Darley Dale
WardNorth east Derbyshire Dales. About 5,992 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 19 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Darley Dale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Darley Dale compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Darley Dale safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Darley Dale at a rate of 44.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 55.7 per 1,000 people across Derbyshire Dales.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Darley Dale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (152), other crime (68) and anti-social behaviour (46).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Derbyshire Dales
These figures are published for the whole of Derbyshire Dales, not for each ward, so they describe all of Derbyshire Dales and not Darley Dale alone. See Derbyshire Dales
Darley Dale in brief
Darley Dale had 5,904 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Darley Dale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Darley Dale, 71.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Darley Dale, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.