Total Crime Rate

259.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

168.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 259.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 168.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 128.4 10/10
  • Public order 36.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rays Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rays Avenue (DE75 7GN) in the last 12 months was 259.9 per 1,000 residents and was 147.6% higher than the Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar average (105.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 168.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rays Avenue (DE75 7GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bircumshaw'S Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rays Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs East Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorpe'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ray'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Delves Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Nelson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Spring Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bircumshaw'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bircumshaw'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bircumshaw'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bircumshaw'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bircumshaw'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bircumshaw'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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