Total Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Snape Hill Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Coal Aston , and the 146th highest crime rate of 360 local areas in North East Derbyshire .
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 Snape Hill Lane (S18 2GL) in the last 12 months was 61.3 per 1,000 residents and was 204.5% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Snape Hill Lane (S18 2GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiverton Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holburn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Snapehill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holburn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Snape Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snape Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawthorne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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