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Crime in High Peak 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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1,783crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+9%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Chinleylowest rate24.3 per 1,000 a year
49.6middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

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Most improved: Hadfield (-11%), Woolley (-8%) and Padfield (-4%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1BuxtonSK17 · 20,280 residents 126▲ 23%violence
2Harpur HillSK17 · 2,924 residents 102.6▼ 10%violence
3GamesleySK13 · 3,889 residents 98.7▼ 19%violence
4PadfieldSK13 · 19,069 residents 79.7▼ 4%violence
5GlossopSK13 · 22,357 residents 73▲ 8%violence
6HayfieldSK22 · 1,992 residents 62.2▲ 19%violence
7HadfieldSK13 · 18,426 residents 60.3▼ 11%violence
8CastletonS33 · 2,167 residents 55.4▲ 25%violence
9WoolleySK13 · 11,373 residents 49.6▼ 8%violence
10TintwistleSK13 · 5,459 residents 48.4▼ 33%violence
11Whaley BridgeSK23 · 7,648 residents 47.1▲ 1%violence
12CharlesworthSK13 · 1,871 residents 47▼ 4%violence
13BurbageSK17 · 6,053 residents 44.9▲ 24%violence
14Chapel-en-le-FrithSK23 · 10,403 residents 44.6▲ 5%violence
15New MillsSK22 · 14,838 residents 38.8▲ 18%violence
16WhitehoughSK23 · 2,797 residents 25.7▼ 22%violence
17ChinleySK23 · 2,797 residents 24.3▼ 23%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 High Peak have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Chinley, Whitehough, New Mills, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Burbage.

Which areas of High Peak 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 Buxton, Harpur Hill, Gamesley, Padfield and Glossop.

Is crime going up or down in High Peak?

Across High Peak, 1,783 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 9% more 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.