Total Crime Rate
538.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Snitterton Road area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Darley Dale , and the highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Derbyshire Dales .
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 Snitterton Road (DE4 3LZ) in the last 12 months was 538.5 per 1,000 residents and was 987.1% higher than the Darley Dale average (49.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 164.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Snitterton Road (DE4 3LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Matlock, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darley Dale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Imperial Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Englishe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olde Englishe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Matlock | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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