Total Crime Rate
257.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Friary Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 91st highest crime rate of 750 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 Friary Street (DE1 1NL) in the last 12 months was 257.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% lower 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 145.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Friary Street (DE1 1NL), the main crime hotspot is near Wardwick. Police recorded 326 crimes here, including 254 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arboretum| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wardwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardwick | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wardwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wardwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wardwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunkirk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wardwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wardwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Alfred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Willow Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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