Photo: Phil Sangwell · CC BY 2.0South Wingfield has less burglary, vehicle crime and damage per resident than 90% of UK towns
All told, South Wingfield grades B− for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Typical years here bring 28.4 violent and sexual offences plus 4.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. With 46 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, violent crime reaches 42.6 per 1,000 residents here, well above the typical 16.6.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in South Wingfield
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, South Wingfield has the 880th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Methwold, Crockenhill and Moretonhampstead, higher than Kibblesworth, Cwmgwrach and Starcross. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Inside South Wingfield’s B− for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 106 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks South Wingfield 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, South Wingfield runs highest on violence & sexual offences (42.6 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 46 | 42.6 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 7.4 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 2 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 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 1,214 towns its size, South Wingfield is 880th
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 877 | Kibblesworth Tyne and Wear | 1,500 | 22.8 | 9.9 | 2.6 | B− |
| 878 | Cwmgwrach West Glamorgan | 1,071 | 22.4 | 10.3 | 7.8 | B− |
| 879 | Starcross Devon | 1,687 | 24.8 | 8 | 3.4 | B− |
| 880 | South Wingfield Derbyshire | 1,079 | 28.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | B− |
| 881 | Whittington Shropshire | 1,618 | 24.9 | 7.8 | 2.5 | B− |
| 882 | Totternhoe Bedfordshire | 1,017 | 20.3 | 12.5 | 3 | B− |
| 883 | Hampton Magna Warwickshire | 1,636 | 23.4 | 9.4 | 3.7 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 South Wingfield, and others in Derbyshire.
Crime in South Wingfield 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 9 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
47 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 21 the year before
“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 +124% (towns its size +3%).
No one died in a collision on South Wingfield’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside South Wingfield in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 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 South Wingfield is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of South Wingfield’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; South Wingfield had 1.
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 South Wingfield’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around South Wingfield
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 28.4 | 4.3 | B− |
| Crich | 2,070 | 19.7 | 6.9 | B+ |
| Alfreton | 8,790 | 57 | 17.2 | D |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 31.9 | 8.2 | C+ |
| Somercotes and Swanwick | 15,105 | 41.4 | 12.8 | C− |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 21.5 | 6.4 | B |
| Morton | 1,335 | 19.7 | 5.5 | B+ |
| Heage | 2,584 | 18.3 | 4.9 | A− |
South Wingfield records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Crich, 2.1 miles away, records 19.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against South Wingfield’s 28.4.
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 South Wingfield 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 South Wingfield
Is South Wingfield safe?
Police recorded 28.4 violent and sexual offences and 4.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside South Wingfield’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 49% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, South Wingfield is 880th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in South Wingfield?
Police recorded 47 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 21 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in South Wingfield?
Violence & sexual offences: 46 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (8) and public order (8), with 5 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does South Wingfield compare with Ripley?
Ripley records 52.3 violent and sexual offences and 13.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against South Wingfield’s 28.4 and 4.3, 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) · 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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