Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cowsley Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Chaddesden East , and the 361st highest crime rate of 756 local areas in Derby .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowsley Road (DE21 6EH) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowsley Road (DE21 6EH), the main crime hotspot is near Kerry Street. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kerry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Devon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Norwich Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Norwich Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hereford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiltshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiltshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Somerset Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Somerset Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radnor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radnor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nairn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nairn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cowsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cowsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nairn Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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