Total Crime Rate
703.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Alfreton , and the 6th 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 Mill Street (DE55 4JF) in the last 12 months was 703.4 per 1,000 residents and was 421.3% higher than the Alfreton average (134.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 169.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Street (DE55 4JF), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Coupland Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Stringer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Castle Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smedley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smedley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smedley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smedley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smedley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Coupland Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Street | Under investigation |
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