Total Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bents Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Coal Aston , and the 3rd lowest crime rate of 360 local areas in North East Derbyshire .
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 Bents Lane (S18 2EW) in the last 12 months was 3.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the Coal Aston average (20.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bents Lane (S18 2EW), the main crime hotspot is near Hassop Close. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paddock Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassop Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hassop Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hassop Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hassop Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassop Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonelow Road | Under investigation |
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