Total Crime Rate

244.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 244.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.5 10/10
  • Public order 27.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.7 10/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.0 9/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Forman Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 756 local areas in Derby .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forman Street (DE1 1JQ) in the last 12 months was 244.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower than the Abbey average (254.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forman Street (DE1 1JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Cheapside. Police recorded 308 crimes here, including 241 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Abbey

Crime Over Time in Forman Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drewry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotts Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drewry Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wolfa Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolfa Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drewry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drewry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Talbot Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drewry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.