Total Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Awsworth Road , and the 176th lowest crime rate of 376 local areas in Erewash .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Road (DE7 5PH) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower than the Awsworth Road average (152.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Road (DE7 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Albany Street. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Larklands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkland'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birch Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albany Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbridge Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbridge Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winchester Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smedley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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