Total Crime Rate

71.2 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 71.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.5 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beech Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Alfreton , and the 153rd 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 Beech Avenue (DE55 7EW) in the last 12 months was 71.2 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (DE55 7EW), the main crime hotspot is near B6019. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Oak Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lydford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6019 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B6019 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oak Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedar Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elms Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birch Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Firs Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firs Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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