Total Crime Rate
704.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
344.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Alfreton , and the 5th 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 High Street (DE55 4HD) in the last 12 months was 704.0 per 1,000 residents and was 421.8% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 344.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DE55 4HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 65 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Close | — |
| 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 | Stringer Drive | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Tower Close | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coupland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belvoir Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
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