Crime and Safety in Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Ilkeston is the most dangerous medium-sized town in Derbyshire, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Derbyshire's 267 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Ilkeston in 2026 is 95 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Derbyshire's overall crime rate, coming in 30% higher than the Derbyshire rate of 73 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Ilkeston is the 37th most dangerous medium-sized town, and the 651st most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In March 2017, Ilkeston had the worst crime rate in Derbyshire for shoplifting, with 76 crimes reported and a crime rate of 1.9 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2026, Ilkeston was the worst medium-sized town in Derbyshire for anti-social behaviour, with 42 crimes reported and a crime rate of 1.0 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Ilkeston residents, when it was Derbyshire's most dangerous medium-sized town for burglary, recording 22 crimes at a rate of 0.53 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Ilkeston are violence and sexual offences, with 1,948 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 47. This is 2.2% higher than 2025's figure of 1,906 offences and a difference of 1.11 from 2025's crime rate of 46. Ilkeston's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 12 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 8% from 2025's figure of 13 crimes.
Ilkeston 2026 Crime Scorecard
Most Dangerous
Medium-Sized Towns, Derbyshire
36% higher, regional crime rate
East Midlands
32% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Ilkeston is 36% higher than the East Midlands and 32% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Ilkeston Crime Rate Over Time
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Ilkeston Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Ilkeston 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 Ilkeston's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Ilkeston up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Ilkeston's 880 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
Ilkeston • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Ilkeston has a crime risk score of 636. This is based on analysis of 880 nearby areas within Ilkeston, 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 Ilkeston's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Ilkeston, crime risk scores are typically around 636, while in Derbyshire they are average 564.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 706 (576 for Derbyshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 743 (Derbyshire 595).
Trends in Crime Risk
Ilkeston
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 31% in Ilkeston'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.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Ilkeston's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Ilkeston's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 10%, 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
Ilkeston
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
Ilkeston • 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.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 1.39 reports per 1,000 people in Ilkeston, which is 1.78 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 57 crime reports logged by Derbyshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Derbyshire Police recorded 408 reports of Public Order in Ilkeston, resulting in a crime rate of 9.86 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.70.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.55 times the national average at 47 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,948 crime reports reported to Derbyshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Ilkeston
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.
No significant increases identified.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Ilkeston
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 1.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 31% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.47 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 2.24 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 34% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.77 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.25 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 42% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Ilkeston • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Ilkeston | Derbyshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 668 | 16.19 | 1.15 | 14,939 | 12.49 | 0.88 | 82,288 | 14.84 | 1.05 |
| Bicycle Theft | 12 | 0.28 | 0.76 | 412 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 3,605 | 0.66 | 0.90 |
| Burglary | 155 | 3.76 | 1.20 | 3,096 | 2.60 | 0.83 | 16,428 | 2.97 | 0.95 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 328 | 7.94 | 1.26 | 7,253 | 6.08 | 0.97 | 36,709 | 6.63 | 1.06 |
| Drugs | 119 | 2.87 | 0.93 | 3,575 | 3.00 | 0.97 | 14,102 | 2.53 | 0.82 |
| Other Crime | 89 | 2.15 | 1.16 | 2,007 | 1.68 | 0.91 | 11,549 | 2.09 | 1.13 |
| Other Theft | 195 | 4.72 | 0.83 | 5,996 | 5.01 | 0.88 | 28,010 | 5.03 | 0.88 |
| Possession of Weapons | 57 | 1.39 | 1.78 | 1,098 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 5,077 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Public Order | 408 | 9.86 | 1.70 | 9,143 | 7.65 | 1.32 | 33,621 | 6.06 | 1.04 |
