Total Crime Rate

61.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kestrel Heights area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar , and the 184th highest crime rate of 387 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 Kestrel Heights (NG16 5PW) in the last 12 months was 61.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.1% lower than the Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar average (101.6 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kestrel Heights (NG16 5PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterside (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kestrel Heights area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cheviot Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pipers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Station Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monument Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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