Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

Sandford Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Derby Road East , and the 115th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Erewash .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandford Avenue (NG10 1BQ) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% lower than the Derby Road East average (116.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandford Avenue (NG10 1BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakley'S Road West (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandford Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakley'S Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakley'S Road West
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Co-Operative Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broad Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Milton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St John'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craig Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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