Total Crime Rate
990.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
501.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Well Street area has the highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar , and the highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
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 Well Street (DE5 3AR) in the last 12 months was 990.0 per 1,000 residents and was 842.9% higher than the Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 122 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 150 (≈ 501.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Well Street (DE5 3AR), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ripley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentrich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B6441 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6441 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6441 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6441 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B6179 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B6441 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B6441 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greaves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentrich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentrich Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentrich Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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