Postcode · Buxton
Crime in SK17 8BZ
How much crime is recorded in SK17 8BZ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chapel-en-le-Frith & Hope Valley
- Council
- High Peak
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,050 (2024)
SK17 8BZBuxton
How safe is SK17 8BZ
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SK17 8BZ area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
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).
SK17 8BZNational
Burglary20.79.1
Anti-social behaviour17.210.7
Violence and sexual offences11.723.6
Vehicle crime7.63.5
Public order7.04.6
Other theft6.34.5
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Drugs3.22.4
Other crime2.01.5
Theft from the person1.02.1
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.