Total Crime Rate
982.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Critchley Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Awsworth Road , and the 4th 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 Critchley Street (DE7 8GB) in the last 12 months was 982.9 per 1,000 residents and was 538.2% higher than the Awsworth Road average (154.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 234.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Critchley Street (DE7 8GB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Awsworth Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fullwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fullwood Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brussells Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brussells Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brussells Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brussells Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wilton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Providence Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Providence Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Providence Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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