Total Crime Rate
1631.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leopold Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Abbey , and the 5th 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 Leopold Street (DE1 2HE) in the last 12 months was 1631.0 per 1,000 residents and was 540.8% 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 155 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 52.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 246 (≈ 626.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leopold Street (DE1 2HE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 458 crimes here, including 168 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Peter'S Churchyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradshaw Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradshaw Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradshaw Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bradshaw Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bradshaw Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harriet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Babington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Harriet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Babington Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hartington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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