Total Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wollaton Road North area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Chaddesden North , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wollaton Road North (DE21 4LD) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% lower than the Chaddesden North average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wollaton Road North (DE21 4LD), the main crime hotspot is near Birchover Rise. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Derby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marjorie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wollaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchover Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathermead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathermead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balleny Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tansley Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernilee Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brassington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashover Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brailsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashfield Avenue | Under investigation |
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