Total Crime Rate
211.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swanwick Gardens area has the 16th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 120th highest crime rate of 750 local areas in Derby .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swanwick Gardens (DE21 4PS) in the last 12 months was 211.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% higher than the Chaddesden East average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 137.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swanwick Gardens (DE21 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchover Rise (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chaddesden North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anstey Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Celandine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tansley Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fritchley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monyash Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fernilee Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brassington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lathkill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lathkill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lathkill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tansley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldermill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loscoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anstey Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chinley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchover Rise | Under investigation |
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