Total Crime Rate

913.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 913.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 420.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 170.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 159.7 10/10
  • Public order 62.5 10/10
  • Other theft 59.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Brookside area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Belper East , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 387 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 Brookside (DE56 1UR) in the last 12 months was 913.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2664.7% higher than the Belper East average (33.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 61.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 236.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brookside (DE56 1UR), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brookside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fleet Crescent Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wellington Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street —
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Data Sources

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