Total Crime Rate

86.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hermitage Walk area has the 9th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hallam Fields , and the 120th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Erewash .

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 Hermitage Walk (DE7 4BW) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% higher than the Hallam Fields average (75.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hermitage Walk (DE7 4BW), the main crime hotspot is near Nicholas Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hermitage Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inglefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Broomhill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Stanton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedges Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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