Total Crime Rate

412.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 412.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 248.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 92.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 9/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wayfaring Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 39th highest crime rate of 750 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 Wayfaring Road (DE21 2TA) in the last 12 months was 412.0 per 1,000 residents and was 190.0% higher than the Chaddesden East average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayfaring Road (DE21 2TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fernilee Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wayfaring Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Chinley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Caldermill Drive —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anstey Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Anstey Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chinley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chinley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Fritchley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Celandine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Loscoe Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wingfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fernilee Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pentland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pentland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pentland Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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