Total Crime Rate

71.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 71.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ralph Drive area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Alfreton , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 387 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 Ralph Drive (DE55 4JB) in the last 12 months was 71.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% lower than the Alfreton average (132.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ralph Drive (DE55 4JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welbeck Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ralph Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windmill Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Birchwood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riber Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brenden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riber Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Froggett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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