Total Crime Rate

219.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 219.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 99.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Melbourne Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 115th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melbourne Street (DE1 2GF) in the last 12 months was 219.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 99.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melbourne Street (DE1 2GF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 406 crimes here, including 132 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Melbourne Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Arboretum Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Wilmot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normanton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normanton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Melbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Melbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leonard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Normanton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Normanton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Babington Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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