Crime and Safety in Heanor and Loscoe
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Heanor and Loscoe is among the top 10 most dangerous small towns in Derbyshire, and is the 32nd most dangerous overall out of Derbyshire's 267 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Heanor and Loscoe in 2026 is 81 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Derbyshire's overall crime rate, coming in 10% higher than the Derbyshire rate of 73 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Heanor and Loscoe is the 167th most dangerous small town, and the 1,105th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In February 2017, Heanor and Loscoe had the worst crime rate in Derbyshire for robbery, with 5 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.29 per 1,000 daytime population. And in February 2026, Heanor and Loscoe was the worst small town in Derbyshire for criminal damage and arson, with 15 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.84 per 1,000 daytime population. March 2026 was also a bad month for Heanor and Loscoe residents, when it was Derbyshire's most dangerous small town for drugs, recording 8 crimes at a rate of 0.45 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Heanor and Loscoe are violence and sexual offences, with 720 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 40. This is 2.7% higher than 2025's figure of 701 offences and a difference of 1.04 from 2025's crime rate of 39. Heanor and Loscoe's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 2 crimes.
Heanor and Loscoe 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Most Dangerous
Small Towns, Derbyshire
15% higher, regional crime rate
East Midlands
12% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Heanor and Loscoe is 15% higher than the East Midlands and 12% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Heanor and Loscoe Crime Rate Over Time
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Heanor and Loscoe Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Heanor and Loscoe represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Heanor and Loscoe's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Heanor and Loscoe up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Heanor and Loscoe's 290 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Heanor and Loscoe • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Heanor and Loscoe has a crime risk score of 645. This is based on analysis of 290 nearby areas within Heanor and Loscoe, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Heanor and Loscoe's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Heanor and Loscoe, crime risk scores are typically around 645, while in Derbyshire they are average 564.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 734 (576 for Derbyshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 765 (Derbyshire 595).
Trends in Crime Risk
Heanor and Loscoe
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 13% in Heanor and Loscoe's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Heanor and Loscoe's crime risk score is up by 0.78%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Heanor and Loscoe's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 0.05%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Heanor and Loscoe
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Heanor and Loscoe • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Public Order offences have a crime rate of 9.22 reports per 1,000 people in Heanor and Loscoe, which is 1.59 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 164 crime reports logged by Derbyshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Derbyshire Police recorded 19 reports of Possession of Weapons in Heanor and Loscoe, resulting in a crime rate of 1.08 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.52.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.33 times the national average at 40 reports per 1,000. This is from 720 crime reports reported to Derbyshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Heanor and Loscoe
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.54 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.09 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 41% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Heanor and Loscoe
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.24 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 2.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 54% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.25 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.20 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.94 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 2.05 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 54% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Heanor and Loscoe • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Heanor and Loscoe | Derbyshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 337 | 18.94 | 1.34 | 14,939 | 12.49 | 0.88 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 2 | 0.12 | 1.33 | 412 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 31 | 1.74 | 0.56 | 3,096 | 2.60 | 0.83 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 143 | 8.02 | 1.28 | 7,253 | 6.08 | 0.97 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 45 | 2.53 | 0.82 | 3,575 | 3.00 | 0.97 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 28 | 1.58 | 0.85 | 2,007 | 1.68 | 0.91 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 76 | 4.26 | 0.75 | 5,996 | 5.01 | 0.88 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 19 | 1.08 | 1.52 | 1,098 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 164 | 9.22 | 1.59 | 9,143 | 7.65 | 1.32 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 13 | 0.74 | 0.91 | 826 | 0.71 | 0.60 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 120 | 6.75 | 0.95 | 7,366 | 6.16 | 0.86 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | 9 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 638 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 69 | 3.87 | 0.90 | 3,784 | 3.18 | 0.74 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 720 | 40.46 | 1.33 | 42,469 | 35.52 | 1.17 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
Heanor and Loscoe | Derbyshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,439 | 80.89 | 1.15 | 87,663 | 73.37 | 1.02 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 1,448 | 81.58 | 1.16 | 87,193 | 73.57 | 0.99 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 1,578 | 89.37 | 1.23 | 91,152 | 77.91 | 1.03 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 1,635 | 93.24 | 1.21 | 90,471 | 78.25 | 0.99 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 1,411 | 80.83 | 1.09 | 90,005 | 78.81 | 1.03 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 1,360 | 78.26 | 1.18 | 79,514 | 69.72 | 1.02 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 1,306 | 74.90 | 1.05 | 81,619 | 71.93 | 0.97 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 980 | 56.14 | 0.76 | 63,307 | 56.10 | 0.74 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 862 | 49.62 | 0.75 | 56,250 | 50.26 | 0.71 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 930 | 53.71 | 0.90 | 54,775 | 49.41 | 0.77 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 309 | 17.85 | 0.98 | 17,538 | 15.82 | 0.83 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Heanor and Loscoe Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfreton | 1,071 | 103.84 | 28% more dangerous |
| Buxton | 1,575 | 87.75 | 8% more dangerous |
| Clay Cross | 994 | 84.04 | 3.9% more dangerous |
| Old Bolsover | 1,157 | 84.06 | 3.9% more dangerous |
| Shirebrook | 929 | 79.92 | 1.2% safer |
| Ripley | 2,024 | 80.64 | 0.31% safer |
| Heanor and Loscoe | 1,439 | 80.89 | - |
| Staveley | 1,529 | 75.10 | 7% safer |
| Clowne | 603 | 68.41 | 15% safer |
| Eckington | 787 | 61.48 | 24% safer |
| Brimington | 473 | 51.15 | 37% safer |
| South Normanton | 694 | 59.80 | 26% safer |
| Ashbourne | 545 | 55.12 | 32% safer |
| Matlock Town | 768 | 56.89 | 30% safer |
| Sandiacre | 538 | 53.37 | 34% safer |
| Killamarsh | 455 | 45.38 | 44% safer |
Comparing Heanor and Loscoe to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 1.7% safer |
| Heanor and Loscoe | 80.89 | - |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 2.2% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 4.0% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 21% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 29% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 30% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 32% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 32% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 33% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 55% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Heanor and Loscoe's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Heanor and Loscoe that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Shipley Country Park | 46 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 21 |
| The William Gregg VC Leisure Centre | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Charles Hill Playing Fields | 2 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 0 |
| Heanor Memorial Park | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Charles Hill Centre | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 0 |
Recent Crimes in Heanor and Loscoe
The 20 most recent crime reports in Heanor and Loscoe.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Newham Close | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Keeble Close | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Keeble Close | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Heanor Road | |
| April 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near Mansfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Mundy Street | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Market Place | |
| April 2026 | Robbery | On or near Mansfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Zouche Close | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Heanor Road | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Hufton'S Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Grammer Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mundy Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mansfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mansfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mundy Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mansfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mayfield Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near High Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Joan Avenue |
Methodology & Data Sources
Heanor and Loscoe Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Heanor and Loscoe during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Heanor and Loscoe Data Points
For Heanor and Loscoe, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04002674.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Heanor and Loscoe's daytime - or "workday" - population of 13,383 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Heanor and Loscoe