Crime in Amber Valley: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (4,631), anti-social behaviour (1,527) and public order (983) made up 67% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 172nd of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.

Recorded crime in Amber Valley peaked in the year to August 2020 (12,718 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (10,100). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 5%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

No category with at least 20 crimes was notably above the England and Wales rate, and theft from the person (79% below) and robbery (69% below) were well below it. On the year before, drugs rose from 308 to 357.

What each category covers: crime categories.

8,916 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Amber Valley in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 68.3 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Amber Valley had the 114th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

No change on the year or longer series is given for Amber Valley: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because too many of the force's crimes in the year ending March 2025 were not assigned to a district.

Offences recorded in Amber Valley, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was stalking and harassment, with 1,605 offences (18% of the total). No category with at least 20 offences had a rate a quarter or more above the England and Wales rate. Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.22 times), robbery of personal property (0.36 times) and robbery of business property (0.39 times).

Districts in the Derbyshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 9 districts in the Derbyshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Amber Valley had the 4th highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

6 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Amber Valley; the highest is Nottingham district (157.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Derbyshire Dales (55.9).

Of the 32 areas within Amber Valley, Somercotes had the highest crime rate (143.2 per 1,000) and Holloway (Amber Valley) the lowest (24.9), 6 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 20% of the crime recorded in Amber Valley over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (719).

Of the 9,109 crimes in Amber Valley with a recorded outcome, 27% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 4.8% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,527 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Amber Valley has an estimated population of 130,451 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (4.4%, against 7.9%), fewer households without a car (17%, against 23%) and less private renting (15%, against 20%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Amber Valley average decile 5.9 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.