Crime Rates at Sandham Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HE

Sandham Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heage & Ambergate , and the 37th 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 Sandham Lane (DE5 3HE) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 324.8% higher than the Heage & Ambergate average (42.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 115.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandham Lane (DE5 3HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dove Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.