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Crime in Bolsover by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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1,841crimes recordedJune to August 2026
-4%on the 3 months beforeless crime
Blackwelllowest rate39.5 per 1,000 a year
71.7middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Pinxton (-17%), Clowne (-14%) and Tibshelf (-13%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1Creswell Model VillageS80 · 6,615 residents 157.8▲ 17%violence
2CreswellS80 · 6,615 residents 155.4▲ 17%violence
3Upper PleasleyNG19 · 2,590 residents 114.3▲ 32%violence
4PleasleyNG19 · 5,229 residents 110.2▲ 25%violence
5New HoughtonNG19 · 2,590 residents 108.1▲ 27%violence
6WhitwellS80 · 3,922 residents 104▲ 48%violence
7BolsoverS44 · 11,123 residents 102.1▼ 2%violence
8Whaley ThornsNG20 · 1,505 residents 93▼ 24%violence
9ShirebrookNG20 · 13,387 residents 87.5▼ 8%violence
10ClowneS43 · 11,566 residents 78.2▼ 14%violence
11South NormantonDE55 · 18,530 residents 71.7▼ 11%violence
12TibshelfDE55 · 8,250 residents 66.9▼ 13%violence
13PinxtonNG16 · 19,199 residents 66.3▼ 17%violence
14BarlboroughS43 · 3,142 residents 64.9▼ 4%violence
15GlapwellS44 · 1,561 residents 64.1▼ 34%violence
16HilcoteDE55 · 1,567 residents 63.8▼ 32%violence
17Upper LangwithNG20 · 4,800 residents 63.3▼ 8%violence
18ShuttlewoodS44 · 2,252 residents 60.4▲ 10%violence
19NewtonDE55 · 3,067 residents 57.4▼ 17%violence
20RowthorneS44 · 1,561 residents 56.4▼ 29%violence
21LangwithNG20 · 2,998 residents 53.4▲ 5%violence
22BlackwellDE55 · 2,736 residents 39.5▼ 25%violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Bolsover have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Blackwell, Langwith, Rowthorne, Newton and Shuttlewood.

Which areas of Bolsover have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Creswell Model Village, Creswell, Upper Pleasley, Pleasley and New Houghton.

Is crime going up or down in Bolsover?

Across Bolsover, 1,841 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 4% fewer than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.