Buxton Central
WardSouth High Peak. About 3,572 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Buxton Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Buxton Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Buxton Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Buxton Central at a rate of 194.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 72.5 per 1,000 people across High Peak.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Buxton Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (273), other crime (129) and shoplifting (104).
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 High Peak
These figures are published for the whole of High Peak, not for each ward, so they describe all of High Peak and not Buxton Central alone. See High Peak
Buxton Central in brief
Buxton Central had 3,602 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Buxton Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Buxton Central, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Buxton Central, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.