Total Crime Rate
164.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swinderby Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Oakwood , and the 172nd 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 Swinderby Drive (DE21 4RN) in the last 12 months was 164.6 per 1,000 residents and was 377.7% higher than the Oakwood average (34.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 126.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swinderby Drive (DE21 4RN), the main crime hotspot is near Roseberry Court. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oakwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prestbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seagrave Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tuxford Close | Under investigation |
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