Total Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Allen Hill area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Darley Dale , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 247 local areas in Derbyshire Dales .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Allen Hill (DE4 3LR) in the last 12 months was 36.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower than the Darley Dale average (46.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allen Hill (DE4 3LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Matlock, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Matlock West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Matlock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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