Total Crime Rate
388.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great Northern Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 44th highest crime rate of 756 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 Great Northern Road (DE1 1LR) in the last 12 months was 388.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% higher 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 225.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Northern Road (DE1 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drewry Court, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bakewell Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Freehold Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Freehold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakewell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laverstoke Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drewry Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olive Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernongate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vernongate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ambrose Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lynton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sudbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sudbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lynton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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