Total Crime Rate
625.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
381.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 21st highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
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 South Street (DE1 1DB) in the last 12 months was 625.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.1% higher than the Abbey average (280.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 381.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Street (DE1 1DB), the main crime hotspot is near Brick Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mackworth & New Zealand| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Friar Gate Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Friar Gate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Gate Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St John'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laverstoke Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laverstoke Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laverstoke Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sudbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sudbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mill Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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