Total Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar , and the 61st lowest crime rate of 386 local areas in Amber Valley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Close (NG16 4EA) in the last 12 months was 21.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Close (NG16 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ormonde Street, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bourne Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormonde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ormonde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Dunstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Dunstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thompson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Dunstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebenezer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastview Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormonde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ormonde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormonde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormonde Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Drive | Under investigation |
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