Total Crime Rate
625.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
381.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Northern Road 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 Great Northern Road (DE1 1LR) 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 Great Northern Road (DE1 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Sudbury Close. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudbury Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Northern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Great Northern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olive Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drewry Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Drewry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drewry Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drewry Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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