Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Town Hall Yard area has the 9th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Ashbourne North , and the 35th highest crime rate of 247 local areas in Derbyshire Dales .
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 Town Hall Yard (DE6 1EW) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% higher than the Ashbourne North average (57.2 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Town Hall Yard (DE6 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malbon'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaw Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Johns Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Johns Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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