Total Crime Rate
315.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashby Road area has the highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Brizlincote , and the 9th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashby Road (DE15 0NX) in the last 12 months was 315.4 per 1,000 residents and was 392.9% higher than the Brizlincote average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 195.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashby Road (DE15 0NX), the main crime hotspot is near Delhi Close. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Winshill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunedin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melbourne Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brizlincote Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melbourne Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blenheim Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delhi Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Perth Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Delhi Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Empire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vancouver Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vancouver Drive | Under investigation |
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