Crime Rates at High Street, Alfreton, DE55 7BE

High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Alfreton , and the 7th 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 7BE) in the last 12 months was 613.6 per 1,000 residents and was 354.7% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 295.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (DE55 7BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesterfield Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.