Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime recorded in Shuttlewood, and why it isn’t graded
Recorded violence fell 31% in a year. Shuttlewood has no Safety Grade, though police recorded crimes inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. With under 1,000 residents, Shuttlewood is too small to grade: a few incidents would move its rate a long way. Police counts work out at 50.6 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Shuttlewood
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 31% less violent crime per resident in Shuttlewood 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.
How crime in Shuttlewood 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 -31% (towns its size +3%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Shuttlewood runs highest on violence & sexual offences (44 per 1,000 against 16.6) and anti-social behaviour (11.5 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 42 | 44 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 11 | 11.5 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 8 | 8.4 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 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.
Crime in Shuttlewood per 1,000 residents
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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 9 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Shuttlewood
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuttlewood | 955 | 50.6 | 14.3 | — |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 42.8 | 19.5 | D |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 41.7 | 11.5 | C− |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 40.1 | 13.6 | C− |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 19 | 16.9 | C+ |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 44.7 | 13.3 | D |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 20.1 | 11.4 | B− |
| Creswell | 5,792 | 53.1 | 18 | D |
Shuttlewood records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Creswell records more. Bolsover, 1.4 miles away, records 42.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Shuttlewood’s 50.6.
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 Shuttlewood 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 Shuttlewood
Is Shuttlewood safe?
Police recorded 50.6 violent and sexual offences and 14.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Shuttlewood’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Shuttlewood?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 31%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 32%, shoplifting and theft rose 800% and anti-social behaviour fell 8%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Shuttlewood?
Violence & sexual offences: 42 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (8) and vehicle crime (8), with 11 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Shuttlewood 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 Shuttlewood’s 50.6 and 14.3, 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.
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