Total Crime Rate
155.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashford Place area has the 21st highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Awsworth Road , and the 50th highest crime rate of 376 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 Ashford Place (DE7 8SH) in the last 12 months was 155.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 101.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashford Place (DE7 8SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Monsall Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Donner Crescent (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 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchover Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monsall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Circle | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| 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 | Other crime | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Donner Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birchover Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Birchover Place | Under investigation |
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