Total Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Pilsley & Morton , and the 169th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in North East Derbyshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (DE55 6LA) in the last 12 months was 52.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% higher than the Pilsley & Morton average (47.5 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DE55 6LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shelley Grove, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsley Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pilsley & Morton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkinstyle Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bunyan Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Crescent | Under investigation |
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