Postcode · Ashbourne
Crime in DE6 5AF
How much crime is recorded in DE6 5AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Doveridge, Brailsford & Bradley
- Council
- Derbyshire Dales
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,644 (2024)
DE6 5AFAshbourne
How safe is DE6 5AF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DE6 5AF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
DE6 5AFNational
Violence and sexual offences14.123.6
Other crime10.41.5
Burglary8.39.1
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Other theft2.24.5
Public order2.04.6
Drugs1.92.4
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.