Total Crime Rate
802.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
271.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Derby Street area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dove , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .
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 Derby Street (DE14 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 802.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1836.5% higher than the Dove average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 271.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derby Street (DE14 2LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shobnall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Edward Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5416 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Eagle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borough Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B5416 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A5121 | Awaiting court outcome |
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