Total Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Canal Side area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Awsworth Road , and the 149th highest crime rate of 377 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 Canal Side (DE7 8JT) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Awsworth Road average (154.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -73.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canal Side (DE7 8JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Awsworth Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Awsworth Road

Crime Over Time in Canal Side area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 1 of 1

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