Total Crime Rate
18.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Walcote Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Belper East , and the 45th lowest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Walcote Close (DE56 0HA) in the last 12 months was 18.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower than the Belper East average (34.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walcote Close (DE56 0HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hunter Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rookery Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitemoor Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitemoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harewood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Road | Under investigation |
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