Postcode district · Dronfield
Crime in S18
How much crime is recorded in S18, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- North East Derbyshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Population
- 26,882 (2024)
S18Postcode district · Dronfield
How safe is S18
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in S18, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
S18National
Violence and sexual offences13.023.6
Shoplifting8.18.4
Burglary5.49.1
Anti-social behaviour4.210.7
Public order3.04.6
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other theft2.64.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.