20
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
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.
Violence & sexual offences56.2
Criminal damage & arson18.7
Public order18.7
Anti-social behaviour15
Other theft11.2
Burglary7.5
Shoplifting3.7
Robbery3.7
Drugs0
Vehicle crime0
Other crime0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, Rowsley runs highest on violence & sexual offences (56.2 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
15
56.2
16.6
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
5
18.7
3.2
Public order
not graded
5
18.7
2.4
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
4
15
5.3
Other theft
not graded
3
11.2
2.5
Burglary
Home & vehicle
2
7.5
1.6
Shoplifting
not graded
1
3.7
0
Robbery
Violent
1
3.7
0
Drugs
not graded
0
0
0.6
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.5
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Possession of weapons
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.
1,000 residents · one year
For every 1,000 residents, about 60 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 26 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 15 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Rowsley records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Darley Dale, 1.9 miles away, records 22.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Rowsley’s 53.7.
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 Rowsley 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 Rowsley
Is Rowsley safe?
Police recorded 53.7 violent and sexual offences and 21.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Rowsley’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Rowsley?
Police recorded 16 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 13 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Rowsley?
Violence & sexual offences: 15 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (5) and public order (5), with 4 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Rowsley 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 Rowsley’s 53.7 and 21.2, 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Warofdreams · CC BY 2.5