Total Crime Rate
63.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dronfield Place area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Awsworth Road , and the 160th highest 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 Dronfield Place (DE7 8RX) in the last 12 months was 63.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% lower than the Awsworth Road average (152.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dronfield Place (DE7 8RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Donner Crescent, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monsall Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cotmanhay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Circle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Circle | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartington Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monsall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birchover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppice Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchover Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Birchover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Circle | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
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