Total Crime Rate

380.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 380.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 224.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · 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 6th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 46th 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 Wood Road (DE21 4PJ) in the last 12 months was 380.0 per 1,000 residents and was 172.1% higher than the Chaddesden East average (139.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Road (DE21 4PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchover Rise (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernilee Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchover Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birchover Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Birchover Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Solway Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryony Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caldermill Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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