Total Crime Rate

126.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newnham Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heage & Ambergate , and the 59th highest crime rate of 387 local areas in Amber Valley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newnham Avenue (DE5 3GX) in the last 12 months was 126.1 per 1,000 residents and was 261.7% higher than the Heage & Ambergate average (34.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newnham Avenue (DE5 3GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dove Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newnham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lawrence Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Strelley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft School Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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