Total Crime Rate
1081.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
455.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gower Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 10th 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 Gower Street (DE1 1SD) in the last 12 months was 1081.3 per 1,000 residents and was 286.0% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 455.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gower Street (DE1 1SD), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 671 crimes here, including 302 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 | Robbery | Thorntree Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thorntree Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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