Total Crime Rate
180.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pine Close 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 Pine Close (DE5 3NY) 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 Pine Close (DE5 3NY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strelley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limes Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | School Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazeltree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Firs Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peveril Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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