| Robbery | 36 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 826 | 0.71 | 0.60 | 5,222 | 0.95 | 0.81 |
| Shoplifting | 428 | 10.35 | 1.45 | 7,366 | 6.16 | 0.86 | 41,773 | 7.51 | 1.05 |
| Theft From the Person | 23 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 638 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 2,834 | 0.51 | 0.33 |
| Vehicle Crime | 142 | 3.44 | 0.80 | 3,784 | 3.18 | 0.74 | 20,391 | 3.67 | 0.85 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 1,948 | 47.19 | 1.55 | 42,469 | 35.52 | 1.17 | 169,276 | 30.51 | 1.00 |
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Total Crime by Year
Ilkeston | Derbyshire | East Midlands | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 3,940 | 95.37 | 1.34 | 87,663 | 73.37 | 1.02 | 388,597 | 70.04 | 0.97 |
| 2025 | 4,179 | 101.29 | 1.38 | 87,193 | 73.57 | 0.99 | 391,366 | 71.16 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 4,460 | 108.40 | 1.45 | 91,152 | 77.91 | 1.03 | 401,136 | 73.81 | 0.98 |
| 2023 | 4,405 | 108.06 | 1.38 | 90,471 | 78.25 | 0.99 | 420,118 | 78.15 | 0.99 |
| 2022 | 4,190 | 103.66 | 1.37 | 90,005 | 78.81 | 1.03 | 404,389 | 76.27 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 3,727 | 92.43 | 1.36 | 79,514 | 69.72 | 1.02 | 361,494 | 68.61 | 1.00 |
| 2020 | 3,886 | 97.28 | 1.32 | 81,619 | 71.93 | 0.97 | 388,888 | 74.15 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | 2,964 | 73.91 | 0.98 | 63,307 | 56.10 | 0.74 | 375,243 | 71.88 | 0.94 |
| 2018 | 2,890 | 71.81 | 1.02 | 56,250 | 50.26 | 0.71 | 331,940 | 64.14 | 0.90 |
| 2017 | 2,723 | 68.17 | 1.08 | 54,775 | 49.41 | 0.77 | 297,381 | 58.03 | 0.91 |
| 2016 | 724 | 18.23 | 0.98 | 17,538 | 15.82 | 0.83 | 87,914 | 17.17 | 0.90 |
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Ilkeston Compared to Nearby Medium-Sized Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Medium-Sized Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilkeston | 3,940 | 95.37 | - |
| Long Eaton | 3,099 | 78.41 | 18% safer |
| Swadlincote | 2,561 | 71.47 | 25% safer |
| Glossop | 1,135 | 62.80 | 34% safer |
Comparing Ilkeston to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 17% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 13% safer |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 12% safer |
| Ilkeston | 95.37 | - |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 2.6% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 10% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 10% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 12% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 12% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 13% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 31% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Ilkeston's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Ilkeston 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 |
| Cotmanhay Playing Fields | 10 | - | 6 | - | 17 | 9 |
| Granby Park Recreation Ground | 7 | - | 6 | 1 | 17 | 19 |
| Victoria Park Leisure Cente | 14 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 11 |
| Rutland Sports Park | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 14 |
| Old Park Recreation Ground | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Booths Playing Field | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Park Cemetery | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| Maternity Home Allotment Gardens | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| Cotmanhay New Cottage Gardens | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | 28 | 10 |
| Victoria Park | 16 | 2 | 2 | - | 15 | 6 |
| Wash Meadows | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| The Old Church | 7 | - | 2 | - | 21 | 15 |
Recent Crimes in Ilkeston
The 20 most recent crime reports in Ilkeston.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Lime Street | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Awsworth Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Birchover Place | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Fenman Close | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Awsworth Road | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Hardwick Place | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Rodney Way | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Shaw Street East | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Awsworth Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Market Place | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Birchover Place | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Birchover Place | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Stringer Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Donner Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shaw Street East | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Vincent Avenue |
Methodology & Data Sources
Ilkeston 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 Ilkeston during July 2026 will typically become available in September 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.
Ilkeston Data Points
For Ilkeston, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63001997.
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 Ilkeston's daytime - or "workday" - population of 31,246 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 Ilkeston