Crime Statistics for Erewash, Amber Valley, Nottinghamshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Erewash, Amber Valley

There were a total of 137 street level crime incidents in Erewash in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Erewash, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime63
Criminal Damage Arson14
Public Order13
Anti Social Behaviour12
Other Theft10
Shoplifting8
Other Crime7
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary2
Drugs2
Robbery2
All Crime137

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Erewash. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Erewash

We've taken the ten nearest places to Erewash and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Erewash has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Langley Mill (1.04 miles)178
Aldercar (1.04 miles)178
Langley (1.04 miles)158
Newlands (1.04 miles)158
Erewash137
Newthorpe Common (1.27 miles)98
New Eastwood (0.4 miles)97
Shipley Gate (0.96 miles)82
Newthorpe (1.52 miles)79
Shipley (1.36 miles)59

3.48%
of Langley Mill and Aldercar residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Erewash?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Erewash and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Langley Mill81
Aldercar81
Langley72
Newlands72
Erewash63
New Eastwood44
Shipley Gate40
Newthorpe Common39
Newthorpe28
Shipley28

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Erewash?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Erewash to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Erewash compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Erewash and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Erewash is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Eastwood St Mary's76
2Awsworth Road74
3Cotmanhay64
4Eastwood Hilltop60
5Eastwood Hall53
6Heanor West52
7Langley Mill and Aldercar44
8Heanor East38
9Underwood27
10Shipley View25
11Brinsley24

Which road in Erewash has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Erewash with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around George Street.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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