Postcode · Buxton
Crime in SK17 8FN
How much crime is recorded in SK17 8FN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hathersage, Bradwell & Tideswell
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,681 (2024)
SK17 8FNBuxton
How safe is SK17 8FN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SK17 8FN area, less than half 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
15.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
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 8FNNational
Violence and sexual offences13.423.6
Burglary6.19.1
Anti-social behaviour4.910.7
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Other theft1.64.5
Public order0.74.6
Theft from the person0.42.1
Drugs0.42.4
Other crime0.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 48% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.