Total Crime Rate
284.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatsworth Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Alfreton , and the 19th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chatsworth Close (DE55 7PH) in the last 12 months was 284.8 per 1,000 residents and was 111.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 152.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatsworth Close (DE55 7PH), the main crime hotspot is near New Street. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alfreton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marshall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ewart Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gooker Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gooker Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nuttall Close | Under investigation |
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