Total Crime Rate

118.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 118.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 89.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.3 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rowsley Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sawley , and the 80th highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Erewash .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rowsley Avenue (NG10 3ER) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% higher than the Sawley average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowsley Avenue (NG10 3ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hathersage Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rowsley Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duffield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Duffield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Baslow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromford Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cromford Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Diamond Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Diamond Close
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Attenborough Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Wharfedale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ladylea Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Attenborough Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Purdy Meadow Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osmaston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peakdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osmaston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Osmaston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hathersage Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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