Total Crime Rate

47.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 239th lowest crime rate of 756 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 Wood Road (DE21 4PG) in the last 12 months was 47.3 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% lower than the Chaddesden East average (139.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Road (DE21 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Danebridge Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hassop Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Audrey Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryony Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loscoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gleadsmoss Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hassop Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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