Total Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Top Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Grassmoor , and the 135th lowest 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 Top Road (S44 5AA) in the last 12 months was 39.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% lower than the Grassmoor average (103.6 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 Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Top Road (S44 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Church Side. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 169 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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