Total Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sleetmoor Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Alfreton , and the 184th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sleetmoor Lane (DE55 1RB) in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% lower than the Alfreton average (134.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sleetmoor Lane (DE55 1RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tower Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Somercotes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stringer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Main Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Main Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coupland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belvoir Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
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