Total Crime Rate
141.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smithson Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Ault Hucknall , and the 47th highest crime rate of 249 local areas in Bolsover .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Smithson Avenue (S44 6ED) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% higher than the Ault Hucknall average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithson Avenue (S44 6ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Paddock (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bolsover East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Paddock | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Paddock | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huntingdon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Paddock | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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