Total Crime Rate
342.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Joan Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar , and the 15th highest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
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 Joan Avenue (DE75 7PL) in the last 12 months was 342.1 per 1,000 residents and was 225.9% 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 Shoplifting with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Joan Avenue (DE75 7PL), 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.
View Crime In Heanor West & Loscoe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bircumshaw'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bircumshaw'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bircumshaw'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ray Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bircumshaw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bircumshaw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bircumshaw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bircumshaw'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whysall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whysall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loscoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loscoe Road | Under investigation |
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